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2 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

While no one can be ‘blamed’ the situation and conditions of entry have changed. 

 

Swiss Air have sold a ticket on a flight the passenger will not be permitted to board. 

 

Swiss Air will not allow the passenger to board with a ticket as Chiang Mai as a final destination, as its not a direct flight and his onward flight (likely a code share) will not permit him to board as he has not undergone 'test and go’.

 

Swiss Air have made the mistake in selling this ticket. 

OR, a travel agent has made a mistake in Selling the Op this ticket. 

 

What we have is either an agent or Swiss Air refusing to take responsibility for selling a ticket the Op cannot travel on. 

 

 

It isn't the responsibility of airline to check eligibility, and consider all permutations of travel, for example I can book today to go Australia, Hong Kong, or Taiwan, even select my seats, but there's no chance in hell I'm going to get a boarding pass and be allowed on the flight.  This applies to future booking too, I can take a big risk today and book a flight to Penang via KL for mid Jan, but as it stands its impossible route at the moment, maybe not 1st jan.

But anyway the Op has sorted it..  

3 minutes ago, nglodnig said:

It's Swiss Air (or whatever they call themselves) called again at the possibility of cancelling one segment (BKK->CNX) it is possible but a charge of nearly 3000 baht so plus the new air fare at the same price it is cheaper then their original 10,000 baht charge.

 

I've been doing this for over thirty years so I wouldn't call myself "naive" ???? but this is the first time my itinerary has been forced to change by government regulation, not by choice - but the airline submit that I am doing this "voluntarily".

If the rules changed after you booked you might have leverage, however I don't believe transit to via BKK to CM for normal people has been permitted for 20 months.  The flight likely exists on the booking engines because its impossible for an airline to codify all possible permutations especially in these times, and there may be exceptions (special government permissions? diplomats?)

A charge of 3,000 I'd consider that a win

13 hours ago, Maybole said:

There should be a Transfer Desk before immigration where she can check in for Qatar,

I cant see this working. It's separate tickets and the airlines are not partners or codeshare (even on code share it wouldn't work),  and I presume she will have luggage?  She won't be allowed to board her first flight as Singapore airlines will check the entry conditions, and they wont ignore them just because you can present a ticket with a different airlines within a few hours, don't worry about the cash requirement as she wont reach BKK

Your return legs will be automatically cancelled for not completing the full leg, all airlines are the same in this regards, it's nothing personal or to do with the reputation of the airlines. 

If it's a one way ticket and you somehow manage to be allowed to check-in and somehow are granted a thailand pass, this is all unlikely, but if it happens, then proceed through the health screening, and immigration and then at baggage claim tell them to retrieve your luggage.

Also, no one can just take your tickets for the last leg, that just not how it works, even if name change is permitted - highly unlikely - you cant break out each individual leg for resale.

Just pay the 14,000 imo preusming a difference of 7000 each for a couple

Thailand hasn't yet gone fully insane and adopted a booster a season, although they are diligently working towards that - looks like it will eventually be 180 days, but as of today no such requirement,  your original 2 shots of pzfier on the QR code qualifies you as fully vaccinated even if 10 months ago. I would use that and not complicate matters with the non-QR replacement CDC card

Not sure about the bring from home route. But cost isn't expensive, at hospital, it was a few thousand baht including a private room for an hour, results back in an hour.

Is there a short code to activate 1 year internet for an existing dtac number? dont mind if its a little more than the lazada offers

If not the 300baht/month 10mbit is still good value, I can tether with this no problem?  I know some operators in other countries have heuristics to determine if tethering and slow the speed down to 64kbit when detected

14 minutes ago, sqwakvfr said:

For comparison in Los Angeles a 4 hour PCR test costs $500.  So I doubt any hospital in Thailand would administer a PCR test for a patient who is about to be admitted.  I had a colonoscopy a few months ago and I had an anti-gen test the day before the procedure.  The hospital charged me 700 baht(no way a private hospital would charge only 700 baht for a PCR test?).  

