Well heeled "Elite card" holders to "fly in on private jets from UK and Germany"

[Ketyo]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

One told us that they could not even get a lawyer as a proxy to release their funds in Thailand and they are now desperate for money abroad.

 

Really!!! Either the one who could not do this or the writer is an imbecile. It's just a matter of following some procedures. A pain though they might be.

Edited October 16, 2020 by Ketyo

[Dialemco]

Wow Tourisms economic woes are over

[ronaldo0]

24 minutes ago, PEE TEE said:

Have no idea what's going on with all this visa stuff. My friend has just arrived from Uk via Dubai. and is staying at the royal suite hotel in bangkok. he has wife and a son here he now just told me he has 2 weeks quarantine then can join his love ones  has a non o b visa . If he can do it why can't the others who are stranded in the Uk?   

Because some people refuse to be held at ransom when they have everything to get there and their families and homes there . Why all the hoop jumping and pay this and buy that etc when they have lived there for years !

Those in charge are just using it to help their rich mates who own hotels etc to line their deep pockets . 

[4737 Carlin]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

They are increasingly claiming that the Thai authorities are only interested in money, not legitimate humanitarian concerns.  

Well, duh. Thanks for stating the blindingly obvious.

[mogandave]

8 minutes ago, ronaldo0 said:

Because some people refuse to be held at ransom when they have everything to get there and their families and homes there . Why all the hoop jumping and pay this and buy that etc when they have lived there for years !

Those in charge are just using it to help their rich mates who own hotels etc to line their deep pockets . 

How is being compelled to stay in a quarantine being “held at ransom” when whole counties are shut down? 
 

Are not Thais compelled to stay in quarantine when they return?

[ronaldo0]

9 minutes ago, mogandave said:

How is being compelled to stay in a quarantine being “held at ransom” when whole counties are shut down? 
 

Are not Thais compelled to stay in quarantine when they return?

 

9 minutes ago, mogandave said:

How is being compelled to stay in a quarantine being “held at ransom” when whole counties are shut down? 
 

Are not Thais compelled to stay in quarantine when they return?

Yeah Thais get it free as far as I am aware . Anyone else pays and has to take out the Covid insurance, tests , COE paper , have correct visa , have good reason , pay flight at higher rate . Bargain ????

[nausea]

La-la land, I came to Thailand cos it was cheap and cheerful, last place I'd go if I was well-heeled. It just doesn't have the infrasructure, well not to support a well-heeled nob like I'd be. Think Paris, London, New York, maybe the Bahamas, flew over it once, those blue lagoons were pretty tempting.

Edited October 16, 2020 by nausea

[Caldera]

What surprises me the most is that, as of September, they still only had some 11,000 Elite members. I was led to believe that the Elite visas were flying off the shelf in times of Covid, Amazing TRUSTED Thailand and all?

 

[3NUMBAS]

it wont help the pimps and the jiggy market

[vandeventer]

I really think Thailand needs to build up it's info structure more to get more tourists and help the young adults have a better life as drugs are becoming the new norm. With this great weather things should be a lot greener like having parks [I haven't seen one yet] up north. And places where families can go and have some fun together. Seeing Thai people enjoying life would make tourist feel more at home.

[Gandtee]

So, if you want to bring covid in go for broke. UK and Germany? A very good chance of hitting the jackpot. But why Chinese from those countries? Are they fleeing the scene?

Edited October 16, 2020 by Gandtee
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[metisdead]

Some troll posts have been removed. 

[Grumpy John]

9 hours ago, actonion said:

First it was China, now U.K., & Germany, looks like we're going around the world before the truth happens

There was a movie once called "Around the World in 80 Lies" starring Somchai someone or another.   It was a tragic comedy! ????

[Grumpy John]

10 hours ago, WhatsNext said:

On the subject of being locked out of your bank in Thailand : Don't these incredible high rollers with private jets coming out of their ears, have a thai debit/credit card like i have that you can use worldwide to withdraw money and pay for purchases ?

Not to mention your banking app and deemoney to transfer from thailand to European countries.... 

 

Sorry no time to type more, i am going from my home in Hua Hin to the beach in my private helicopter to spend my 300 baht per day.

Mate, you should stop riding  your bicycle while you are wearing virtual reality goggles.  Your helicopter bicycle may have an accident!  ????

Edited October 16, 2020 by Grumpy John

[Taco]

Those cats gonna have some real fun with everything 2-1!

[DrTuner]

Thailand does have a couple of things worth jetting into. Aren't many place where you can get shot with a water cannon. Exotic!

[mjnaus]

2 hours ago, ronaldo0 said:

Yeah Thais get it free as far as I am aware . Anyone else pays and has to take out the Covid insurance, tests , COE paper , have correct visa , have good reason , pay flight at higher rate . Bargain

Thais have the option of accepting the default state quarantine; which is utter <deleted>. My Thai wife, who by the way also needed a CoE, as all returning Thai do, choose to pay 60k for a slightly more pleasant experience. I myself am in the last days of ASQ as well, many Thais using the same lovely hotel (Movenpick). At just north of 73k for 15 nights, with excellent service, decent food and a large 80sqm suite, hardly a rip off or unfair deal (works out to less than 5k per night). 

