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I use Bangkok Bank and Krungsri KMA bank app

i tell the staff "Scan to pay", and it works in most places fine

2 hours ago, scorecard said:

"...how are they going to test, put up the thousands of tourist arriving daily."

 

Nice point, the authorities will be hoping that tourists arrive after 1 Nov in large numbers. 

 

Some will be families, some groups of friends and many will be singles, all of whom need to stay in a hotel for 1 night before moving on with their holiday plans/travel/accommodation. 

 

Will they we required to stay in one of the authorized ASQ etc., hotels or just any hotel?

 

Will they all have some type of electronic tracker/locator fitted? Does the government have the tools/equipment/manpower to fit the tracker/locator and monitor it for 24 hours and who will recover the tracker/locator after 24 hrs?

 

So new arrivals have to do a full swab PCR test on arrival then go to a quarantine hotel. So imagine a traveler/family etc., arrive at swampy at 8:00 am and by 9:00 am their swab(s) have been taken and off they go to a quarantine hotel.

 

Then at say 6:00 pm same day they get an e.mail 'negative'. Can they now leave the quarantine hotel, or do that have to always stay overnight, even though they've already got a negative report? 

 

I stayed in Phuket sandbox, and we were allowed out as soon as negative result came back, so same day 

13 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Could be the same flight.

In theory, Bangkok Airways should not mix passengers. But this is Thailand?

Maybe with the new 'opening' rules it is OK?

Try contacting the airline.

ok thanks.

i'm wondering if anyone has managed to meet up in BKK then go to Samui ???

it should be sealed, so i think the website is showing the wrong information 

3 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

I believe that all is the same.

Your wife will not be allowed to join that flight. The transfer at Bangkok to Samui is a sealed route and cannot mix with other passengers.

The flights PG5nnn are the special Samui Plus flights.

She will have to catch a scheduled flight. (3 digits eg PG123)

Thanks for your reply.

But the Bangkok Air websites has the same flight time available, and I understand the International arrivals need to be sealed in case of spreading the virus

But the flight looks the same it has one number less than mine

Mine is PG 5171

for the wife PG 171

Has anyone managed to hook up with anyone domestically at BKK

Dear ALL 

has anything changed regarding Flying into to BKK and then connecting for Samui

my airline has gave me 

22 minutes ago, BritTim said:

Sigh! I do not think you have an unexpired Non O-A visa. You have a one-year extension of stay based on retirement with a multiple re-entry permit. What is not clear is whether you originally had a Non O-A visa from your home country, or a Non O visa from either an embassy/consulate abroad or from Immigration within Thailand. My guess is that it was the Non O which would make your experience (especially at Immigration when entering Thailand) absolutely routine. If, however, your original visa years ago was a Non O-A visa, you were very lucky to escape without 400k/40k health insurance. Others have been forced to buy it on the spot during entry into Thailand, as well as by their immigration office in order to get the one-year extension.

the embassy told me its an O-A, I did not have an Visa from my home country, its now in its 2nd year 

I have re-entered Thailand 3 times during last 12 months, I have an O-A with multi re-entry

My Local Thai embassy have never asked for health insurance, they have only asked for COVID $100K insurance, which is required for the COE 

Upon arrival 2 times in BKK and 1 time Phuket I was never asked to show health insurance only COVID $100K insurance

Lets kick this off

1. UK
2. USA
3. Singpore
4. China
5. Germany
6. Austrailia
7. Canada
8. India
9. Russia
10. ???

6 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

And yet ZERO word about current conditions to enter-COE-Ins-SHA-etc.... 

 

Fool me once thailand....shame on you..fool me 1000x

current conditions and rules to enter are already published, maybe you're hoping for them to CHANGE Today, but next round of changes will happen, Nov 1st or Nov 15th.

13 minutes ago, Schnicnac said:

Example: residing country A -> fly to country B for holidays and spend there a few weeks -> fly from country B to Thailand -> fly from Thailand back to country A

as per your example, you MUST apply for COE at Country B

I THINK you need to stay in country B for 21 days also, so double check with Thai Embassy in country B before flying, some people were trying to beat the RED-Banned country list before, so check before you pay for anything you may have to change  your plans entirely

25 minutes ago, CLW said:

COE in the current form and alcohol ban in place = no real tourist will come.

Say goodbye to another high season....

next meeting is this friday 15th, after that changes will be announced

1 hour ago, Cherrytreeview said:

English is obviously not your first or even second language.

