rak sa_ngop

Bl**dy rip off! Used to be 13 baht.????

I am thinking of carrying a large pile of cash (£10,000 more) to the UK soon. It sounds like passing through Thai and UK customs should not be a problem if the amount is declared in both countries. I am just a bit worried about depositing the cash into my UK bank account. Does turning up with £10,000 or more look a bit suspicious? Will questions be asked and proof of source of funds needed? Or can you just feed the money through a cash deposit machine with no questions asked? Seems like Russian oligarchs can transfer millions with no questions asked, but the little guy gets picked on by bank compliance teams.

The main annoyance now that so many branches have closed is that people who need to go to a bank usually have complicated transactions to be dealt with.....so the queues are long and the waits even longer. Grrrrrrrr

I have looked into this service offered by several online companies. It is pretty cheap to get a quick flight or hotel reservation that can be used at checkin or immigration. BUT it appears you only get a flight reservation and not actual E-ticket. Question is will Thai immigration see through this ruse and demand to see an E-ticket? Anybody have experience in this?

I did my 90 day report online 3 days ago. It took ELEVEN minutes between confirmation email of receipt to confirmation email of approval. Guess I did everything right.