solomon david Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 with the confirmed news that we are required to leave the country by sept 26th my question is how with all borders closed unles there is some border open that i dont know about i came into thailand on march 9th on a 30 day visa exempt since which time i have had the luxery of visa amnestys i flew into se asia in late january from athens greece on a return flight with turkish airlines and have been stuck here since ideally i want to fly back to greece on a flight that should have returned me in april and turkish airlines have been in touch since then offering to return me to greece up to late february next year but the malaysian border than as now remains closed think i'll pop down to the turkish airlines office in silom tomorrow but wont be suprised if its still closed as it was the last time i was there several months ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Thailand is under Emergency Degree - which means no commercial passenger aircraft are allowed entry into the kingdom (meaning no passengers are allowed to arrive by commercial flights). BUT... Flights are landing (KLM, Etihad, Emirates, Qatar, Swiss) - they are arriving as Cargo and departing from Thailand with passengers. Thus: You can find flights out of Thailand, maybe not directly to Greece, but to countries from which you can transit to another flight to Greece. You will be able to refund the unused leg of your Turkish Airlines return flight (by law any flight arriving or departing from the EU has to provide a refund on any leg not used due to the Airline cancelling, even under Covid-19). You can get to Athens from Bangkok with Qatar Airways or Gulf Air at this time - costs are 16,000 to 20,000 baht for a one way flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solomon david Posted August 17, 2020 Author Share Posted August 17, 2020 gonna go to turkish airlihttp://gonna visit turkish airlines tomorrow.......i'll update later that night 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldgit Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 10 hours ago, solomon david said: gonna go to turkish airlihttp://gonna visit turkish airlines tomorrow.......i'll update later that night I was booked onto a Turkish Airlines flight arriving into Bangkok tomorrow, it was cancelled and I was refunded some weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, solomon david said: with the confirmed news that we are required to leave the country by sept 26th Confirmed by who? Only the Thai government can decide this, and they've said nothing. Edited August 18, 2020 by BritManToo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubonjoe Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 14 hours ago, solomon david said: i came into thailand on march 9th on a 30 day visa exempt since which time i have had the luxery of visa amnestys It is possible to apply for a 30 day extension if you need to stay past September 26th. If you did not apply for a the 30 day extension of your 30 day visa exempt entry you could apply for it and it would start on September 27th. Or you could apply for a special 30 day extension with a letter from your embassy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solomon david Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) Just now, solomon david said: gonna go to turkish airlihttp://gonna visit turkish airlines tomorrow.......i'll update later that night TUESDAY.....I WAS AT SATHORN HOUSE SILOM TODAY AND WAS NOT OVERLY SUPRISED TO FIND TURKISH AIRWAYS OFFICE(ON THE 19TH FLOOR)STILL CLOSED I HAVE SINCE EMAILED TURKISH AIRLINES REQUESTING A REFUND OF MY RETURN FLIGHT TO ATHENS WHICH SHOULD HAVE LEFT KL IN APRIL OR A RETURN TO ATHENS OR ISTANBUL BEFORE SEPT 26TH Edited August 18, 2020 by solomon david 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solomon david Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Just now, solomon david said: TUESDAY.....I WAS AT SATHORN HOUSE SILOM TODAY AND WAS NOT OVERLY SUPRISED TO FIND TURKISH AIRWAYS OFFICE(ON THE 19TH FLOOR)STILL CLOSED I HAVE SINCE EMAILED TURKISH AIRLINES REQUESTING A REFUND OF MY RETURN FLIGHT TO ATHENS WHICH SHOULD HAVE LEFT KL IN APRIL OR A RETURN TO ATHENS OR ISTANBUL BEFORE SEPT 26TH HERE IS TURKISH AIRLINES MOST RECENT RESPONSE TO MY EMAILS .... Due to Covid-19 all our flights suspended until May 1, 2020. You can leave open your ticket or you can change first time as free of charge and your journey must be completed by 28FEB 2021. If you wish to refund please call below numbers. +908503330849 or +902124440849 Please reply about your decision to the below email. [email protected] ANYONE RECOGNISE THE PHONE NUMBERS SHOWN,TURKISH ? OR MAYBE I'LL TRY EMAILING AGAIN TO SEE IF I CAN GET A REFUND VIA EMAIL AND THUS BOOK ANOTHER AIRLINE BACK TO EUROPE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishtank Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 5 hours ago, solomon david said: HERE IS TURKISH AIRLINES MOST RECENT RESPONSE TO MY EMAILS .... Due to Covid-19 all our flights suspended until May 1, 2020. You can leave open your ticket or you can change first time as free of charge and your journey must be completed by 28FEB 2021. If you wish to refund please call below numbers. +908503330849 or +902124440849 Please reply about your decision to the below email. [email protected] ANYONE RECOGNISE THE PHONE NUMBERS SHOWN,TURKISH ? OR MAYBE I'LL TRY EMAILING AGAIN TO SEE IF I CAN GET A REFUND VIA EMAIL AND THUS BOOK ANOTHER AIRLINE BACK TO EUROPE Why are you shouting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubbaJohnny Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Yes +90 is the access code for Turkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOTT FITZGERSLD Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 7 hours ago, solomon david said: MAYBE I'LL TRY EMAILING AGAIN TO SEE IF I CAN GET A REFUND VIA EMAIL AND THUS BOOK ANOTHER AIRLINE BACK TO EUROPE my advice to you is NOT to go for the refund but instead use the ticket to get back to europe. all big airlines are same same these days and changing to another airline will not help. the airlines coperate on arranging flights and share between themselves the passengers to help returining passengers. the refund will take long time and a lot of phone calls and energy. you can find turkish airline phone no. on their web site. they are proffesionals. call them and they will help you find a new flight back; Even from bangkok - no need KL. Everything is flexible these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaz8 Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 7 hours ago, solomon david said: HERE IS TURKISH AIRLINES MOST RECENT RESPONSE TO MY EMAILS .... Due to Covid-19 all our flights suspended until May 1, 2020. You can leave open your ticket or you can change first time as free of charge and your journey must be completed by 28FEB 2021. If you wish to refund please call below numbers. +908503330849 or +902124440849 Please reply about your decision to the below email. [email protected] ANYONE RECOGNISE THE PHONE NUMBERS SHOWN,TURKISH ? OR MAYBE I'LL TRY EMAILING AGAIN TO SEE IF I CAN GET A REFUND VIA EMAIL AND THUS BOOK ANOTHER AIRLINE BACK TO EUROPE You can email to [email protected] to get updated for available THY flights from Bangkok. They reply very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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