Cambodian Border Run

[dilara456]

i am german and 31 yrs old. i got a 2-month-tourist visa from pp, cambodia and extended it in bkk for another month. this month i will have to go on a border run. will go to aranya, i suppose. IS IT TRUE THAT NOW I WILL HAVE TO SHOW MY RETURN AIR TICKET AT THE BORDER???

please advise. thanks a lot in advance.

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i am german and 31 yrs old. i got a 2-month-tourist visa from pp, cambodia and extended it in bkk for another month. this month i will have to go on a border run. will go to aranya, i suppose. IS IT TRUE THAT NOW I WILL HAVE TO SHOW MY RETURN AIR TICKET AT THE BORDER???

please advise. thanks a lot in advance.

Assuming you were issued a single-entry tourist visa dilara, you will be required to show proof of onward travel.

FWIW when I did the Aranyaprathet/Poipet visa run on May 13th...I was permitted to use a rail ticket (from Bangkok to Butterworth, Malaysia) as my proof. 31-days hence though I don't know whether that alternative (to showing an air ticket) would be acceptable anymore.

[visarunner]

i am german and 31 yrs old. i got a 2-month-tourist visa from pp, cambodia and extended it in bkk for another month. this month i will have to go on a border run. will go to aranya, i suppose. IS IT TRUE THAT NOW I WILL HAVE TO SHOW MY RETURN AIR TICKET AT THE BORDER???

please advise. thanks a lot in advance.

Assuming you were issued a single-entry tourist visa dilara, you will be required to show proof of onward travel.

FWIW when I did the Aranyaprathet/Poipet visa run on May 13th...I was permitted to use a rail ticket (from Bangkok to Butterworth, Malaysia) as my proof. 31-days hence though I don't know whether that alternative (to showing an air ticket) would be acceptable anymore.

Why did you use Jack's Visa Run Service yesterday?

As far as I know Aran need a real Air Ticket , Ban Laem accept if you purchase a Ticket at the border.

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Why did you use Jack's Visa Run Service yesterday?

As far as I know Aran need a real Air Ticket , Ban Laem accept if you purchase a Ticket at the border.

Yes visarunner, I used Jacks yesterday to Ban Laem and this (click here) is basically what happened.

[tijnebijn]

I am wondering,isn't bying an airticket at the border not much more expensive?

Would not surprise me that when people in need they will increase some prices?????

[visarunner]

Why did you use Jack's Visa Run Service yesterday?

As far as I know Aran need a real Air Ticket , Ban Laem accept if you purchase a Ticket at the border.

Yes visarunner, I used Jacks yesterday to Ban Laem and this (click here) is basically what happened.

Thanks , I was wondering, because you used before a Train Ticket in Aran and now you switched to Jack's and had to buy a Ticket for addl THB 200.-.

A friend of mine used yesterday a company from Pattaya and encountered no problem in Ban Laem, so I do not know why Jack's run into this situation .

They even mention it on their webside that if you use their service no need to show money.

http://www.jackgolf.com/en/photobbs/view.php?id=243&p=1

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Thanks , I was wondering, because you used before a Train Ticket in Aran and now you switched to Jack's and had to buy a Ticket for addl THB 200.-.

A friend of mine used yesterday a company from Pattaya and encountered no problem in Ban Laem, so I do not know why Jack's run into this situation .

They even mention it on their webside that if you use their service no need to show money.

http://www.jackgolf.com/en/photobbs/view.php?id=243&p=1

I switched to the 7 o'clock bus because the earlier one was just too early this time around. As for paying the ฿200 for the Cambodian bus ticket, I decided to 'keep mum' about a copy of a valid air-ticket in my possession, just in case the good-natured Thai Immigration Officer, realising that I didn't want to contribute to the little scam they're running there at Ban Laem - decided to become not so good natured.

FWIW although I could, most definitely have withdrawn the ฿20,000 requested...where on earth are there any ATMs on the Cambodian side at the casino?

Finally, I don't think I'll be using Jacks again any time soon, because it certainly isn't luxury travel when stuck in a middle-seat of a cramped little minivan.

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I am wondering,isn't bying an airticket at the border not much more expensive?

Would not surprise me that when people in need they will increase some prices?????

If one was forced into that situation tijnebijn then using a credit card, you could log onto AirAsia's web site (assuming you can find an Internet shop near the Aranyaprathet border post) and buy say a one-way air-ticket to Penang; so that needn't be more expensive. However, without a credit you'd have to find a travel agent where (I know) they wouldn't give you an option of purchasing just a one-way ticket.

[visarunner]

Thanks , I was wondering, because you used before a Train Ticket in Aran and now you switched to Jack's and had to buy a Ticket for addl THB 200.-.

A friend of mine used yesterday a company from Pattaya and encountered no problem in Ban Laem, so I do not know why Jack's run into this situation .

They even mention it on their webside that if you use their service no need to show money.

http://www.jackgolf.com/en/photobbs/view.php?id=243&p=1

I switched to the 7 o'clock bus because the earlier one was just too early this time around. As for paying the ฿200 for the Cambodian bus ticket, I decided to 'keep mum' about a copy of a valid air-ticket in my possession, just in case the good-natured Thai Immigration Officer, realising that I didn't want to contribute to the little scam they're running there at Ban Laem - decided to become not so good natured.

FWIW although I could, most definitely have withdrawn the ฿20,000 requested...where on earth are there any ATMs on the Cambodian side at the casino?

Finally, I don't think I'll be using Jacks again any time soon, because it certainly isn't luxury travel when stuck in a middle-seat of a cramped little minivan.

Thanks for the update.