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35 minutes ago, Salerno said:

The announcement on here, and in the app itself, says the apps the only way but, the newspaper that can't be linked states app or form and airlines already have the T8 download link (the link to the form in my post on page 1 is from Thai Airways).

Ah, thanks. I can't see the story you allude to online though. If that newspaper is right ( ... ), then that's all we need to know. No new phones required!

1 hour ago, mtls2005 said:

Using the app is NOT REQUIRED/MANDATORY

Where can you see that? In the OP it says the opposite.

"all foreign tourists arriving at all international airports in Thailand will be required to download an AOT Airports application"

In any case, you can bet

1. they won't destroy info after 14 days

and

2. this will become standard, not rescinded after the panic subsides.

I have a DTAC sim and if it is inserted (whether switched on or off) there's a DTAC app that cannot be uninstalled or have its permissions altered. The AOT cr@p will likely be the same. Quick trip to Pantip for a cheapo 2nd-hand device before my next travel, I think ..........

18 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

What is the source of "...ALL passengers entering Thailand...." Along with reference to Vietnam????8

Fair question, and I did say "SOME of the latest" because there is so much conflicting cr@p flying around. One TV thread (about The Virus - can't see it now because there are so many!) has:

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This is the latest

https://www.tatnews.org/2020/03/tat-update-notification-of-the-civil-aviation-authority-of-thailand-on-covid-19-control-measures/?fbclid=IwAR3VJt_ZT7h80520C4dcgSwb_X5X8G4752A8yywA7EYq_koQoZW2cvWJPmk

and the form required

https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/file/g_form/general01.pdf
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There's also the report in a certain BKK newspaper this morning.

The VN reference was simply that IF a medical certificate is going to be needed, Saigon may not be a simple place to get it. I know Saigon reasonably well but I would not know where to start with that.

According to some of the latest from govt, ALL passengers entering Thailand (ie returning) are going to need a medical certificate, which might make HCMC a bit less attractive. I'd be inclined to go to a land border and get 30 days this time to let things pass by. You are near where the buses go to Burma, and I am sure they don't bother what you're suffering from!

PM me and I can give you more.

But if you really want more than 30 days, then do as has been mentioned, bite the bullet and do the multi-O in Lao or VN. Get the 90 days, take the strife on the way back, and pray this is all over by the next time you need to travel!

NB if you do/intend to travel regularly - to your China and HKG ops - then just get the non-O multi without the extensions and the drama with bank accounts. Then all you need to do is leave every 90 days, and it sounds like normally you would do that anyway. No IOs, no filings.

Latest is that they will demand mobile-phone numbers from ALL incoming travellers and will track them for two weeks (yeah). "Warnings ... can be sent to people travelling by electric train service when risky people enter the system."

I'm amazed I can still be amazed by the idiocy of these clowns.

27 minutes ago, Inepto Cracy said:

Bahrain F1 on 22 March 2020, will be run at an empty track.Only televised audience. Other F1 races and MotoGP races may do likewise. Just been announced.

But not Melbourne? VIC government too embarrassed by the $70m they throw at it to do the decent thing....... Pathetic.

17 hours ago, Russell17au said:

I just had a quick look at Jetstar and it is 12.770 baht return direct to Melbourne but the big thing that I noticed was that Jetstar used to operate 5 flights per week but know it is only operating 3 flights per week.

NB I just saw Jetstar is "suspending flights to Bangkok and reducing flights to Vietnam and Japan by almost half."

19 hours ago, JohnOFphon said:

I'll go back and look again, but it looked pretty straight forward for an American to get a visa online.

Spinner said "free" ?   ok, how do you do that.

"free" as in "it doesn't cost anything". But I doubt Americans qualify. Look up "651 visa".

18 hours ago, steven100 said:

ya gotta love american's ....  lol

"I often confuse Americans and Canadians. By using long words" - Gary Delaney..........

15 minutes ago, pdtokyo said:

even their 600 Tourist visa (the simplest one) involves a lot of hoop-jumping.

For a select few nationalities there's the 651 which is online and free of charge, but last time I renewed mine it took 9 days.

Obviously Aussie is worth seeing. Though why anyone would want to go that far to sit in a casino beats me. Also, bear in mind the bleedin' obvious, that it's autumn already and some places will soon be quite cool. [You don't mention your nationality, but also bear in mind even if you're from UK you need a visa that might take several days].

However, the concern at present (I'm in a similar situation) is that no-one has a clue what will happen even in the next few days re checks or lockdowns. Or to cancellations. Suppose by the time you're about to fly they ban entries from Thailand? Or vice versa on the return? Morrison's mob has hardly more of a clue than the momkeys that run the show here.

If it wasn't for such uncertainty, I'd be heading to Venice right now to enjoy it while it's quiet – although even then probably the best museums etc will now be closed.

54 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

well who wants to see that?

Sometimes!

On 3/5/2020 at 4:50 PM, thaibeachlovers said:

I agree that gender based sports should go.

So women compete directly against men in, say, athletics, soccer, rugby? Fine, bring it on. That should stop them whining.

Even women don't like it:

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/mar/05/nine-out-of-10-people-found-to-be-biased-against-women

“91% of men and 86% of women hold at least one bias against women". So just who is still pushing the female-first myth and what is the hidden agenda?

Isn't it time to give it up and stop all this cr@p?

Airline relief? That could be a way to - er - stimulate sales............

Mainly outright lies, as usual with local developers. Deep forest by the side of the Bangna-Trat highway. Yeah. How about

"The Skytrain station nearby can whisk you to the centre of Bangkok in minutes."

At the very least, it's 2km+ to a station. "Nearby" deliberately implies it's walking distance. And (of course) if you look on their website they don't - anywhere - actually admit where this junk plot is.

UK's Independent news site has this, published yesterday; a scoop on several levels.....

11 minutes ago, Jaxxper said:

Yes. Required by all non Thai citizens.

TM6 is required for Thais too.

Addressing a couple of points that have cropped up here:

I'm one of many with non-O multi (marriage) and usually I travel more than once every 3 months. I have never done the stuff with bank balances or TM30s as a result, and never been to Immigration.

This week, because of the regional travel situation, I went to IO to ask if they could – just this once – stamp me out/in. They were sympathetic but no, not without going through some protocols, mainly reporting address (ie TM 30). Incidentally, they insisted my wife must be present (she's currently upcountry with the family).

So just for a change I did a border run – to Pu Nam Ron/Htee Khee (Burma). Very easy if boring; got 90-day stamp, no procedures for The Virus, no paperwork required.

BUT: need to know you can nowadays only do this (land border crossing) TWICE PER CALENDAR YEAR.

21 hours ago, DrTuner said:

The riskiest airport in the world according to the analysis from Robert Koch Institute.

Thanks for the link, but it doesn't say that. Thailand is riskiest country, sure, but DMK is fourth and BKK is the 6th riskiest airport - outside China.

10 hours ago, ChipButty said:

How about all night clubs? Nana plaza and Patpong

different viruses. Not 'novel' at all. WHO not overtly concerned.