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Why ? You have a visa, no need for a return ticket.

A lot of people travelling with passports in far more questionable condition. Just an excuse to not pay compensation when overbooked just as in the case of missing middle name or similar reasons. The other airline and immigration at either end obviously had no problems with it.

This is yet another example of how careful you need to be these days when traveling. Denied boarding a flight to Thailand on Qatar Airways from the UK because of an all but invisible millimeter tear on a passport. They had to go to another airline and purchase tickets to fly to Turkey instead, the other airline didn't have any problems with the passport. So what's going on here then ? In the last year my daughter has initially been refused boarding twice on United Airlines for the slightest of reasons, until she produces a "Do not bump" document from United in which case everything is magically resolved. Her company is a major corporate customer of United Airlines and don't appreciate their employees being bumped from flights as it can cause them major scheduling problems. The simple fact is that airline algorithms overbook flights on purpose to account for "no-shows" etc and they don't always get it right. Lately there are more and more of these stories as airlines are ever more keen to maximize flight capacity That's when the check-in staff look for ANY excuse to deny boarding. Best advice is to always turn up early and as far as his possible make sure you have left nothing to chance. That and a prayer. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/devastated-familys-7000-thailand-holiday-27468870

Check out the suitcase, that's how it happened, wheel got caught and opened up the gap as it dragged suitcase down. What made this incident different was the horrendous nature of it. It's surprising how many accidents there are on escalators and travelers all over the world, thankfully not this serious, but quite often soles get ripped off shoes. In the US there are even law firms specialising in these accidents.

Wrong to say Thai people can't be bothered about this, a lot of anger out there. However, a lot of voices cautioning and telling people to wait and see how this shapes up before taking to the streets, they don't want to give this lot the opportunity to claim negotiations were the right way to go about this.

The student protests took place during the restrictions imposed by covid. Very little foreign media in Bangkok and almost zero tourists. Fast forward to today and there are heaps of foreign journalists and camera crews in the country just as there are masses of tourists. Tear gassing and baton charging protesters around Democracy Monument or MBK will inevitably mean tourists being caught up in the violence and massive foreign coverage shining a spotlight on this electoral farce. The anger on Thai Twitter will soon be expressed in deeds rather than words.

Acquittal completely unrelated to the fact that the minimum sentence for this offence is 16 years imprisonment and of course the message that that would send out to bolster the case put forward by Move Forward for reform.

It's a side note, but I'm mystified as to why people think you can't be extradited from countries that you don't have extradition agreements with. Actually it works the other way round, often the extradition agreements will prohibit the extradition of a countries own citizens. Example, as a French citizen, film director Roman Polanski has long been able to escape extradition to the United states for the alleged crime of having sex with a minor. France does not extradite its own citizens, end of subject. In the situation where no extradition treaty exists there is nothing to prevent a country requesting extradition, then it's down to politics rather than law. Venezuela might want you if you have enough $ to spread around, not the case here. In any event, if found guilty of this crime it carries more than a 12 month sentence so is therefore extraditable under the treaty between Thailand and US. And to the poster who asked can you be extradited when you're only suspected of a crime, duh, that’s the point, so you can face trial..

You can ride a motorcycle in Thailand without a licence and be covered by your travel insurance if you have done things correctly. You have to undergo a CBT (Compulsory Basic Training) course which is one day training, at the end of which you get a certificate. It is not a licence. That certificate allows you to drive a motorcycle up to 125CC in the UK for one year. A travel insurance policy that allows you to ride a motorcycle, and not all do, will contain the clause that you're only allowed to ride a motorcycle overseas that you would be allowed to ride in the UK. This is known on UK student forums and is probably why this girl had insurance that covered her. I also checked with my daughters insurance company when she was going overseas and they confirmed in writing that the CBT certificate meant that she was covered exactly as she would have been in the UK. CBT Certificate