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4 hours ago, steveyinasia said:

I have been a high level frequent flyer on THAI for many years, never get an upgrade(probably as I am not a politician or hiso) however on my last trip from NY to HK on Cathay I was upgrade from Economy to Premium Economy at the check in counter and to my surprise, upgraded again at the gate to Business Class.  I am at the lowest level of CX membership.  I am not sure how they determine who gets what however on Thai, it is next to impossible, they would rather fly with business class empty than upgrade FF and resell the economy seat....just my opinion.

If they have an overfull economy (and this is normal - airlines standardly overbook by 5% as that is the number that do not show up for flights) and empty seats in Business, they will upgrade. There will be no resale of your seat in this case. 

Airlines tend to upgrade according to criteria but mainly based on the idea of people who might at some stage choose to fly business if they get a taste for it. At the time of flying, you probably checked most of the boxes and had little or no competition.

Other than paying for it, there is no sure-fire way of getting upgraded. However, you can help yourself a lot, as follows:

- be even a local celeb but don't do the "don't you know who I am" thing

- be very polite and helpful to the checkin clerk and to all staff - they remember nice people too and don't like guys pushing for dates etc and remember them too!

- wear nice quality clothing and look clean and presentable (not drunk or out of it)

- have a frequent flyer card for that airline

- do some research on flights that are likely to have full economy class but low take-up on business class

- date or marry a flight crew member (usually only works with a single airline)

Sometimes airlines sell upgrades quite cheaply, at less than double the cost of the economy ticket. Sometimes worth looking into especially at the last minute.

6 hours ago, jollyhangmon said:

Alright Freud Sigi, nobody really cares for your psycho 'expertise' here - at all.

 

It has been stated clearly & repeatedly how that mix-up occurred and that it happened to many. That's all there is to it, anybody who wanted to did get it long since.

Anything else from your side is expansion and clearly off topic. Which is why it was thrown out once already.

Thanks for the participation as useless as it was.

Actually the subject area is Logic, not Psychology (as your "Freud Sigi' jibe was meant to imply). The writer was simply listing the logical fallacies that were evident in the dodgy arguments being put forward. Perhaps you might want to expand your own reading a little . . . . ?

This rumour may have arisen from the need to get a visa from the consulate when you have used up your two land crossing visa waivers in one calendar year. When acquiring the multiple visa at the consulate, you need to show proof of funds in the form of a bank statement indicating 200,000 or equivalent in an account.

6 hours ago, GOLDBUGGY said:

Yeah! Sure!

 

Kidnapped and Raped but escaped and now just wondering the streets in a Hypnotic State, not asking for help or to even cover up, and doesn't know her own name or her behind from a hole in the ground. Sure sounds like the everyday Rape Case Victim to me to.

 

Get Real! It is obvious to everyone here she was on something she couldn't handle. How she got it is what we don't know. Even people going through a Mental Breakdown may cry a lot, and act strange, but they don't go around taking off all of there clothes and parade around the busy street, not knowing their name, and acting like this.

 

But I do agree that there is some pathetic people posting here. Only surprised they didn't mention some Big Brown Envelope to the Police, in this story, for the Big Cover Up they had to do to this woman to hide her nudity.

 

I suppose the next one will be she lost her clothes swimming for some small Island, where the Maufia held her captive and raped her, but this trauma caused her to forget everything, incliuding her own name. But I am sure some will bite on that BS Story to.   

I really do love the self-appointed diagnosticians and wise-acres pseudo-specialists on this forum. According to Prof. Goldbuggy here, it is obvious that she was on something she couldn't handle - based on a simple fact that someone streaked down the centre of a road in Thailand. Hmmmm.

There are a number of medical/psychiatric conditions that would explain this behaviour that would have nothing to do with the consumption of illegal substances. And uncovering which one would take time. Of course, many who from certain psychological and medical conditions also take drugs (either the conditions are the result of the drug taking or the drug taking is as result of trying to get away from the pain and suffering caused by the underlying condition).

I also notice a need among certain members of the Thai Visa audience to bring in rape and kidnapping when that was never a feature of the story in the first place. The reporting and commentary on the thread says more about the mental health of some Thai Visa contributors than the diagnosis of this female streaker.

