Id be interested to hear how you get on.  I've had a flight cancelled and details vanish with Emirates. I'm ex Dublin to Bkk but I have just about had it to the teeth with the <deleted>, hoops, paperwork and complete nonsense!

What does this even mean?

** Relaxation of lockdown measures and living in the UK that began to return to a near normal state It provides convenient access to local medical services in your residence. You can also use the service to easily obtain such documents online. Embassy Therefore request to suspend the health check-up service to issue Fit to Fly certification from August 2020 

Just looking at the Thai Embassy website for London now and it's even more difficult to make head or tail of what is required! 

1 minute ago, Jumbo1968 said:

I don’t think you 2 know what’s involved about the cost of tests more so it has to be writing.and the results can take a couple days,  in the U.K. is over £150 per test.
As all the flights currently are from London I live 400 kilometres from London tryIng to line all the tests etc would be extremely difficult.

 

Same here plus my GP practise are reluctant to issue any certificates for anything at the moment not to mention a few weeks wait for an appointment!

There is no hope of me making it out to LOS at the minute even though Emirates flights are now permitted.

I wonder what the costs to those teachers that have made it out to Thailand from the likes of Canada have been.  

For me here they are just too high to warrant putting myself through the hoops.

I have two pairs of Bluetooth headphones

Jabra Elite sport £160 - £200

AKG £150

I use a huawei p30 pro outside and a Dell 13 2 in 1 inside....I've never had a problem with bluetooth!

I wonder if they'll get around to posting details of this on the embassy we pages.

You are probably better going for wireless ones then you won't catch the leads as you nod off.

Cambridge Audio Melomania 1 

I wonder did any of the Emirates flights disembark yesterday and today in BKK

1 minute ago, howerde said:

Looks like they have just revamped the website

Do they have a new web address as I am just getting this!

I've completely given up.  How folks are managing to find the money for these extortionate flights and then ASQ is beyond me.

I'm also fuming about the Teacher flights as I probably should have been on one.....How the hell are you supposed to find out about them?

Anyone else not able to even access the London Embassy site?

WTAF.....are the girls in Bars .......Prostitutes? Those girls just sitting about or with drinks menus? Why did no one warn me?

1 minute ago, terryofcrete said:

Just back from Corfu . Last minute flight return from Dublin   €113... week’s accommodation €240  And Very cheap on the ground . Fresh air and clean blue seas and hot sunny weather ... 

I'm actually very tempted to do just that as I'm less than an hour from Dublin and I've never been to Greece.....looks like Thailand is out for me and with it a job lol.

1 minute ago, Vicki Coghlan said:

I did hear through the grape vine that the stupid Thai authorities are considering letting in chinese people in first.  <deleted>.  WAKEY WAKEY!!!  Do the idiot Thai authorities not know the chinese bat flu virus originated from Wuhan,  china. But don't worry let the chinese in.  The mind boggles.  Let the chinese in.  Durrrrrr.  So everyone else should be put at the back of the queue accept the chinese. The mind boggles.  

Always follow the money.....or perceived money ????

2 minutes ago, 3NUMBAS said:

and thats if they can even find a flight with a seat at sensible prices ,which is unlikely for years ..they exist in a parallel universe ,where every farang has tons of cash despite the hard times,they just dont get it

Thai Airways are advertising seats in Oct and November.  I'd imagine they'll be costly. 

I like my women like I like my coffee.....ground up and in the freezer!

The sky has fallen in on them and all they can do is flap in ever decreasing circles.

It is not sounding like too much fun over there at the moment.........mind you it's not that much fun over here either!

Not being able to move to Pattaya is looking more like a blessing in disguise for me right now.

I remembered the name DNANudge when I read the OP   

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2251427-we-dont-know-how-accurate-the-uks-new-rapid-coronavirus-tests-are/

Theres been a lot of doubt about it over here....comparing the company to snake oil foo lol.

Salaries in International schools are pretty much on a par with Teacher pay scales in UK.  Like I said in a previous post a couple of my former pupils are teaching in a Primary up in BKK currently 90K per month.

29 minutes ago, tso310 said:

Special flight from London announced a couple of days ago. This flight is not for Thais. Thais cannot register for this flight.

 

Registration form for international teachers / non-Thais to travel from London to Bangkok by special flight TG917 on 31 Aug 2020

The flight is organised by Department of Consular Affairs (DCA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand.

This registration will secure your seat on the flight.
The registration will be closed on 18 August 2020 and the DCA will finalise the passenger list and get back to the registers (via registered email) on 20 August 2020 so that the registers can make the payment with Thai Airways.
Please note that, all the seats are on first-come-first-served basis.

**PLEASE REGISTER ONLY ONCE PER PASSENGER**

After registration, DCA will hand over the list to Thai Airways.
Thai Airways will contact you directly (via your registered email) to process your flight reservation and payment.

For payment details, please visit https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rSp3ITXAMU7hKlfqGPSuo-vCocfBSnDY/view?usp=sharing

For more inquiries, please contact (+66) 02-203-5000 ext. 33104 or [email protected].

Economy seat £780

Business£2900

ASQ £1500+

They can get in the sea! lol  Are the International schools going to foot this bill?

DO you think many International teachers would pay £2842 to get out to Thailand? 

Two of my past pupils are currently teaching in Bkk. Salary 90K each.....flights and insurance paid. To put that in perspective thats only a few hundred quid short of my salary here in UK and I've been teaching 23 years.

At present I am on a career break here...I have a job in Thailand but:

Covid test £200 (could be a little more or less)

Flight out of LHR £2800 one way (repat flight if I can get it)

ASQ Lucky if you can find any less than £1500

Fit to fly £30 - £50

Flight to LHR £150 - £250 

There is absolutely no way I am shelling out that amount of cash to head out to what was LOS and now seems to be descending into chaos.

The downside.......I'm not permitted to work here at home on a career break......Joy abounding!