Best ways to withdraw money to pay for Visa on Arrival?

[gastos]

Hi there, I gotta pay for the 2000 Baht Visa on Arrival and maybe a 200 Baht mandatory "tips" it seems like for the passport i'll be using, 

 

What's the best way to withdraw Baht in order to pay for the Visa on Arrival Baht fees?

 

Are there even any ATMs on the air side that yields a good exchange rate? If there are Air Side ATMs do they yield the same exchange rate as the ones on the land side?

 

Are there Krung Sri ATMs on the air side before going to the Visa on Arrival counter?

[Gottfrid]

You are talking about 2000 baht. After that you need a good exchange rate??? How much can you lose? 100 baht?

Why in the world do you not change 10k baht in your home country, and have it in your wallet?

[gastos]

15 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

You are talking about 2000 baht. After that you need a good exchange rate??? How much can you lose? 100 baht?

Why in the world do you not change 10k baht in your home country, and have it in your wallet?

I'm currently in Antalya Turkey, I think it'd be extremely difficult to find Baht paper bill and the exchange rate is probably gonna be a slaughter even if I'd be lucky enough to find a shop with Baht cash...

[RandiRona]

You can exchange it in Antalaya airport. Below link confirms that they have Thaibhat

https://www.travelex.com.tr/en/stores/antalya-airport

 

https://www.globalexchange.com.tr/en/antalya

Here is the exchange rate

 

Thailand (THB)

1 THB = 0.44 TRY

 

https://dtravelcurrency.com/destinations/turkey/antalya.htm#:~:text=Currency Exchange Rate at Antalya - Apr 15%2C,%3D 19.27 TRY 52 more rows

[Gottfrid]

11 hours ago, RandiRona said:

You can exchange it in Antalaya airport. Below link confirms that they have Thaibhat

https://www.travelex.com.tr/en/stores/antalya-airport

 

https://www.globalexchange.com.tr/en/antalya

Here is the exchange rate

 

Thailand (THB)

1 THB = 0.44 TRY

 

https://dtravelcurrency.com/destinations/turkey/antalya.htm#:~:text=Currency Exchange Rate at Antalya - Apr 15%2C,%3D 19.27 TRY 52 more rows

Can not for my life understand why @gastos is laughing, when you are trying to help. In my opinion that can online mean two things:

• Far to happy to realize that there was a solution, and that it was very easy. In that case a laugh of euphoria.
• Realizing that it means a loss of maybe, a horrible amount of, 350 thb, and just can´t hack it.

[RafPinto]

Go to ATM and withdraw Baht.
You never travelled outside your country before?

[RandiRona]

4 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Can not for my life understand why @gastos is laughing, when you are trying to help. In my opinion that can online mean two things:

• Far to happy to realize that there was a solution, and that it was very easy. In that case a laugh of euphoria.
• Realizing that it means a loss of maybe, a horrible amount of, 350 thb, and just can´t hack it.

Not sure, he is willing to spend mandatory 200 Baht tip(bribe) for VOA but worried about 100 baht ATM charge. I just did a quick search for his local airport so nothing lost.

[gastos]

5 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Can not for my life understand why @gastos is laughing, when you are trying to help. In my opinion that can online mean two things:

• Far to happy to realize that there was a solution, and that it was very easy. In that case a laugh of euphoria.
• Realizing that it means a loss of maybe, a horrible amount of, 350 thb, and just can´t hack it.

No not that I sincerely appreciate your Travel Ex links, it's just that you know, the kiosks offer a very poor exchange rate almost all the time comparing to finding an ATM and withdraw 20000 Baht at once when I land airside in Suvarnabhumi. 

 

Ok so before departing I'll withdraw all my Turkish Liras while here in Antalya Turkey, then I may take the Turkish Liras with me to Suvarnabhumi, so that if I cannot find any ATMs on the air side I'll use the FX Kiosk near that VoA Payment Booth. If I am lucky to find an ATM on the air side I'll withdraw the 20000 limit and that would be the best case scenario. 

[gastos]

5 hours ago, RafPinto said:

Go to ATM and withdraw Baht.
You never travelled outside your country before?

The issue is that are there any Airside ATMs at Suvarnabhumi when I land from a Qatar Air or Turkish Air plane? 

[gastos]

5 hours ago, RandiRona said:

Not sure, he is willing to spend mandatory 200 Baht tip(bribe) for VOA but worried about 100 baht ATM charge. I just did a quick search for his local airport so nothing lost.

Oh no I am definitely not willing to pay the 200 Baht Tip-Bribe but it seems like if you hold CN Passport and if you refuse to pay up sometimes the worker behind the booth of VoA will throw tantrum and not process it for you until you make a scene... This is genuine experience one of my friend's Chinese friend (female) has encountered when entering Thailand from Suvarnabhumi. 

[mtls2005]

I can't imagine there are a lot of choices air-side? So take what you can get.

 

I think there were some SCB ATMs airside? And there must be some options to get cash for the VoA.

 

 

[gastos]

7 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

I can't imagine there are a lot of choices air-side? So take what you can get.

 

I think there were some SCB ATMs airside? And there must be some options to get cash for the VoA.

 

 

Oh my thank you so much for giving me some hope lol! Because on the Air-side ATM specialty thread there's one answer saying there ain't any ATMs on the air side which would mean I gotta take my remaining Turkish Lira which isn't much at all and exchange it at a very unfavorable exchange rate. If there are ATMs on the AIr Side I can simply do a maximum limit withdraw and be done with cash shortage for the next couple of days at once and then do the 30000 Baht withdrawals at Krung Sri Yellow. 

 

So you're certain there's at least 1 SCB ATM on the airside when I land from Qatar Air from Doha? 

[RandiRona]

6 hours ago, gastos said:

Oh no I am definitely not willing to pay the 200 Baht Tip-Bribe but it seems like if you hold CN Passport and if you refuse to pay up sometimes the worker behind the booth of VoA will throw tantrum and not process it for you until you make a scene... This is genuine experience one of my friend's Chinese friend (female) has encountered when entering Thailand from Suvarnabhumi. 

Well if you are from China, you are in luck as there is no better time for a chinese to travel to Thailand than now. They will welcome you as people from China cant travel here. I doubt they would even charge you for VOA. They might even give you an escort if you tell them in advance. You are a prized commodity buddy, you just dont know it yet .

[Chris.B]

There are ATM's and exchange booths airside so no worry. All the exchange booth rates are the same. You need to go down to the railway station to get a better rate.

 

Edited April 26, 2022 by Chris.B