34 minutes ago, asialife said:

To add:  I would rather get something for a longer period. Let's say a year and it should be good for Asia and Europe. But i am not sure if you have to get this in the country where you are registered or if you can get it in any country you are in, assuming you are leaving that country to travel to other countries.

 

if necessary, I could produce a ticket that proves i was in the country when the insurance started. But would i need a return ticket to that same country as well.

 

Questions like this I'm wondering about. 

You are not looking for travel insurance - instead, you are looking for health insurance. Travel insurance will have all sorts of conditions concerning how long you can be away on any one trip.

Just now, BsBs said:

 

 

Wrong, not as easy as you say to get a 1 year visa in Laos.

 

 

Actually he is right. I just got my one year Lao visa and work permit for $600 in Laos - the whole thing took a few weeks and all it took was some passport photos and some documents with passport. You have to leave the country and cross by land border back into the country when you present the document and you get the special visa in your passport. You have to wait up to 2 weeks without leaving the country to get the two books (stay book and work permit).

There are several companies who do this. 

On 3/3/2017 at 7:40 AM, sujoop said:

But they have so much in common, nyet?:

 

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman:
Fake news aimed at discrediting Russia
 

 

Same play-book as the con-rade apprentice in chief who stated:
'The leaks are absolutely real, but the news is fake'

So are you saying that the original allegations were fake news or that the in-depth CNN report into it which sets out the Russian view clearly is fake news? 

You cannot have it both ways. If CNN were speading fake news, they would not have done the professional reporting, which is to present both sides of the story, even when you don't quite believe one side.

I guess that by "underling" is meant "non-police co-conspirator."

9 hours ago, colinneil said:

The simple answer is obvious, get more immigration officers on the desks.

Surely there must be some available, from the inactive post room  

The mismatch between resources and requirements never seems to be an issue. They could have put in automatic gates as they have in Dubai where if something is wrong you get shunted to a real person. No need to rewrite all the info about you on a card that is already on the computer anyway.

Same same in the consulates in neighbouring countries - since they have instituted this new two free entries and then you have to get a visa, the consulates are full of applicants who are expat residents of neighbouring countries who just want to go to Thailand for a few hours to buy some stuff or to renew a re-entry into that neighbouring country (e.g. in Laos, for longer-term Lao visas you have to leave the country and re-enter by land border)

5 hours ago, louse1953 said:

How do taxis at airport fleece people?

"No meter, 600 baht, good price!"

This is what the driver proposes when you find yourself in the taxi and you have already moved away from the airport and you realise that the meter is not on. Of course, you pay all the highway tolls too.

6 hours ago, Ricardo said:

Long overdue for the BBC to support their reporter, in this particular instance, but perhaps it might be wise for JH to relocate to another country/area while it all plays out ?

I know that JH is a great reporter but it is going to be difficult for him to relocate to another jurisdiction, presumably one without extradition agreement with Thailand, without his passport. The court has already taken his passport and no doubt all airports and exit points from the Kingdom are notified just in case the British issue him with an emergency pass.

4 hours ago, rkidlad said:

Regardless of what you think about him having no insurance, he should have gone to the best and nearest hospital. Doctors swear an oath. 

 

Get treated first and worry later. Life and death should have no price tag.

There is the world of difference between stabilising a patient and providing a whole treatment plan that includes a long stay in hospital, operations, expensive meds, lab work and expensive scans etc.

People from countries where there is a nationalised medical system are under the mistaken impression that anywhere in the world you will be treated if you show up at a hospital. This is not true - believe me, I have worked in the health sector in a number of countries in several continents. 

When you arrive at a hospital without insurance and funds, the doctors may well save your life in the short run by stabilising you (in some countries, private hospitals will simply turn you away if you don't have funds or insurance). What happens then depends on local circumstances. Chances are that you will be sent to a cheap local hospital or a charity hospital that does not have the resources in-house to provide the whole treatment program you need but will look after you and continue to stabilise you in a very basic way until either you come up with funds for the expensive procedures and care or you die. 

It is always sad to hear that someone thought it was ok to come to a foreign country and engage in a highly risky activity like motorcycle riding without the benefit of any medical insurance.

Here is a way of getting conservatives to unite behind Trump - get rid of Bannon!

