Flyout OUT of Thailand-Risk of positive PCR test, length and price of quarantine

[Chrisroundtheworld]

So I was at a hospital the other day, I'm thinking of flying out of Thailand.

 

I asked a doctor, she said if I have positive PCR test I'd face 28 days of quarantine.

 

Also according to the US Embassy website, it's about 3000 usd, or 100,00k baht

 

The official Thai number for this is 1422..

 

Thai Department of Disease Control hotline for information on COVID-19 testing facilities by dialing 1422 from within Thailand.  A list of medical establishments, laboratories, and professionals in Bangkok, central Thailand, southern Thailand, and northeastern Thailand can be found here.  You can find a list for Chiang Mai and northern Thailand here.  The U.S. Embassy cannot provide this testing.

U.S. citizens will be required to pay for COVID-19 testing and any COVID-19 care.  The COVID-19 test can cost between 2,500 and 10,000 Thai baht.  It is often more expensive to be tested at a private hospital.  In the event of a positive COVID-19 test result, there are reports of treatment costing over 100,000 Thai baht.  The Thai government requires individuals who test positive for COVID-19 in Thailand to be quarantined at specific hospitals and patients will be responsible for related expenses.

 

 

https://th.usembassy.gov/health-alert-u-s-embassy-bangkok-thailand-january-15-2021/

 

I just tried calling 1422, you press 9 for english but the hold time was long. 

 

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of people who are trying to get OUT of thailand but had a positive pcr test?

 

I will call the line again tomorrow and update this thread.

 

Any experience or knowledge in this area would be greatly appreciated.

 

Once again this is not to be confused with people entering Thailand covid free, which I believe is 11 days. 

 

If it's true that the people leaving Thailand face a 100,000 baht find and 28 days I've quarantine I would like to confirm that. 

 

Thanks.

 

Chris

[Chrisroundtheworld]

Well, I've called 1422 several times listening to the waiting music.

 

Nothing happens.

 

The longest I stayed on hold was 45 minutes, then I just gave up. 

 

So I have no idea what happens if you get a positive pcr test, even if you're asymptomatic, which many young people are

when they get the disease. 

[Puccini]

What airline will let you board at a Thai airport without a negative Covid-19 test result for a flight to your intended destination? This is the first question to which you need to find an answer.

[geisha]

Sounds like you’re very worried about already having contracted the disease. In which case, you need the PCR test urgently, because if you are, you and all around you are in danger. Someone who is planning on travel would be crazy to try and do so while suspecting Covid infection. You know the basic symptoms ?  Also, an international flight will require a PCR test done within 72 hours , read up on requirements for each airline flying. 

[Chrisroundtheworld]

No I'm not worried about having the disease, nor have I been sick or felt sick at all. 

 

I just want to avoid a 3000 dollar fine since PCR tests aren't even that reliable anyways.  Many people with zero symptoms test positive.  It sounds like many people wouldn't even know if they "have" it, or if the test is just a false positive.  Getting quarantined from a false positive would be absurd.   

 

The world has gone mad over this and I'm not in a high risk category.  I've got a better chance of dying from dengue fever, malaria, crossing the street and being hit by a vehicle etc. 

[BLACKJACK2]

On 4/4/2021 at 9:46 PM, Puccini said:

What airline will let you board at a Thai airport without a negative Covid-19 test result for a flight to your intended destination? This is the first question to which you need to find an answer.

I flew out last Sunday, AirFrance Paris to Italy. You don't need a PCR test to enter Italy from Thailand but just for my piece of mind I got one. At check-in I showed her my documents and she said come with me, took me over to talk with another man. He was trying to explain that he didn't need a PCR test and I agreed with him but they said your not getting on this plane without one. Never say him on the subsequent flights.

[The Hammer2021]

On 4/5/2021 at 2:46 AM, Puccini said:

What airline will let you board at a Thai airport without a negative Covid-19 test result for a flight to your intended destination? This is the first question to which you need to find an answer.

None

[The Hammer2021]

On 4/7/2021 at 4:42 PM, geisha said:

Sounds like you’re very worried about already having contracted the disease. In which case, you need the PCR test urgently, because if you are, you and all around you are in danger. Someone who is planning on travel would be crazy to try and do so while suspecting Covid infection. You know the basic symptoms ?  Also, an international flight will require a PCR test done within 72 hours , read up on requirements for each airline flying. 

Doesn't sound like that to me. More like someone worried about a false positive and the subsequent consequences

[The Hammer2021]

18 minutes ago, BLACKJACK2 said:

I flew out last Sunday, AirFrance Paris to Italy. You don't need a PCR test to enter Italy from Thailand but just for my piece of mind I got one. At check-in I showed her my documents and she said come with me, took me over to talk with another man. He was trying to explain that he didn't need a PCR test and I agreed with him but they said your not getting on this plane without one. Never say him on the subsequent flights.

Don't you need one for France? Was the flight busy?

[BLACKJACK2]

9 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Don't you need one for France? Was the flight busy?

Not for transit, only looked at my passport. Probably 60-70 people on board and most of them were on when we boarded, don't know where the flight originated.

[The Hammer2021]

Just now, BLACKJACK2 said:

Not for transit, only looked at my passport. Probably 60-70 people on board and most of them were on when we boarded, don't know where the flight originated.

Masks?  Drinks? Space? Change of Aircraft?

