Suvarnabhumi Rules

[thailen]

When my flight lands, I want to go immediately to Gate 8, sign up for a shuttle to Pattaya, go to to the baggage claim, pick up my luggage and return to Gate 8. Will airport security let me do this? Or must I proceed directly from the plane to baggage claim?

 

 

[SidJames]

You have to go through immigration then the baggage hall & claim your bags then customs.

If you clear customs without your bags then you will have to jump through hoops to get back into the baggage hall.

You would have to go to a room in the middle of the building where the customs office is based & explain yourself then they would get you a pass & someone to escort you.

In the meantime if all bags have already been taken off the carousel yours will be in an office where customs will have opened all your bags & checked them to see what's inside for security reason as they see abandoned luggage as a serious issue.

[internationalism]

absolutely impossible to get back.

there is no signing.

the last is at 20:00, sometimes waits 5-10 minutes for delayed passengers.

Buy ticket at booth.

I think goes ever 1h

[SidJames]

26 minutes ago, internationalism said:

absolutely impossible to get back.

there is no signing.

the last is at 20:00, sometimes waits 5-10 minutes for delayed passengers.

Buy ticket at booth.

I think goes ever 1h

There is if you have left/forgotten a bag.

It's not left there, it's happened to me when I turned up at the carousel on one trip & a rep was there with a sign & my name.

He told me that BA didn't load my bag & that it would come on the next flight so I left my number & address so they could have it delivered.

They ring me 2 hours later to tell me that they had 'found' it & could I come back but I refused saying that I was already at my place & to send it on as promised.

Next call I get is them saying they can't because customs opened it & found the lovely bottle of single malt tucked up in said bag.

I went back the next day & jumped through those hoops to get back in to the baggage hall.

OP should get his bags & then go to the bus counter, it's still not that busy in the airport despite what the media say.

Check the arrivals board online for a few days in a row to see how many planes land around the time that you will be landing & that will give you a good idea.

[treetops]

52 minutes ago, internationalism said:

the last is at 20:00, sometimes waits 5-10 minutes for delayed passengers.

Until the end of this month the last is at 19:30, after that 20:00.

 

 

1 hour ago, thailen said:

When my flight lands, I want to go immediately to Gate 8, sign up for a shuttle to Pattaya, go to to the baggage claim, pick up my luggage and return to Gate 8. Will airport security let me do this? Or must I proceed directly from the plane to baggage claim?

Book online and they'll have your phone number.  If you're late they'll call and if you're in the baggage hall or en-route to them then they'll wait for you.

[internationalism]

1 hour ago, treetops said:

Until the end of this month the last is at 19:30, after that 20:00.

 

 

Book online and they'll have your phone number.  If you're late they'll call and if you're in the baggage hall or en-route to them then they'll wait for you.

no, at the beginning of June I have travelled a few minutes after 20:00 to jomtien. 

4 passengers on board.

I have called this bus company some 2 weeks before that date and they told me the last is 19:00.

[treetops]

10 minutes ago, internationalism said:

no, at the beginning of June I have travelled a few minutes after 20:00 to jomtien. 

4 passengers on board.

I have called this bus company some 2 weeks before that date and they told me the last is 19:00.

What happened at the beginning ofJune is immaterial.  Currently, and until the end of the month, 19:30 is the last bus.

 

 

and from the online booking page:

[Haveasay]

Expect to wait a few hours. Invariably the person before you got the last ticket on their next service. Has happened to me more often, same from Mo Chit, than get a seat on next bus. Always a gamble and best to rush to get a ticket before doing anything else. Good luck to all who know this.

[thailen]

On 6/23/2022 at 4:22 AM, SidJames said:

There is if you have left/forgotten a bag.

It's not left there, it's happened to me when I turned up at the carousel on one trip & a rep was there with a sign & my name.

He told me that BA didn't load my bag & that it would come on the next flight so I left my number & address so they could have it delivered.

They ring me 2 hours later to tell me that they had 'found' it & could I come back but I refused saying that I was already at my place & to send it on as promised.

Next call I get is them saying they can't because customs opened it & found the lovely bottle of single malt tucked up in said bag.

I went back the next day & jumped through those hoops to get back in to the baggage hall.

OP should get his bags & then go to the bus counter, it's still not that busy in the airport despite what the media say.

Check the arrivals board online for a few days in a row to see how many planes land around the time that you will be landing & that will give you a good idea.

My flight on Thai Airways is scheduled to arrive in BKK at 6:00AM on Sunday, July 3rd. Think it's a busy time for multiple landings? I sure hope not...