In addition I paid about 150 euros for the insurance, specifically covering Covid-19. Emirates cattle-class was available for around 600 euros (although I opted for business, so ended up paying slightly more, purely my own choice). PCR test and fit-to-fly ran me at about 200 euros. Visa...? Was so cheap I don't even remember (50 euros?). 

 

Don't believe all the ranting and nonsense spouted on these forums. If you're willing to do it all low budget, the entire thing can be had for less then 60k (unless you're 100 years old and have multiple diseases, but then again, probably best stay where you are).

[roxnadz]

13 hours ago, 2 is 1 said:

 High Roller's! Where Thailand put all that money?

Ayyy...them Tesco Lotus and Makro provisioning runs ain't cheap, boss. ????

[SupermarineS6B]

Ha ha.........and once again the usual grinning face from the Usual suspects pops up again.......  It's not been China's year .........  The writing's on the wall though, but sadly i don't see an Indonesian response to the problem.....   Sad to see Thailand in such a mess.......  

[SupermarineS6B]

8 hours ago, mjnaus said:

Thais have the option of accepting the default state quarantine; which is utter <deleted>. My Thai wife, who by the way also needed a CoE, as all returning Thai do, choose to pay 60k for a slightly more pleasant experience. I myself am in the last days of ASQ as well, many Thais using the same lovely hotel (Movenpick). At just north of 73k for 15 nights, with excellent service, decent food and a large 80sqm suite, hardly a rip off or unfair deal (works out to less than 5k per night). 

In addition I paid about 150 euros for the insurance, specifically covering Covid-19. Emirates cattle-class was available for around 600 euros (although I opted for business, so ended up paying slightly more, purely my own choice). PCR test and fit-to-fly ran me at about 200 euros. Visa...? Was so cheap I don't even remember (50 euros?). 

 

Don't believe all the ranting and nonsense spouted on these forums. If you're willing to do it all low budget, the entire thing can be had for less then 60k (unless you're 100 years old and have multiple diseases, but then again, probably best stay where you are).

Rockefeller ?     Didn't know you hung out in Lie Land.........  sadly with all that talk of "How Much" you've probably never really seen Thailand or anywhere else for that matter........   

[NoshowJones]

22 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

That has been the case since I first came in 1991, and will never change !

I have read so many times of the unelected "PM" having a personal fortune of billions of Baht, this guy as far as I know has been a soldier all or most of his adult life, right up until he led his soldiers in a coup and appointed himself as a "PM", so where did all his fortune come from?

It is highly unlikely any of it was inherited.

Edited October 17, 2020 by possum1931

[NoshowJones]

14 hours ago, PEE TEE said:

Have no idea what's going on with all this visa stuff. My friend has just arrived from Uk via Dubai. and is staying at the royal suite hotel in bangkok. he has wife and a son here he now just told me he has 2 weeks quarantine then can join his love ones  has a non o b visa . If he can do it why can't the others who are stranded in the Uk?   

For a start, what about the soldier "government" with their $100.000 covid insurance scam?

What about those with existing medical conditions?

What about those who are too old for this insurance scam?

What percentage are we talking here? I would say well over 50%.

[AlfHuy]

19 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

I tried to make a new post but I can’t do it for some reason I’m just asking why on TV the sensors are blocking out the students were protesting in Bangkok

they do the same when you write something about the Chinese.

Scared that the webpage will be ordered to close.

[chuang]

Totally different comments from TVF from the Guangdong arrivals..

[smew]

more fake news 

[Damrongsak]

On 10/15/2020 at 11:28 PM, Mr Meeseeks said:

I know that is a lie as private helicopter ownership is illegal in Thailand. 

Personal overhead fan. 

 

[fusion58]

On 10/16/2020 at 9:53 AM, webfact said:

They are increasingly claiming that the Thai authorities are only interested in money, not legitimate humanitarian concerns.

 

You're kidding?

 

Who woulda thunk it.

[peter zwart]

What a lot of bs. Do you really think that rich business people (proberble smart people) are looking for Thailand as a golden opportunity? As long as any given gouvernement is not reliable the dont take the risk. So i think its also fake news.

[Grumpy John]

23 hours ago, possum1931 said:

I have read so many times of the unelected "PM" having a personal fortune of billions of Baht, this guy as far as I know has been a soldier all or most of his adult life, right up until he led his soldiers in a coup and appointed himself as a "PM", so where did all his fortune come from?

It is highly unlikely any of it was inherited.

I thought I read in a thread on this forum a couple of years back Prayuth got a 600 million plot of land after his father died.  Was some buzz in the press about it.

 

So, making the claim "It is highly unlikely any of it was inherited. " is a long way off the mark.  But I do understand the point you are making.  Not too many filthy rich soldiers in Australia or the USA!

[NoshowJones]

17 minutes ago, Grumpy John said:

I thought I read in a thread on this forum a couple of years back Prayuth got a 600 million plot of land after his father died.  Was some buzz in the press about it.

 

So, making the claim "It is highly unlikely any of it was inherited. " is a long way off the mark.  But I do understand the point you are making.  Not too many filthy rich soldiers in Australia or the USA!

Yes, it is hard to imagine a young guy joining the army coming from such a rich family, as you say, not too many, if any, sons of multi millionaires in any western countries.

 

Edited October 18, 2020 by possum1931