22 hours ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

The downside with this method is that you will be out of cash (and perhaps miles) for about a week

Never bought an air ticket with cash. Not sure if it's possible even. 

1 minute ago, lamyai3 said:

Yes, bus tickets as an onward means of transportation may have worked at some point in the past, but (as with re-selling plane tickets) they now seem to have suffered the same fate as the dodo. 

True. I don't know if the airlines have become more strict.

Fact is imm control have and not just here in Thailand.

Few folk from OZ have had trouble with passport control at Bali. Any slight damage to passport causing denied entry. Made the news over there.

Also here Don Mueang pulling folk up for "too much time spent in Thai" 

Not surprised airlines being concerned especially with flight from nearby countries into Don Mueang

9 hours ago, freeman01 said:

been using this trick dozens of time whenever I cross a border that requires a ticket out, got a refund within the next day at most if not within minutes of cancelling. The interface is really great, you get a counter to see how much time is left before the free cancellation expires.

 

 

Does Expedia charge any fees when cancelling within 24 hours of they refund 100%? Does it only work on a US Expedia site or on the Thai site or other countries' version of Expedia?

On 2/6/2020 at 7:43 AM, bbi1 said:

Does Expedia charge any fees when cancelling within 24 hours of they refund 100%? Does it only work on a US Expedia site or on the Thai site or other countries' version of Expedia?

absolute free cancellation within 24h but only on expedia.com

only thing is the flights eligible for this are usually above 250 USD and often above 400 USD, difficult to find tickets around 100 USD, so some people might have an issue with that.