Thai Baht's Strength Puts Pressure on Fiscal Revenue Collections

[sandyf]

On 10/29/2024 at 9:26 AM, Danderman123 said:

Immigration/Security always checks your boarding pass.

Not when I left earlier this month, went through an auto gate using facial recognition.

IO looked a bit puzzled when I came back, no exit stamp.

[kiwikeith]

On 10/29/2024 at 1:11 PM, impulse said:

How do I know where to sit on the plane if I don't have a boarding pass?  And if I sit in the wrong seat (has happened), how do the flight attendants straighten out the mess?

 

you will probably have to buy your seat number when purchasing a ticket, more expense.

[cdemundo]

1 hour ago, watchcat said:

 

Have you checked with your father or mother, and can you trust them?  lol

 

 

Sorry, I guess I didn't spell it out clearly enough.

 

Facial recognition tagged Ron Wood with my brother's name in a photo.

It didn't say "Ron Wood is your brother".

But certainly a gallant attempt at humor, apparently it made you laugh out loud.

[sandyf]

On 10/29/2024 at 7:11 AM, impulse said:

How do I know where to sit on the plane if I don't have a boarding pass?  And if I sit in the wrong seat (has happened), how do the flight attendants straighten out the mess?

 

Why get hot under the collar over something that has not been said.

The OP does not say that there will no longer be a boarding pass. The OP implies that facial recognition will replace a function currently provided by the boarding pass. Many airports now require passengers to scan a barcode on the boarding pass to get to security area, a funcion that could be replaced by facial recognition.

When I left Thailand a couple of weeks ago there was no boarding card check prior to security, although there has been in the past. Maybe they have already run down the staff.

Some years ago I flew with Easyjet and they had no boarding passes. You were given a queue number at the gate and took the first available seat. No wrong seats to worry about.

[Danderman123]

40 minutes ago, sandyf said:

Not when I left earlier this month, went through an auto gate using facial recognition.

IO looked a bit puzzled when I came back, no exit stamp.

Before you got to the autogate, your boarding pass was checked.

 

Most people don't get exit stamps anymore.

[Cabradelmar]

19 hours ago, impulse said:

 

I've been flying out of BKK each of the past 19 months and the face scanners have been installed for awhile at various chokepoints.  All they have to do is turn them on and try them out.

 

Thanks. Hadn't noticed. Last time I took a flight out of Thailand was in July. 

[statman78]

1 hour ago, Danderman123 said:

Before you got to the autogate, your boarding pass was checked.

 

Most people don't get exit stamps anymore.

Must be hit or miss thing.  I left Thailand earlier this month (7 Oct) and did get an exit stamp in my passport.  

[Danderman123]

4 minutes ago, statman78 said:

Must be hit or miss thing.  I left Thailand earlier this month (7 Oct) and did get an exit stamp in my passport.  

If you have an old passport the machine might not work for you.

 

Or if you choose to stand in the line to get your passport stamped.

[sandrew33]

2 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

Before you got to the autogate, your boarding pass was checked.

 

Most people don't get exit stamps anymore.

Nope. The electronic boarding pass was scanned at the initial gate before the escalator up to the scanners. Was never looked at by a person at any stage. 

[statman78]

1 hour ago, Danderman123 said:

If you have an old passport the machine might not work for you.

 

Or if you choose to stand in the line to get your passport stamped.

Thanks for the info.  I was flying business class and went through fast track so no machines, just immigration officers.

 

I’ll see if my passport works next week since I’ll be flying out of Bangkok without the ability to use fast track.

Edited 2 hours ago by statman78

[Rhys]

Did those Weed MPs get in on this too?