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mjd

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  1. b.a.t stopped selling into thailand about 18 months ago,,,so uk brands are not avaiable in general,,,,,,,,,as posted you will find at duty free,,,,,previous they imported from hong kong and the phillipines which made available brands you will know from the u.k.,,,,,,its something to do with a dispute with the goverment over taxes

  2. I've seen in legitimate Duty free retail stores (limited to intl. travelers, airports and border stores) neighboring Thailand such as; King Power Suvarnabhumi, Poipet Cambodia border,

    Lao/Thai borders - ChongMek, Suvannakhet, Vientiane. Bangkok airways also have DF stores at both Utapao and Koh Samui, but again must be departing to purchase them.

    You probably have to ask a friend who is traveling abroad or crossing over into a neighboring country to buy them for you.

    On the last note, maybe check out the cigar shop at the JW Marriott Sukhumvit near Nana bts station.

  3. i flew this route 1 st april this year,,,,,,,with the 1 hour connection in mumbai,,,,,,,,the security took about 15 mins to clear,,,,and i was at the back of the plane from bkk,so no problem there,,,,,,cant think how long that would take say if a jumbo was in front of you,,,,,but the security is for transit passengers only,,,,,,,time for a wash and brush up to before boarding to uk,,,,,,,,,,

  4. This is a common practice with most airlines as there is a rule that says if a person flies into a country and ends up not meeting the standards at their point of entry and they have to be kicked out the airline that brought them there must pay to fly them back home. Therefore most airlines refuse to take a chance on having to pay to fly the passenger back home.

    While this may be a supposed policy, it is by no means "a common practice." I and several friends have flown into Thailand many times per year for many years without an onward ticket and none of us have ever experienced this practice nor heard of it happening.

  5. We were obviously very lucky. My wife (gf then) had a number of visas quite close to each other and we (unintentially) broke the six in twelve months rule twice. I have to admit I was in blissful ignorance of this rule but further visas were issued without problem.

    I suspect it would be unwise to count on this being the case so make it clear the days spent in the UK. It is sometimes a fine line between visa types. For years my wife spent part of the year here and part at our home in Bangkok without problems with tourist visas.

    I am not sure if the policies have changed to push applicants to get more expensive visas.

    One advantage with a visitors visa is the local authority do not consider a visitor needs to pay council tax if the household is claiming single persons discount. I checked on this when our council were having a blitz on council tax avoidance.

    Cheers man, advice noted.

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