Your posts are virtually unreadable.

 

are you saying they're abnormal 

57 minutes ago, Cherrytreeview said:

I don't have to think of anything as "normal".

 

Agreed about you thinking anything is normal is abnormal in your mind.

that’s why you think everything is abnormal unless you say its normal ????

6 minutes ago, Cherrytreeview said:

What?

Your talking in riddles.

If you want to go to Thailand, then off you go.

Don't try and patronise the rest of us.

We love guinea pigs like you.

You create the headlines that we'll be laughing at for months to come.

"Regional governor orders immediate ban on alcohol and all bars to shut due to Covid spike."

The sooner you go, the sooner the headlines.

????

 

You said “why go as that all entertainment venues be shutdown again overnight”

I said go, enjoy your life if you want to live then live.

Normal things now, were perceived as hoops long ago, now we accept them as normal things.

You need to move on and accept life is dynamic and changeable.

Don’t think only Thailand has entry requirements, I’m NOT in Thailand right now and our entry requirements went from, BANNED international arrivals to 20 days quarantine to 10 days quarantine to 6 days quarantine wearing a tacking watch to ZERO days quarantine.

ALL arrivals still need a negative test before flying and they have to do a PCR test at airport upon arrival

It’s the normal for now, and will change later for SURE

45 minutes ago, Cherrytreeview said:

Why would anyone jump through any amount of tedious time consuming administration hoops, queue at airports for up to 5 hours, risk being hospitalised for failing a test, then be "controlled" for 7 days at their destination and still have the possibility that all entertainment venues be shutdown again overnight.

That's what you call getting on with your life and a stress free "holiday".

I'll get on with my life OK and give it a miss thanks.

 

yes you are right, and the world could close tonight. so better you go out NOW and buy 200 rolls of toilet roll just in case 

then you can go back to your life.

1 hour ago, DavisH said:

They would be the same grumpy lecel in their own country. Some people are never happy anywhere. Then they die. That must be a sad way to live. 

I truly believe some people are only happy when they have something to complain about.

Its their daily fix or rant, after they rant they can go and do something they like, but don’t tell anyone they like doing that.

2 minutes ago, skorp13 said:

So when i arrive back i can go home and spend time with my wife and kid in my own home. We can hang out and all good so long as i sleep somewhere else??? Can anyone provide any logic behind that other than hotel revenue? LOL

Don't mention Logic, but remember

As part of the COE getting approved, you MUST agree to follow the rules laid out, such as NOT hanging out too close with anyone for at least the quarantine period.

Why don’t people get that

When you arrive you have to follow the guidelines until you have been cleared, when you agree to follow the guidelines follow them, don’t question how or who will control this, you have agreed so you will control yourself, and if you can’t control yourself then you shouldn’t be going.

10 minutes ago, DLock said:

Wrong.

he's right, final steps will be proof of vaccine and test before flying

1 hour ago, gk10012001 said:

I did not see that. I have heard that emirates has some special insurance but I won't be flying with them.  But thanks for the update.  But now what if one gets dragged off to a hospital for quarantine?

they(you) will have COVID insurance to cover the costs.

move on with your life 

8 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

And, the 40K/400K Ins for visa duration.

not true 100kUSD Covid Insurance was 11.5k Thb for 12 months OA visa 

3 minutes ago, Snow Leopard said:

How long does it take to get the COE in London? Anyone done it? 

I've had 3 COE'S NOT from London, but another place and it took average 3-4 days. so plan 7-10 working days and you should be fine, 

they will speed up your application depending on you actual travel dates.

5 minutes ago, Deli said:

SHA+ Hotels are as cheap as 500 Baht /night. If you have your own home on Phuket, or a Mia Chao, you don't even need to sleep threre. It's all rubbish and smoke and mirrors.

not entirely true

SHA+ proves that the staff gave been vaccinated, so it shows that there’s a level of control, instead of letting arrivals stay anywhere they want.

Note.

Before you are issued with an COE you must agree to follow the rules, and part of the rules are to use SHA+ business only during your stay for the 1^st 7 days.

Whether you decide NOT to follow the rules is UP 2 U

Just now, EVENKEEL said:

I must be the only one looking forward to a week in Pattaya when I return.

I’m with you and waiting for middle to end of November, by then the Pattaya sandbox or whatever they call that should be ready

·         COE

·         Valid Visa

·         COVID insurance

·         SHA+ Hotel

·         2 PCR tests paid for in advance