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4 minutes ago, Mike Teavee said:

I don't know where you fly from but every person I know flying from the UK has been asked for an onward flight ticket.

 

You are correct in that it can be fixed with an escalation to a supervisor & you signing a release form but for the sake of $14 I'd rather not have the hassle. 

 

I agree an onward flight will most likely be checked for but what I said was they've not been asking for a flight out within 30 days since the visa exemption duration was increased, as wpcoe claimed.  They've been looking for a flight out within 45 days.

On 3/17/2023 at 3:11 AM, wpcoe said:

If I can get past the hurdle at the airport when the airline carrying me to Thailand insists on seeing a flight out of Thailand within 30 days, that would be fine.

They've not been asking for that during the period when visa exempt entry has been increased to 45 days.  If  a checkin agent has asked then it would be soon be fixed on escalation

4 hours ago, proton said:

Have they stopped sending out email reminders now, or is it hit and miss? Not had one this time.

Many recent reports here recently that reminders are not being received.

I use Wise as a first choice and Xendpay as my backup.

16 hours ago, VBF said:

Do you still pay the same ATM fee when you use a Wise card in Thai banks as you would with a "standard" credit or debit card?

Yes.

On 3/17/2023 at 3:20 AM, NanLaew said:

A workaround for the OP to download and install it may be setting a UK VPN on his PC or laptop, logging into his Google account, finding the NW banking app in the Play Store and selecting which device it should be installed on if his phone shows in the menu of available devices. Then Google will do an OTA installation.

Geolocking is nothing to do with IP address but the home country of your Google Account as mentioned upthread, so a VPN will have no effect on its accessibility

18 hours ago, Mike Teavee said:

E.g. Using made up figures to make the maths easier... 

   - Pension Pot £1,000,000

   - Income if take no Lump Sump - £40,000pa

   - Tax Payable - £5,486 (20% of £40,000-£12570 PTA)

 

   - 25% Lump Sum £250,000 

   - Income PA - £32,000pa

   - Tax Payable - £3,886 (20% of £32,000-£12570 PTA)

   - Tax Saving £1,600pa

Not quite if you work on the premise that if you take no up front lump sum but take the tax free amount as part of your regular income (based on these figures) would give you:

Income £40,000

Taxable Income £30,000 (25% or £10,000 is tax free)

Tax Payable £3,486 (20% of £30,000 -£12,4570 PTA)

19 hours ago, LittleBear57 said:

Has anyone been able to download the Nationwides UK Phone banking app in Thailand.

It may be geolocked and therefore not accessible using a Thailand based account.  You can create another account based in the UK, login and download, or else download from somewhere other than the Play Store.  I found this location - it's an older version but updates will process regardless of the geolock.

https://apklust.com/en/nationwide-banking-app-down-apk

8 hours ago, Mike Teavee said:

Have done as much research as I can on this & can find no evidence that if you don't take your 25% tax free lump sum you can take your Defined Benefit (Final Salary) Pension income at 1st 25% tax free so can only think that people are talking about Defined Contributions or Draw Down income type pensions. 

I was definitely referring to DC type pensions but a quick google search threw up this article which suggests it's also true for DB pensions, although not so simplistic and different rules may apply across different providers.

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/pensions/article-9574993/Should-25-tax-free-lump-sum-final-salary-pension.html

On 3/11/2023 at 10:49 AM, DrCosmix said:

So where is 243/3 - 243 /12 Moo 9

North of Pattaya Klang, between the Buakhao and 3rd Road junctions.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@12.9375165,100.8908385,3a,75y,248.22h,95.03t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s40ZMXLgLLTfdcROtvsfoJw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D40ZMXLgLLTfdcROtvsfoJw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D312.13663%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

On 3/10/2023 at 11:27 AM, KannikaP said:

MY Nationwide Flex account DOES NOT have free International transfers.

16 hours ago, Surasak said:

As far as I know, neither does Halifax. Nationwide Charge is £20 and Halifax is £9.50.

He/she meant foreign currency transactions (counter withdrawals in this case) not transfers, which with the right card is true.

I don't think E-Extensions are available yet for Non Imm O Marriage visas, and even if they were it's Bangkok only.

On 3/9/2023 at 3:23 AM, Will B Good said:

Similar experience with Qatar....booked the Q-Suite for me and the missus.......sorry we changed planes....no Q-Suite....suck it up.

Qatar will give you a free change if they change away from a Qsuite aircraft.  Pic is from a few years ago but it's still the case today, however they make so many changes it's often difficult to time it right and be sure of a Qsuite.

On 3/9/2023 at 3:09 AM, ezzra said:

 . . . . and good luck talking to a huma, only machines and no phone number, while in Bkk i could chat to a human

here in Oz only to a machine in GB, have tried to use VPN to contact Thailand AirAsia but no luck only the UK bot is talking to me, pity, because i like

AirAsia when they don't play games like that.

To talk to a human on Air Asia live chat rather than the bot.

Type "Change email" to bot.

Ignore responses until you see a "Talk to all star" button.  Click on the button.

Enter requested details.

You'll be put in the queue for a human.

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On 3/6/2023 at 4:45 AM, mrmicbkktxl said:

Does anyone know a reliable /easy to use company what offers fast lane service through immigration and security and the estimated costs?

https://www.limousine.in.th/

No.  Business and First Class passengers only.

On 3/6/2023 at 5:02 AM, Dmaxdan said:

Did you know that you can pay by bank transfer as well?

This doesn't involve any entering any card details and the payments normally go through instantly.

You lose the protection that paying by card offers.  Could be important if something goes wrong.

7 hours ago, Tayida said:

Because the price for one pet friendly hotel is high (high for me, of course). If cheap, I just found hostels.

But the "scammer" has offered to pay for the hotel so the price shouldn't bother you.

5 hours ago, CALSinCM said:

WTH is SAWASDEESHOP???

It's DeeMoney and they've been a transfer partner of Wise for some time now.  I don't know why sometimes it comes up as one and sometimes the other.

On 3/6/2023 at 2:33 PM, Mickeymaus said:

Just bought my TOT NT Thunder unlimited speed and data for 999 a year, what is 83.25 per month.

Really?  You've never mentioned it.