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Only in Thailand... They will eat this up sadly

Taxi for TunnelRat to China... Don't forget your PPE and face visor, and take no more than 10x100ml of hand sanitizer in your hand luggage...

Just one data point, friend just booked a flight economy to thailand from UK 1060gbp - there are slightly cheaper but with crazy connection times or false prices - long haul with no luggage etc, prior to covid he paid typically 500-600 all in. How many EU or UK tourists are going to pony up over a grand pp just to get here? I see a big slump coming until the whole Ukraine and fuel price situation improves..

For anything other than trivial stuff they usually sent you onwards to your origin branch so this is a welcomed change. At one point, like changing phone number for OTP, they were - reluctantly and with a lot of tutting - faxing documents to the origin branch which they would execute in some unknown amount of days - of course despite dozens of pages faxed nothing was ever executed days later.

Most of the fleet is still parked at swampy, other airlines are back to normal yet Thai only operating at a fraction of their previous capacity, can't see them being able to turn this around quickly.

No problem on the BTS this morning, maskless as usual, past two security people at each station, no issues. Announcement on board still advisory "recommend". Nothing has changed. Several other foreigners demasked, no problems. If it has suddenly became mandatory then the BTS company certainly didn't get the memo. It seems to me that this is a simple misunderstanding - possibly a poor translation from suggested to mandatory - or possibly someone speaking without authority. Anyway, no mask no problem, i presume the cinema will be same, they weren't enforcing masks for Top Gun, doubt theyll start this week.

Masks on flights within Thailand [1] and to/from the EU and other international countries has been optional for while however technically it has been mandated on inbound to Malaysia flights until today.. Good time for a shopping trip to KL me thinks.. --- Face masks are no longer mandatory on flights, said Malaysia's Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. In a statement on Wednesday, Mr Khairy said this protocol would take effect immediately. He added that the relaxation of the rule is also in line with health recommendations from the European Union, Britain, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. -- https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/covid-19-face-masks-no-longer-required-on-flights-says-malaysias-health-minister [1] https://thethaiger.com/coronavirus/are-face-masks-still-required-on-domestic-flights-in-thailand

Will they also charge me an additional 220baht surcharge for using my foreign debit card to make this payment ????

Through your double mask? Will it be heard?

I definitely empathize with you and fully agree it's ridiculous, I do expect they will go hand in hand and will fade away at roughly the same time as masks - most of the big X stickers have been worn down now can't see them being replaced, although with immigration it could be weeks away.. With reduced mobility I'd just take a seat and see what happens, this late in the game even the young fierce ones might think twice at taking a pop. To answer the question though, the social distance requirements are less in my face (no pun intended) - immigration and banks maybe once a month - e.g. none on flights or BTS or even in hospital waiting rooms now

I'm not going to argue or debate with someone who voluntarily restricts their own breathing...

Got an appointment in October at CW, I still suspect I'll have to wear a mask that day, seen the young ones snap at the farangs even though some of aunties working there no longer wear them, it will the first time (from today at least) and last time I suspect I'll wear a mask (yes that includes flights, BTS, cinema etc..) anywhere in Thailand. Banks will probably fall inline next week I suspect.

Children should never have been burdened with this ridiculous requirement for the last 2.5+years just to give a few very sensitive adults a further minor feeling of safety...

Let's not encourage them.. ????

Just 3? Shouldn't everyone be on their 5th or 6th jab by now as recommended by world class scientists and top government officials and exemplified by Auntin himself? Of course I'm being sarcastic, you'd have to be brainwished to the max to continue chasing this elusive immunity by just one more jab every four months.. some people here are on their 7th and planning their 8th good grief