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Simple. Choice. Being connected is my choice. The world moves forward whilst Thai Airways passengers are disconnected in the air. Why should passengers have to 'catch-up' when the option to keep them connected (If they so choose) exists for free with the competition? I have a daughter currently studying for her B.A.(Tourism) in BKK, (Dual nationality/ 5 languages). Her intentions are to be international flight crew either with a Thai airline or an overseas airline, she hasn't decided yet. Happier passengers equates to a happy working environment. -Being able to have a chuckle at life now back in the UK on Have I Got News For You using the BBC iplayer @35,000ft? -E-mails/messages? -Shopping online? -Research? -A more productive life when the Internet is available......

As, I'm guessing, your a leisure travellor, about 30% of your fellow travellors (Australian reference) find the Internet important to them. This rises to 50% in the business travellor sector. Thai people have a higher usage of social media for business and social than many other nationalities. "In a recent survey of Virgin Australia customers, 1 in 3 passengers travelling for leisure and almost half of Business Class passengers said that wi-fi was important to them when travelling." "Virgin’s main competitor, Qantas, currently offers free high-speed wifi to all passengers on most of its mainline domestic flights operated by Boeing 737-800 and Airbus A330-200 aircraft, in partnership with Viasat." https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/virgin-australia-wifi/

True story. My sister and I were "Stuck" (Free hotel/tours/food/drinks) in Delhi for 3 days in 1976 after our British Airways (B.O.A.C.?) flight to London from Hong Kong (3 stop-overs for fuel-BKK/India/Germany) had an engine fire on take-off from Delhi and had to dump fuel and land back. As unaccompanied young passengers ( 13 +11 yrs old) British Airways assured us that our contact points at both ends had been messaged (Telegram). They had not received any notifications and both ends were unaware of our delay. It took 3 days to source an aircraft (from Australia) to continue our journey. Some people lost their jobs at BA over their handling of the emergency. Here we are nearly 50 years hence and being connected today in the air is possible for the airlines. Some airlines have even saved costs by removing seat-back screens altogether and connect content direct to your device in the cabin. Live International TV is even being streamed by some airlines.

I'm of the opinion that people should be offered options/choices as standard. The competition has free Internet. The national airline denying access is unnecessarily hindering. Example: Why can't I message my wife to change the arrival time of my weather delayed flight? BTW books have evolved now to e-books. With an Internet connection you could download any book and read to your hearts content at 35,000feet. Yes you could download a book before boarding but offering Internet onboard is more Thailand 4.0.

You have missed my point; it's not about the manufacturer of the aircraft. It's the operator of the aircraft (Thai Airways) that have chosen not to go with a free internet policy unlike their competition Singapore Airlines et al. Thais are a nation at the the top of the ladder in social media usage. That requires the Internet.

https://www.traveloffpath.com/these-5-airlines-now-offer-free-wifi-on-most-flights/ Here are all the major airlines that currently offer free WiFi on most flights: JetBlue. JetBlue was the first U.S. airline to start offering free WiFi to all passengers through their Fly-Fi service in 2013. ... Delta Air Lines. ... Singapore Airlines. ... Qatar Airways. ... Norwegian Airlines.

Passengers want free fast wi-fi in the sky so they can use there own personal devices not some unhygienic touch screen.

Thai logic is a wonderous thing. When you can't sell (Export ban); put the price up. When I studied economics many moons ago if there was a supply glut the price went down. Not here!

Could be, but then the text and title are wrong. "Bangkok is the world’s most visited city this year" it states. If it said "......city this past year" it would make matching sense. Looking again at the author (Vietnamese) and source (Thailand) of the text it all now makes perfect sense!

Could it be because foreigners count Thais as often having two faces?

Nope. I guess you missed the other reports last week advertising the event. It's from 2nd-6th August. Free.

Bangkok Post this morning is saying 15 million arrivals so far this year. Here it says 22 million arrivals so far this year. Why such a massive difference?

Next they'll want to be cleaning out the STD's from every crook and cranny.

I have an opposite opinion to you. I think this makes it easier to control. Who controls the dinosaurs? The clue is in front of you.

Now you don't need to close your eyes to imagine.

I heard the plane's call sign is " FX-U-TOSR". Must be easy to remember for him. I must be getting airsick as I want to vomit. It was all prophesised in that infamous picture of him and him and her that is not available in Thailand....

2 hours ago my wife said that Thaksin won't be returning after all. I asked where she had read that; TikTok. She was quite adament that that is the holy grail of news for the Thai media outlets.

The banks have already begun to balance out their income flows from loans. My wife has a business for the last 5 years. She's a good repayer. Her prior offer from SCB was @3x monthly revenue. 2 weeks ago an offer of @5x monthly revenue is being waved in front of her. She's holding out for those lower interest rates before using bank funds to expand.

How can he have a Teacher's Licence to apply to a different school? Who gave him a reference check for the new school? How can the school let him get away to harm others?

Tickets Price1,500 baht (Guarantee Great Seats) Free entrance for Thai Citizen https://www.muaythaistadium.com/max-pattaya (1500x to 2000x the standard entry price for a foreigner!)

Sadly Thai logic normally dictates that in the event of income going down prices will be raised to compensate for the loss of said income.

quintuple pricing

I wouldn't know as I wouldn't spend 1 baht because of the racist pricing. Same with the National parks pricing and the 5 different levels of hospital pricing. (Thai online pharmacies have the one price regardless of your nationality or skin colour.)

What is being discussed here is the nationality of the customer not whether he is a resident or not. They are very different things. I have a yellow residence book and a pink Thai ID card with a National Identification number but I am not allowed to pay the same price as a Thai resident because I am "Foreign."

That Thailand is top of googles search engine for most racist pricing in the world. It's not hard to understand. Did the graphic not help?