MangoKorat

Yep, new announcements on a weekly basis - bunch of mixed up cookies.

What's mindboggling to me is why anyone would pay £100's more on some occasions by booking direct. Believe me, I always check and if the price is close, of course I book direct but you can usually do that on the comparison site in any case. You certainly can on Travelsupermarket.

Interesting that so many insist that booking direct is better but very strange that so many say agents prices are not much cheaper. I always compare before booking and have saved £ thousands. Not an opinion but fact - I travel 4 to 6 times per year so the price is important to me. My last flight with Qatar was £102 cheaper through an agent. May's flight was just £27 cheaper so I booked direct with Etihad. The beauty of using a comparison site is that most also list the airline's price. I sometimes check this on the airline's website and so far its always been the same. Sometimes more timings are shown on the airline's site One of the annoying things is that sometimes when you click on a flight/price, when you arrive at the agents site, the flight is not available. They claim its just not updated on the system yet...... bull. Over the years I've learned that its usually the same agents that operate that way - so I avoid them. I won't name full names on this but UK members will probably recognise one with 'Guru' in their name - they are the worst I've seen for this.

You don't book with the website - they direct you to an agent.

Are you referring to sites base in Asia or ones like Travelsupermarket that I previously mentioned? I can't speak for other sites but I've used Travelsupermarket for years and never had a problem. They are simply a comparison site that display prices and deals offered by many different agents. When you choose a price you are then transferred to the agents website to make the booking. Before booking you can check out the agents credibilty on sites such as Trustpilot. Travelsupermarket also, in most cases, display the price of the airline involved and will direct you to their site to complete the booking if you choose to book direct. I normally have a rule - if the agents price is less than £30 cheaper than going direct - I book with the airline. However, that is very rare and I've saved thousands of £'s over the years by using agents. Anyway, what I'm trying to establish is if there are any Asia/Thailand specific comparison sites.

These guys are sick - sick but very aware that what they do is wrong. Why the hell would you find a child sexually attractive? Never been able to work that out.

We all have our preferences that we swear by and when I'm in the UK, I find that Travelsupermarket works best for me - its Kayak based so other sites are similar. I am aware that I can use that site (and Kayak) to book flights FROM Thailand but I have no idea if I'm getting offered the best prices. So, when you're in Thailand, which booking sites do you use? I am aware that Booking.com are now selling flights but there's are rarely the best prices and on the one time I booked through them, I was simply passed on to another agent. Are there sites similar to Kayak etc. that are Thailand/Asia based and if so, are the agents trustworthy and do they offer anf fare protection?

When I return from the UK I'm normally on a late flight so I stay over in Bangkok and have a night out. On a recent trip I bumped into a bloke I've known for a few years. Sitting in a bar opposite Big Dogs & Morning night I commented that the girls were older and uglier than I remembered them to be 20 years ago. To which my mate commented 'Yeah, its the same girls"........🤣

This is not a private chat - its a public forum.

Terrorist? On what basis do you make that claim? Do you have some 'special access' to the facts?

I'm guessing that you have some inside information on the background of all the 'boat people'? And that you have specialist knowledge on how to distinguish between those who are genuine and those who really need help? You should go talk to Starmer, he's looking for a solution to the problem - someone with your apparent knowledge could probably demand a very high salary.

I do not think that immigration per se causes problems for the UK. I actually don't believe in borders as such. However, I do believe that when a country is full, its full. The world, more particularly Europe has been defined by immigration for centuries - the entire region is a mish mash of races. However, it is only within the last 100 years or so that we have seen the rise of serious racism and that is because of what? Colour! Previous migrants have not been obvious so they were more accepted. The white man's arrogant belief that he is somehow superior and that people of a different colour are lesser beings, responsible for more crime is behind their racism. Should a white american man come to live in the UK, would he draw the same thoughts? My niece for example, recently made a social media post complaining that asylum seekers were able to claim more benefits than British born people and generally berating immigrants as benefit cheats. I pointed out to her that according to a news report last year, there are now white British 3rd generation unemployed in Leeds. That's 3 generations that have never worked. I probably know 8 - 10 coloured people, all of them either work or have retired from work. The basis of my niece's post came about from misinformation created out of populist misconceptions that often have their basis in more deliberate misinformation spread by racist right wing groups. What has the above to do with the current debate? The countrywide riots were the result of misinformation spread by racist groups - it never fails to amaze me how easily people believe what they read. The rise of social media has given voice to all sorts of groups and individuals and very few of them contribute positively to society.