Ouch imagine paying $500 for a PCR test and still having only a 4 hour guarantee, I paid 50euros for my last one and got the pdf/result in 3hrs although the guarantee was "maximum 9pm" so I guess 12hrs for those that rocked up at start of day. Agree at 700baht you had an antigen

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in the future it is quite likely that apple in Thailand will make genuine parts available though this will be years from now as they have only just started releasing them in the USA 

Say it could be a matter of months stuff I read

Yep at 3,000 you got a chinese clonethat will go to <deleted> after a year or two, but that might suit your requirements. If you want it to last a few years and battery health to remain sane you should of paid the 6000 to apple

1 hour ago, JayClay said:

I got turned down the first time I ever went to Cambodia. And that was even with the help of an agent (who very kindly refunded my money).

 

And they don't just turn you down... They put the visa sticker in your passport and mark it with a big "void without prejudice" stamp (which the agent kindly removed for me) 

Haha, sounds a great agent, mind DM me his name/shop, thanks!

17 minutes ago, sqwakvfr said:

If it was that fast then it was probably an anti-gen test.  

PCR can be done as a little as 20minutes, albeit these are usually at large western airports and can cost $250+ for the dopey traveller that didnt realize he/she needed one

The removal of the forte insurance is most welcome.

On 11/16/2021 at 5:34 AM, zzzzz said:

Pre covid, very easy
Borders are NOT yet open either way.
I dont expect that to happen till feb at earliest>
pre covid, the thai embassy would issue max 4 tourist visas in ones passport
2 land visa exempt entries/calendar year

 

dont forget the pcr test before you leave thailand, rapid test on arrival in Cambodia and another pcr test to return to Thailand

AND according to travelers that arrived in Cambodia yesterday, Forte covid insurance still required, ( min 20 days $90) for entry an than you need insurance for thailand as well

Visa via agent was around $45 and 3 days turnaround time

Is 4 tourist visa from that specific embassy or all?, what would happen if you have had many but none from cambodia?

$45 includes the embassy fee as well? Which agent did you use?

2 hours ago, scorecard said:

In which case a waste of time and resources which possibly/probably should be focused on core business, current core business goals and the specific strategies to achieve the core business goals.

I agree

2 hours ago, John Drake said:

Go to their website. That is what they're doing.

Cant find anything but possibly because Im out of Thailand. If that's the plan they should of stopped at that, instead of opening a popup instagram cafe and sinking any potential wins into a dead horse

Has there been any more chatter about a new approach for asymptomatic people testing positive not requiring hospitalization, and those afflicted by high-risk-contact but healthy and negative not having to spend two weeks in a hotel, or is it still in scam mode?

5 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Yup or a family of 4 needs to buy 250 million to share with family and friends the world over.

Seems feasible... the TAT are doing the financial forecasting....

4 minutes ago, scorecard said:

So what would the bottom line profit % be?

Probably still negative..

This will obviously cost way more money than they will ever make. I dont fault the general idea of utilizing assets such as catering services in these times, but they need to be pragmatic instead of wasting more cashflow, a simple low-cost solution is just get the catering facility to team up with ubereats, grab and lineman, take the 25% commission as cost of doing business with a fast ramp up, upfront costs would only be around 50k on some tablets and 55million on thai middle management.

Probably get some lame posing instagrammers for the novelty but I cant see this working, the pie and crappy tiny cake they serve on regional and maybe some domestic isn't worth even 40baht, I dare say even S&P pastries are better

15 hours ago, cjinchiangrai said:

Nope. You will need a flight out at 30 days. Changing the ticket costs much more than the TR or STV.

 

I would look at an O-A if the cash is there. One year extendable.

 

Onward ticket $12. Problem solved.

Or take the risk and presume covid extensions will still be available that way you get 30+60 instead of 60+30 (although I guess you could end up with 60+60? )

Do you have a certificate of any sort already?