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On 5/8/2023 at 9:20 AM, hotchilli said:

Watch sitting on the bed-side table brains elsewhere.

His brain was at the airport where many farangs leave their's too ????

I cancelled a booking with Agoda and the auto reply said no refund as payment wasn't made. I happened to notice on my BKK Bank account that payment had actually been taken the day before so I contacted customer services and they say a refund will be make upto 30 days from cancellation - day 14 now and still waiting!

On 4/19/2023 at 9:30 PM, chalawaan said:

That must be new. I didn't in 2017.

I notice Korea and Indonesia now slugging people for serious money, $50 and up, before the flight, even just to transit landside for a hotel sleep. 

Rome and Vienna 2018 and 2019 so yes must be recent.

Yes, our bill has nearly double compared to last month. Now it always increases in April but not double and our friends, family and neighbours are reporting the same ????

On 4/20/2023 at 2:25 PM, bogs smith said:

the fortuneteller certainly is... she charges enough!!

There isn't a farang word to describe these revered Buddhist councilors and fortuneteller is something of a misnomer as they do not foretell the future but try and influence someones future by counselling them. They also pray to Buddha on their clients behalf in an attempt to change their fortunes for the better. They do not charge a fee but clients make a donation of goods or money for successful services rendered so if she wasn't good at her job she wouldn't get paid. Buddhism is steeped in superstition and even the government have public buildings exorcised of spirits by these Buddhist councilors (fortunetellers).

Flights are still much higher than pre-Covid so that may be taking its toll on numbers.

I had to pay tourism tax in Rome and Vienna and it was collected by the hotel on check in.

On 4/18/2023 at 10:00 AM, NewishAsianTraveller said:

As always, thanks for the response! We have been here a total of 90 days on a tourist visa with one extension. We haven't done any previous border bounces.

If that is your total time in Thailand in the last year then you have nothing to worry about but you could be asked for an onward ticket within the initial 30 days because that is the official rule for visa-exempt entries, your airline may ask also, so buy two cheap flights you can cancel for free or buy two fake tickets (cost about $10, there are many websites).

I got a non O e-visa based on marriage to Thai citizen last month and there is no requirement for insurance. I was wondering on what basis your wife was applying for a non O? The only visas I know that require insurance are OA and OX.

A tourist (TR) visa is no more complicated than a non O and neither require insurance. If she wants more than the 90 days (60 + 30) that a TR visa allows you can always send her on a border bounce with a travel agency that specialize in that service - they organize everything.

On 4/15/2023 at 5:52 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

I would tell him one: Don't do that!

And I would also tell him: If you ever misbehave again when we are out together, I will walk away and leave you alone.

If that doesn't work, walk away!

 

I have to admit when I arrived in Thailand many years ago, I thought I am in the wild west.

Just one example: I danced with my then Thai gogo "gf" on the stage in her bar. I thought that is great, we had so much fun...

In the hindsight that was just stupid, but all together still harmless.

Some people still think they are far from home and can do whatever they want. They have to learn. And fast!

I think I remember you dancing on the stage. My friend tucked 20 baht in your Y fronts and I complained that you didn't have a number on your wrist ???? Only joking. I was a bit wild when  young but never upset any locals or behaved out of hand as it was all kept within context of the environment we were in. Now I think a walk around the park in the evening is fun ????

20 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Why?

TAT and other bodies were pushing for it to be extended until the end of the year so a change of leadership could listen to their requests.

On 4/12/2023 at 8:05 AM, Eloquent pilgrim said:

Sad story, but why was he willing to transfer that amount just on a phone call request ??

 

Who in their right mind would transfer 400k into an unknown account on a phone call request, it doesn’t sound right somehow.

I have a transaction limit of 100k on my BBL account; if I want to pay for something that is more than that, I go to the bank with bank book and passport and make a transfer request or get a cashier cheque.

 

The cynic in me thinks that maybe the BIL is trying to scam his bank

The way the scam works is they inform the target that there has been suspicious activity on their account and the bank want him to transfer funds to a safe secure account while they investigate. It's become a worldwide common scam. UK banks will not let you transfer large sums now without confirming why and they do block transfers.

On 4/1/2023 at 11:14 AM, ian carman said:

You won’t be allowed on the plane at Heathrow 

He can buy a fake onward 30 day ticket for $10 to keep the airline happy

It will be too little too late and the laws that are passed will not be enforced ????

22 hours ago, Upnotover said:

Why are you special?

You qualify for your state pension when you reach 66 years old and not 64. You need to contact the overseas pension centre by email. https://www.gov.uk/international-pension-centre

OP are you the ex boyfriend? ????

On 4/12/2023 at 3:24 PM, JensenZ said:

This reminds me of my own experience back in about 1998. I was flying from US to Australia. I packed 2 bananas in my carry on bag which I intended to eat on board. I'd forgotten about them, and when I was picking up my bags at the Brisbane airport the sniffer dogs were getting excited at the smell of overripe bananas.

