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? You want to stay that this plane has departed today to Bangkok. Empty? For repair? It's not shown as a regular flight.

Good observation. Just downloaded and see the same. The statements look confusing BTW

Quite sure as no physical Nordish cash involved.

The video shows that the plane first hit runway with the main gear extremely hard and then did a jump and ditched with the front gear. From the passenger video you can hear and see two hard hits. Does not look like any difficult winds? If there is no exceptional technical problem it's simply an unfit pilot. Forgot / too late flare. Sinking much too fast.

Quax the crash pilot paralyzed an already overcrowded airport. Would love to see pictures of the chaos at the airport.

The crisis is a chance to make big money for the unaffected airlines. Lufthansa group is adding flights to Asia. Good chance to win back customers who had chosen mideast airlines in the past. A mate was rebooked to KLM on the 14th. Almost two weeks after his planned return with Emirates.

Found the problem. It's simply unusable as a mobile website. Can't see the links on the right side, no slider... Switch to desktop website and it is visible. Why Jomtien needs an extra favor is a different thing. TiT.

Do you an address in Germany as proof of residence or Thailand address "only"? Makes a big difference in giving advice regarding registering. In the past I would have said WISE is best and cheapest. But they obviously plan changes in May which might render it useless for my purpose (proof of money transfer for immigration).

Just noticed that the download site of Immigration Division 1 doesn't provide any usable download. All "dead". Is it only me? (mobile browser on Android). That site is referred to in the pinned topic:

So similar to Jomtien where they tow huge speed boats with primitive old tractors from the beach through boonkan Guess the answer. Speeding through narrow roads. Same in Jomtien (Pattaya) just that they use primitive old tractors without any body cover. Towing such heavy boat with a pickup (!) is an other "quality".

That leaves you speechless. That those pawn shops buy any stolen mobile etc. is no secret. But this is a new dimension. In other countries they would push the alarm button if some tattooed walk-in in shorts and shirt comes with a PP that is considered real.

Bumping this old thread just to make clear (unchanged): it's close to impossible to change CASH from Denmark, Norway or Sweden in Thailand and maybe other countries! A few change for miserable rates. Commercial banks don't show rates and don't accept such cash. It does not affect cashless money transfer by SWIFT, WISE etc. So not really a problem for expats/pensioners? More likely for tourists.

https://www.scb.co.th/en/personal-banking/foreign-exchange-rates The rates for buying cash are last column to the right. No rate. Same for Danish and Norwegian.

Thread from 2023.

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Sure disappointing. But as I explained there was and obviously is a problem with Swedish Crowns. I bet all banks will refuse. Just looked up Bangkok Bank site. No cash rates for Swedish, Danish and Norwegian cash.

Didn't find a single flight that actually departed today. Either cancelled or delayed for 7 hours and more.

Detours, longer travel time, rising fuel cost. And for travel from Europe the high season is coming to an end anyway. The shock will last and hit mideast airlines hard. Travellers paying more for crowded nonstops.

You can walk to the most remote place in Thailand with no success. VASU exchange in Bangkok (one of the most recommended) offers 2.85. Good luck finding any better. Change SEK to EUR in Sweden before travelling (if that is still possible with a good rate).

But it's not their fault. Refer to your cash hating government. All cashless. My fellow Swiss made sure that cash will stay a citizens constitutional right.

SEK? Swedish Crowns? You better mentioned that from the beginning. I remember that there was a particular problem with this and another Nordic currency. As far as I remember the national banks didn't (or don't) accept returned cash. There was a period when SEK wasn't accepted at all. For reference: TT Exchange in Pattaya shows a rate of 2.25 for the SEK. While the currency market rate is about 3.47. Bad luck. There should be a clear warning: don't take Nordic cash for travel.

Bad news but saves me time to research. Thanks

More than 40 posts on a topic done to death multiple times 🙄

Haven't seen. Thanks for the hint. Will look on.