Raphael54

Throughout the pandemic so far, KLM has been flying daily. Cargo has kept this going but now passengers too. When I flew from AMS on 14 November the economy class was 98% full. I am confident they will keep flying, no reason to stop.

Bangkok Hospital, Petchburi Road. Buy a coupon for THB 1,650 on SHopee and book an appointment. Check first if you meet the requirements. On the Shopee website they give you the details.

In Europe, Moderna is used as booster for 2 x AstraZeneca as well as 2x Pfizer. You can get it NOW at the Bangkok Hospital by buying a coupon for it on Shopee (THB 1,650).

Well, that did not last long. "Failed to save data" error message. Probably hard disk already full ????

Well, that did not last long. "Failed to save data" error message. Probably hard disk already full ????

Yes, accepted. I did it.

Yesterday 1 November 2021, from 11:00 AM (Bkk time) I spent about 3 hours to apply for the Thailand pass. These 3 hours included the searching, booking and paying for an SHA+ hotel (NOTE it must be SHA+, NOT SHA). Most of the time I spent to re-scan all my PDF scans (from a previous registration for CoE) to convert them into the JPG format because the Thai Pass website doesn't allow uploading PDFs. I also needed to scan the hotel reservation into JPG because it was also in PDF format. I did not have any errors on the website, everything worked smoothly on my google chrome browser. And, Amazing Thailand, at 19:55 Bkk time I received my approved Thai Pass by email. SIX hours only!!

This morning I applied for the Thai Pass (TP). It took me nearly 3 hours. Upon completion I realized that it is not at all friendlier (for the applicants) than the previous process, the Certificate of Entry (CoE). Why? 1. The CoE was a 2-step process. You needed to book and pay for your airfare and hotel only AFTER preliminary approval of visa, vaccination certificates, etc. However, to apply for the TP, you must FIRST book your flight and book AND PAY for your hotel. After paying for airfare and hotel your TP application may be rejected and it is up to the applicant to get her/his money back from airline and hotel. Good luck with that. 2. Secondly, the TP website states as regards the Vaccination Certificate: "Please upload the certificate of both your 1st and 2nd dose of vaccination (only the 1st dose is required in case of Janssen vaccine). The certificate of vaccination should include your personal information for identification such as your full name, date of birth, nationality, passport number and vaccination details." As an EU citizen I am concerned because the EU vaccination certificate does NOT contain the passport number (for privacy reasons). The previous CoE website did not require the passport number to be included in the vaccination certificate and I actually got pre-approved without a passport number in my certificate. 3. The CoE website accepted all sorts of scans, including PDF scans. The TP website is less friendly as it allows only JPG scans to be uploaded (there is no error message if you try to upload a PDF, but this was my conclusion after trying several times). So before you start your session on the TP website I can recommend that whatever PDF documents you have (such as your hotel booking confirmation and payment proof) you scan first into JPG format. For me now it remains to be seen (for up to 7 working days) if my TP application will be rejected or approved. As I said, the TP process is not friendlier for the applicants. It is probably friendlier for the approvers because for them it is only 1 step instead of 2 steps.