 

They did a full search and treated me like a criminal due to an obvious mistake. Wtf would anyone smuggle 2 overripe bananas (practically mush at this point) into Australia. Customs officers are not allowed to use common sense. The whole customs team was totally bamboozled and didn't know what to do. I was there for hours, waiting for a decision. Luckily they didn't arrest me and sent a fine in the mail.

 

This is no way to treat tourists... over fruit. A tourist is not importing fruit, but bringing something to eat. Just throw it in a bin and tell the tourist it's not allowed.

 

 

You are not importing fruit but diseases and pests that are not indigenous to the Australian continent and that's why they are so strict.

Like most countries Thailand has the 6 month passport validity rule but immigration rarely apply it. However airlines do, so check with the airline for a definitive answer. I saw on another forum that the 6 month rule does not apply to Visa on Arrival and these tourists only need 30 days past their return date. The guy posted a screen shot of the rule.

My local office charged me 500 baht (no receipt) for a residency certificate ???? it's a shame as they are very straight and honest with everything else.

On 4/4/2023 at 4:59 PM, DrJack54 said:

For extension based on marriage only 400k in bank for two months prior to application for extension and maintained durning under consideration period.

If the financial requirements were the same for marriage and retirement NO ONE would extend based on marriage from a non O .

 

The only group that would still opt for based on marriage is the folk doing extensions from a non O-A to avoid the insurance requirement. 

 

 

Yes exactly. It's the lower financial requirements that make marriage extension worth while. Only 400,000 in the bank for 2 months prior (or 40,000 per month) and as far as I'm aware no restrictions on keeping that money after the extension is granted. I believe the retirement extension has to have 800,000 three months prior to application (or 65,000 a month) and you have to leave a balance - not sure of the rules on that tho'. BTW the 30 day consideration period is because your application is sent to head office (Chiang Mai or Bangkok) for approval whereas retirement extensions are granted locally.

On 2/9/2023 at 1:12 PM, sitta said:

Any bank will do or only few selected?

Any bank but tends to be only larger branches as lots of staff do not know you can do it. Its been a few years since I've done it but it took 3 attempts before I found a branch that would do it. Tourist areas are easier.

On 4/7/2023 at 7:40 PM, Red Phoenix said:

You probaby have been lucky, as normally Airline staff at check-in won't let you board when you have a one-way flight ticket or your return flight is on a later date than the Permission to stay you would receive on entering Thailand, and you cannot show an onward-flight ticket reservation on a date before that Permission to stay expiry date. 

The reason being that the airline will be forced to return you home at their expense, when Thai border-immigration would deny you entry because of that issue.

But you can buy such onward flight ticket reservations on-line and would even be able to do so on the spot when denied boarding, so it's actually not much of an issue.

I used to buy a fake ticket for about $10 just to keep the airline happy. Immigration never ask

On 4/7/2023 at 6:12 PM, Upnotover said:

You could get a single non-O in the UK which would give you 90 days.  You would need to show either a pension or GBP10k in the bank.

I've had 2 non O visas in the last 7 months based on marriage and I noticed the e-visa instruction says £10,000 in the bank but both mine have been issued with just a couple grand in the bank so I assumed it was a typo for £1000.

On 4/8/2023 at 4:36 AM, Trip Hop said:

Basic rule of supply and demand. They’ll continue to sell at as much as possible until people are no longer willing to pay it and won’t come. The problem is that the post Covid surge is there but most of the airlines are yet to reinstate their pre-Covid timetables. 

Correct. Airlines have not brought all their aircraft back in to service yet as they made most of their staff redundant and now have to employ and train new staff. Demand is outstripping supply and forcing prices up. The last quarter of last year Thai Airways tripled its profit compared to the third quarter. My friend from the UK came for a 3 week holiday last September and paid £470 return with Turkish airlines and now a flight on the same date is £790.

On 4/5/2023 at 11:27 AM, Caldera said:

I think two different things are getting confused here by some posters before.

 

Firstly, eVisas are only available in some countries at this point, and strictly speaking, applicants need to be present in the country where they apply at the time of application, so that the Thai embassy or consulate that issues the visa actually has consular jurisdiction.

 

Applying online in say one's home country while visiting one of Thailand's neighboring countries is at the very least questionable, and the chance of detection is probably higher when entering with a fresh eVisa overland.

 

Secondly, the question of entry with an eVisa at a land border as such. They CAN be used overland, and a good example for people actually doing that without any issues are border bounces by people who have multi-entry eVisas that had been applied for and issued when they were still at home. 

The poster applied for the e-visa while in his own country, he states that in his post. Nobody is suggesting applying for an e-visa while in a neighbouring country.

On 4/5/2023 at 7:53 PM, nchuckle said:

I am shamefully aroused… ????

Is it the hairy legs ????