[richard_smith237]

On 4/7/2021 at 4:42 PM, geisha said:

Sounds like you’re very worried about already having contracted the disease. In which case, you need the PCR test urgently, because if you are, you and all around you are in danger. Someone who is planning on travel would be crazy to try and do so while suspecting Covid infection. You know the basic symptoms ?  Also, an international flight will require a PCR test done within 72 hours , read up on requirements for each airline flying. 

 

No it doesn’t.... I appears like someone who is perfectly rational not wanting to face the risk of unnecessary excessive hospital bills.

 

Anyone who feels unwell really should be isolating themselves rather than running the risk of being sent to an expensive hospital of field facility. 

 

IF I thought I may have been exposed or felt I had mild symptoms, the last thing I would do is go to get tested and face excessive charges when isolating at home for 10 days is a perfectly reasonable alternative....   I’m pretty sure the vast majority of people with the capacity for intelligent thought have a similar idea. 

 

 

Edited April 24, 2021 by richard_smith237

[BLACKJACK2]

16 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Masks?  Drinks? Space? Change of Aircraft?

Masks are compulsory. Food/drink as normal. Everyone had as much space as they wanted. Worst bit was at Charles de Gaulle airport, landed at 04.00am but terminal didn't open until 05.30 so you had 100 people standing around in a corridor waiting for it to open.

[Rimmer]

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[ChaiyaTH]

On 4/11/2021 at 6:54 PM, Chrisroundtheworld said:

No I'm not worried about having the disease, nor have I been sick or felt sick at all. 

 

I just want to avoid a 3000 dollar fine since PCR tests aren't even that reliable anyways.  Many people with zero symptoms test positive.  It sounds like many people wouldn't even know if they "have" it, or if the test is just a false positive.  Getting quarantined from a false positive would be absurd.   

 

The world has gone mad over this and I'm not in a high risk category.  I've got a better chance of dying from dengue fever, malaria, crossing the street and being hit by a vehicle etc. 

Agree 100% with you, have been thinking the same: being afraid to get false positive test results + lose a ton of time and money + forced to buy an insurance while there isn't even a proper hospital bed left.

 

Became evident to me that we are really never going back to the old days again.

Edited April 24, 2021 by ChaiyaTH

[Chrisroundtheworld]

10 hours ago, BLACKJACK2 said:

I flew out last Sunday, AirFrance Paris to Italy. You don't need a PCR test to enter Italy from Thailand but just for my piece of mind I got one. At check-in I showed her my documents and she said come with me, took me over to talk with another man. He was trying to explain that he didn't need a PCR test and I agreed with him but they said your not getting on this plane without one. Never say him on the subsequent flights.

Where did you get tested and how much did it cost?

 

Also, did you have any form of medical insurance? 

 

I'll make a few calls to certain airlines this week but it does seem that you have to have a pcr test to board a flight in Bangkok, even if it's flight to a country that doesn't require a pcr test.   

 

If that is the case, then getting a solid health insurance plan that covers the countries I plan on visiting (and thailand of course) and then getting the pcr test sounds like the best option. 

[Chrisroundtheworld]

The antigen test apparently is less likely to produce a false positive.

 

Reading and watching the news in Bangkok recently they are setting up field hospitals.  So if you get a positive test you're stuck in a makeshift hospital in bed next to a bunch of other people who are infected to varying degrees.  It looks like a nightmare.  Many countries allow you to self quarantine at home.  Not Thailand. 

[BLACKJACK2]

2 hours ago, Chrisroundtheworld said:

Where did you get tested and how much did it cost?

 

Also, did you have any form of medical insurance? 

 

I'll make a few calls to certain airlines this week but it does seem that you have to have a pcr test to board a flight in Bangkok, even if it's flight to a country that doesn't require a pcr test.   

 

If that is the case, then getting a solid health insurance plan that covers the countries I plan on visiting (and thailand of course) and then getting the pcr test sounds like the best option. 

I live in kanchanaburi so got my test at Synphaet hospital, 3800bt.

I didn't have health insurance which was a mistake by me. Luckily it was negative or I could have had a large bill to pay out of my own pocket.

[Chrisroundtheworld]

Did you show a fit to fly certificate or just the pcr test result at the airport?

[treetops]

On 4/24/2021 at 5:39 AM, BLACKJACK2 said:

Probably 60-70 people on board and most of them were on when we boarded, don't know where the flight originated.

 

Ho Chi Minh.

[BLACKJACK2]

18 hours ago, Chrisroundtheworld said:

Did you show a fit to fly certificate or just the pcr test result at the airport?

They were both in with the price. I didn't ask for a fit to fly but it was their anyway.

[KhaoYai]

On 4/1/2021 at 1:14 PM, Chrisroundtheworld said:

If it's true that the people leaving Thailand face a 100,000 baht find and 28 days I've quarantine I would like to confirm that. 

I presume by 'find' you mean 'fine' - 100,000 baht fine? For what?

[KhaoYai]

Not every country requires a negative PCR (yet) but I don't know of an airline that doesn't.

[Phillip9]

On 4/25/2021 at 12:33 PM, KhaoYai said:

Not every country requires a negative PCR (yet) but I don't know of an airline that doesn't.

If departing from BKK to a destination that doesn't require a covid test:

Singapore, Emirates, Korean, JAL, Qatar to name a few.