The real truth about Republicans is that they tend not to be really ideological and their views are informed by their experience. What they really don't like is an ideologue of either the left or right telling them what they ought to do or think.

The real problem here is that libel is treated as a criminal matter in Thailand whereas in other jurisdictions it is treated as a civil matter.

Treating libel as a criminal matter means that any Thai can make a report of alleged libel and let the state do the work for them without having to put their hand in their own pocket. As the libel law is so liberal, the complainant has a very good chance of winning even when what the libel is about is in the public interest and involves criminal activity (in this case alleged fraud by the complainant).

Make libel a civil matter under the law and you get rid of this nonsense. But there will be those who argue that there are certain interests who definitely do not want to see an end to such a weapon against journalists and others working in the public interest.

At least they are agreeing that the dead man is North Korean, even if he would be the last person who would hold a North Korean diplomatic passport. In fact, it is not at all clear that the North Koreans could even claim him as a citizen as he travelled under another passport and was non persona grata for years in North Korea.

I wonder what they will do when the proof comes out that the dead man is who they say he is (via the DNA provided by his son). The son is no fan of the North Korean regime either and will have the right to claim the remains as next of kin.

The Malaysians have not yet completed the lab work on the substance put on the deceased face that allegedly led to his death.  Might be interesting when they do.

73 Kilos. Ah, the memory! I now weigh 110 plus, depending on the day. I would give my eye-teeth to be 90kg!

Pattaya is now about nature and wants tourists who are interested in the Nature? I bet that will be interpreted in Pattaya as the town now needs naturists!

The Supreme Court of Great Britain has upheld the controversial rule that a British citizen must earn at least £18,600 ($23,170) per annum before their spouse from outside the European Economic Area can settle in the UK.

For more details, see the original article on the BBC website:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39050664

They don't even do this in fee-paying hospitals in paces in Africa where it is really poor!

Leptospirosis, also known as Weil's Disease is not rare, as claimed in this all-knowing, wise-acre article. It is endemic wherever there are large numbers of rats. Humans get it largely from rats or via pets who get it from rats and it is estimated that at least 10million humans are infected per year - sound rare to you?

The incidence of Leptospirosis among rats in New York was hardly an outbreak - it was simply that the number of rats in a location got larger and contact between humans and rats became more likely. Wherever there are rats, there is Lepto.

I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall. What a pity the prosecutor did not allow himself to be falsely arrested and then taken to the police station and he would have got the cab driver and the cop friend too!

I have almost has this experience - got a taxi outside Central with a large suitcase and he wanted to charge me 200 baht to go to soi 11 Suk. I kept saying meter. He refused eventually pulled over raising his hood/bonnet claiming that there was something wrong with his engine and was calling reinforcements, which I presumed were either fictions or his cop buddies. I waited for about 10 minutes, so as to cost him some business. As soon as I got out of his cab, he was off down the street with no engine trouble - what a pantomime!

9 hours ago, IMA_FARANG said:

The Phillip[ne government has had many problems with women were who left the Phillipines as 'girlfriends' of foreigners and then overstayed in the country they went to as workers and sex workers. in the past.

Therefore the Philipine  government is very strict about allowing women to leave the country with their 'boyfriends'.

This policy has been in effect for years.

 

Actually there are even greater reasons. The Philippine government has a strict classification, which is Overseas Philippine Worker. For this, the person has to get a whole load of paperwork and go through a process through official agencies etc etc. The reason for this is because so many Philippine people are enticed overseas and then are exploited or find themselves in a foreign country without money etc - remember there are over 10 million officially documented Overseas Philippine Workers and millions who are not.

The country tries to catch people leaving the country who might be going abroad to work - so if you are very rich and have assets and plenty money in your bank account, no problem. Have a permanent job, no problem (although if you work for a government agency, you need permission to go abroad). But if you are a relatively poor Philippine citizen going abroad with no visible means of support and no Overseas Philippine Worker status, you could well be stopped.

A pal of mine was told off by his Thai wife because he was not becoming Thai enough (when actually he is really rather Thai!). He then asked her, how Thai he should become? Should he take a Mia Noi? Or perhaps a Gig? That was the end of that particular conversation.

8 hours ago, Thechook said:

Why on earth do people go to Pattaya

Let me think, ahh, gee, that is a really hard question! I will have to get back to you on that . . . . !