But its the misinformation that started the riots - however, I believe the far right groups have been waiting for an excuse.

And where do you draw that inference from? My comments on that matter are not reluctant at all. They are widely held beliefs - mainly based on environmental concerns. If calling the rioters - the people that destroyed property that both you and i paid for, damaged shops and houses, and generally terrorised non ethnic British people living in the UK - far right, racists, meatheads and uneducated is bad - guilty as charged. Perhaps you think I should talk nicely about these hooligans?

To assist your confusion. The guy who murdered the young girls was black and born in Britain to Rwandan parents - not that that had anything to do with his crime. He was/is clearly suffering from a severe form of mental illness. The far right groups posted information on social media stating that he was a black asylum seeker - he was not. I hope that clears the matter up for you.

Again, you are being 'selective' in your reading. I suggest you read all my posts.

Check out ther date of the far right social media posts.

Totally wrong on all counts. I think you need to learn to read.

Incorrect. The poster is 100% correct - check out the news reports on the day. That will show you that the far right groups were the ones that spread the story that he was a black asylum seeker.

I don't think that at all - and I think you know that very well. Should you wish to debate on an honest basis without trying to 'point score' - I'm happy to do so,

What? Be angry by all means but please explain what rioting achieved? As someone else mentioned - how does looting a smartphone help the fight against illegal immigration? This was not anger or a support for lower immigration levels - it was pure mindless, racist violence. Nothing 'throwaway' about my comments - I saw the people on TV and I've read some of their comments since. I have no argument with your basis of having the infrastructure in place to support migration - in fact you probaly have no idea just how wrong you are on what I do and do not support - I'll give you a little idea. I actually support only very limited immigration and only immigration that can be supported - at the moment the UK is 'full'. I believe that asylum seekers/refugees should have to prove their situation beyond doubt. I am confused as to just how and when the temporary protection of vulnerable refugees became 'resettlement'. I do not consider that Mulsim/Jewish religions/cultures are not compatible with the UK way of life and that the country should never have made concessions to those groups (prayer time/halal etc). So you might now understand that I'm not the lefty loony you probably thought I was.

And my 'ilk' is what? I have no idea what the cost of living in Thailand has to do with this conversation. Where is the 'goverment attrocity'? Do you mean the police response to the violence and looting and the ensuing punishments? That's an attrocity? Should we let these thugs destroy public property that we have paid for out of our taxes? Let them riot freely? There would almost certainly have been lynchings. A close friend of mine, a 68 year old Jamaican woman who spent 30 years of her life working in British hospitals was jostled in the street and told to 'f off home' in the supermarket during the riot period - she was terrified! That woman has probably done more for the UK than many of us - and unlike some lazy British benefit claimants, she's probably paid more tax. My friend has a total right to live out her retirement in peace - free from fear. Those who abused her are just lucky that I wasn't there.

He was not British in the eyes of the rioters - and you know that very well. You've shot yourself in the foot with your attempt at cleverness. The killing of Mark Duggan was a totally different situation and the riots that ensued were actually the result of the perceived treatment of black people by the police in the UK. The riots were also almost totally confined to Tottenham. I didn't see any black people beating up whites during those riots. There is no comparison between the two situations - the only common factor is the riot - the reasons are totally different,

Communities degraded? Have you any idea what would happen to the NHS if there wasn't any immigrants. But such thoughts are wasted on you aren't they? The very fact that your small mind can only think that migrants 'degrade' a community shows the level of your intelligence. And you are living where? Thailand? I suppose you think your presence 'upgrades' your Thai community? Have you any idea what the make up of so called 'Brtish Ethnicity' actually is? How far back can you trace your roots? How many generations does it take before someone can call themselves British? Yes, the UK has immigration problems and I do not support unlimited immigration but if you seek out the truth, you will find the message spread by these racist a hole groups is in fact almost total rubbish.

They most certainly did not. The BBC reported the facts at the earliest opportunity. But, what if they did. for that matter? What difference would it make? Why should people riot simply because a killer is not British? I'll tell you why - they are nothing more than racist meatheads.