theoldgit

Air Asia are now selling flights on both routes from 2 April, they're showing availability until 29 October.

The op is seeking specific advice, a number of off topic posts have been removed. 

24 minutes ago, cauldlad said:

As far as I know you cannot do it online unless you re living in the UK. You have to post the claim form together with your birth certificate. Mine was returned in around 2 weeks.

I certainly did mine online in 2012, in my case they were able to confirm my entitlement without a birth certificate, not sure why, maybe via my tax and NI records or maybe because I was a retired Civil Servant they may have had access to more information.

As you're specifically asking about travel to Thailand, rather than travel from Thailand, I'll move your post to the correct forum, where you're more likely to get a full answer to your question. 

50 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Correct me if I'm wrong but Thailand is not on the list of banned countries where you need to quarantine for entry into the UK.

No, but if you're flying through the UAE, which is on the "Red List", you're not actually allowed into the UK unless you're a UK National or have residence rights, in which case you'd have to quarantine. 

This doesn't affect the OP.

Red list travel ban countries

If you have been in or through any of the countries listed below in the previous 10 days, you will be refused entry to the UK.

If you are a British or Irish National, or you have residence rights in the UK, you will be able to enter. You must quarantine in a government approved hotel for 10 days. You cannot use the Test to Release scheme.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/transport-measures-to-protect-the-uk-from-variant-strains-of-covid-19#travel-bans-to-the-uk---banned-countries

Nonsense troll post removed.

3 minutes ago, vogie said:

I seem to remember from an old thread on frozen pensions that 2 years was mentioned but was not guarenteed, it said at the end of the day it was up to the descretion of the pension officer.

That certainly rings a bell.

Troll post removed.

30 minutes ago, Mister Fixit said:

For a start, there is never a quote for the price of a visa which is paid in dollars.  

When the UK Government set the price for the processing a visa application it is set in GBP.

The UKVI use various companies to collect the fee and the fee is often collected in the local currency and more than often in USD.

The UKVI agree an exchange rate with their processors, it’s never on the side of the applicant.

Can we please stop this bickering now please?

17 hours ago, DaLa said:

Be nice if I could get a refund on the 2 year visa at a cost of £361 that my wife has only been able to use once due to travel restrictions.  Always puzzled me why they required payment in $US. 

The UKVI will argue that the fee is the cost of processing the application, and they’ve processed the application.

Some years ago the charge was the same whatever the length of the visa applied for, they introduced a higher fee for longer term visas, as a way to generate more income, probably ten years ago.

3 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

Any idea if you can pay with a Thai bank card?

It's still an online payment system, so whilst I don't know for sure, I don't see why not.

https://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/th/en/news/uk-visas-and-immigration-payment-improvements

Thanks for the heads up Tony ????

I believe this takes effect from 18 February

It's worth noting that UK Visa Applications from Thailand can be made in THB from 18 February.

I'm grateful for @Tony Mfor the heads up

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1206288-payment-for-uk-visas-now-in-thb/

24 minutes ago, DaLa said:

Always a puzzle for me why they only accept payment in US dollars in the first place. 

It’s a question that’s been asked many times over the years, with some members going as far as instigating a FOI request and receiving a waffled response in return, which basically said “because we can”.

It certainly doesn't look like a scam, as you say it advises that the excess will be paid automatically and to only contact if you don't receive it, the email address looks pukka.

Do let us know how much you get back, every little helps.

This issue is outside the remit of the Consular Team, there is already a long running thread on the subject of "Frozen Pensions" so I'm closing this thread.

Please continue the debate here https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1142813-uk-pensions-and-related-info-2020/

This part of the Forum is where Consular Staff provide information in respect of their recent activities.

If you wish to ask the team a specific question, you might be better off asking it in the Q&A part of the Forum, I suspect it wouldn’t be read here.

Though the question I removed from this section has already been asked, and answered.

On 2/10/2021 at 5:53 AM, elgenon said:

Thanks for the survey. Do you know if Bolt operates in Chiang Mai or Pattaya?

They certainly operate in Pattaya, don't know about Chiang Mai.

They seem to have dropped the route, they're now showing no availability for the original schedule up untill 26 March.

On 2/3/2021 at 11:00 AM, theoldgit said:

Air Asia are now showing no availabilty on this route, and the Hua Hin - Udon Thani route, until 5 March.

 

They seem to have dropped the route, they're now showing no availability at all for the original schedule up untill 26 March.

6 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

Ferry is more efficient and faster.

It was when it was running.

7 hours ago, wolf81 said:

From Chiang Mai to Hua Hin would also be nice.

 

Also, Chon Buri also has a ferry service to Hua Hin that should be much quicker than driving around BKK, that might be nice to try if you didn't know about it yet.

Air Asia had direct flights from Hua Hin to both Chiang Mai and Udon Thani, they were originally scheduled to run up to 26 March, but they have dropped both routes.

The ferry hasn't been operating for months.