tw25rw Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 The tourists have spent there money,so why should the Thais give a s__t and they dont. I have less sympathy for those that blow it before their holiday ends, then beg off other tourists.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 The tourists have spent there money,so why should the Thais give a s__t and they dont. I have less sympathy for those that blow it before their holiday ends, then beg off other tourists.. If they are young enough then I tend to give the benifit of the doubt but otherwise just plain dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1forjohnny Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 (edited) Perhaps the Britons stranded could become the "Brown Shirts"? Edited April 23, 2010 by 1forjohnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie1971 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 By all means, give these whinging Poms the cost of their hotels, food and whatever other expenses they may incur on their extended vacation.....on the condition that they surrender their passports on arrival back in the UK and promise never to leave their homeland again. <deleted>. Sibey -Some Brit upset you? Scared you in any way? A bitter Aussie again? We've got the Ashes does that upset you? You are the <deleted> my colonial cousin - Mullet wearing half wit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiDong Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 By all means, give these whinging Poms the cost of their hotels, food and whatever other expenses they may incur on their extended vacation.....on the condition that they surrender their passports on arrival back in the UK and promise never to leave their homeland again. <deleted>. As an ashamed Englishman myself I can just picture the scene “It's absolutely crazy. None of the airlines seem to be getting together and offering seats. Nobody is giving anything away. They are just waiting for a seat to become available whenever and could not care less about the well being of their passengers,” said Ms Small. Is Mrs Small(minded) actually saying she wants things given to her? Or that the airline is giving no clues away? I'm English but I can't stand English people!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonthai Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 What happens if you're on the 30 day limit and can't fly? Do you pay the 1000/day fines and send the paperwork to the airline? charges waved by the emmigration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 why are people with no money going on vacation? Me thinks it is a lot of single guys... Probably few single guys ever leave LOS after a vacation with any $$ left With that in mind to then find out your stuck at the airport would be like getting stuck in Las Vegas with no $$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartender100 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 The problems have not reflected airline prices, at the moment i am coming out the end of May, and everything looks pricey at the moment. If anyone spots a good price around the 27th May, direct flight, please let me know Sign up to Kayak daily email alerts, there will soon be quite a few cancellations creeping in and a few price rearrangements. However if its direct flights from the UK your looking at then simply not enough capacity to feed in any major price changes. Good idea thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 why are people with no money going on vacation? Because in the west we suffer true democracy. If you can afford the flight then happy days....! Anyone can travel now....what a depressing thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw25rw Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 A lot of people would carry a credit card for such emergencies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartempion Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 They are apparently putting the seat prices up to keep them free on the booking system so people can be moved into them when they ask.. According to BA anyway. Rubbish reply as often here. I am flying Etihad tonight. Before the volcano eruption there were full fare business and economy seats available. As from day one of reopening to Europe (not the UK though) my today's flight out of Bangkok to Abu Dhabi was fully sold out, so is the connecting flight to Brussels, thus you can't book/pay for a seat. Seats available within a few days from departure are always at higher prices, laws of economy. I'm curious to see whether I'll see Saigon like pushings tonight at check in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggomaniac Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 This thread should be closed. The OP has had his fun. It is just misleading for those stranded In Bangkok waiting for available flights. EGGsactly, maybe he's being scouted by national enquirer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuma Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Weepy sissy mary backpackers and aging tourists crying at counters and whining to staff shoving each other around like big overweight babies with pacifiers on the ground. I sure am glad these idiots are getting out of the country asap. Perfect post give them free flights and get them all out - and blacklist them so they cannot come back - good riddance all overly entitled tarts - go elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Whatever happened to the England I was raised by? Stiff upper lips, cool courage in the face of crushing odds, manners etc.? Did all the decent English people flee to Australia and North America? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Whatever happened to the England I was raised by? Stiff upper lips, cool courage in the face of crushing odds, manners etc.? Did all the decent English people flee to Australia and North America? All gone from Blighty I am afraid old chap.....stiff upper lip...replaced with quivering bottom lip... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetley Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 I always hated having to leave wherever at the end of my vacation\holiday and I see these people whining to go back home when they have a valid excuse for staying longer and most of them are prob getting reimbursed for food and hotel <deleted> ? I have a friend stuck at Swampy right now. The 'hotel' provided by the airline is a mat on the ground floor at the airport, the food a pot of noodles. It's like a refugee camp there so no need for the 'whining' remark when some people need to get back to familes and jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 The airlines have lost millions of dollars because of the economy and the volcano in Iceland. Is it really their responsibility to provide free food and housing to 1,000s of people due to circumstances that they do not control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 (edited) The 'hotel' provided by the airline is a mat on the ground floor at the airport, the food a pot of noodles.It's like a refugee camp Well at least when they get home, they can say they had experienced real Thai culture then... Edited April 24, 2010 by Soutpeel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 The airlines have lost millions of dollars because of the economy and the volcano in Iceland. Is it really their responsibility to provide free food and housing to 1,000s of people due to circumstances that they do not control? Its Iceland's responsibility, they allowed a volcano to erupt in their country, I would suggest all disgruntled passengers send all their claims/expenses to the Icelandic PM.... ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKingfisher Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Its the 'not giving anything away' thing that gets me, like jsut because there is a little unreast in the country, the airlines have to satrt giving away flights and hotel rooms and all that..... Shit, maybe I should get a prommisary note for a all expenses trip to paris or spain or the moon.... THEN, if i dont get it, ill start shoulting at the countersatff and whining like a little bitch! F'n brits. no wonder the world gave you a reptatuion like the one you gotz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLew Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 I always hated having to leave wherever at the end of my vacation\holiday and I see these people whining to go back home when they have a valid excuse for staying longer and most of them are prob getting reimbursed for food and hotel <deleted> ? I have a friend stuck at Swampy right now. The 'hotel' provided by the airline is a mat on the ground floor at the airport, the food a pot of noodles. It's like a refugee camp there so no need for the 'whining' remark when some people need to get back to familes and jobs. What do they expect? The Ritz? They can always go to rachaprasong (sp) for some red food The fact that that stranded travelers are acting like this is disgraceful. They might as well be yelling "me me me me me ... I am the most impoartant person" and "get me on that plane now, I am so so so important" Yelling and cursing at airline staff will solve nada, they are doing the best they can in a situation that they did not create. Shows a true lack of class form the travelllers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 THEN, if i dont get it, ill start shoulting at the countersatff and whining like a little bitch!F'n brits. no wonder the world gave you a reptatuion like the one you gotz. Nice to see they still can't speak English in the former colonies...What... ...give these heathens the gift of English and they still cant grasp the basic's...Tally Ho chaps...have another G&T... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICA Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Whatever happened to the England I was raised by? Stiff upper lips, cool courage in the face of crushing odds, manners etc.? Did all the decent English people flee to Australia and North America? They certainly didnt come to Thailand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFive8888 Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 (edited) But despite their anger at the airlines, most Britons praised airport staff for providing them with food, blankets — and even free Thai massage. I think if it were at Heathrow and Thais are stranded without money, they will die without food and drink because nobody bloody cares... Thank God TIT. Edited April 24, 2010 by LuckyFive8888 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 But despite their anger at the airlines, most Britons praised airport staff for providing them with food, blankets — and even free Thai massage. I think if it were at Heathrow and Thais is stranded without money, they will die without food and drink because nobody bloody cares... Thank God TIT. If this was Heathrow, they would be getting fined for vagrancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyFive8888 Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 I always hated having to leave wherever at the end of my vacation\holiday and I see these people whining to go back home when they have a valid excuse for staying longer and most of them are prob getting reimbursed for food and hotel <deleted> ? I have a friend stuck at Swampy right now. The 'hotel' provided by the airline is a mat on the ground floor at the airport, the food a pot of noodles. It's like a refugee camp there so no need for the 'whining' remark when some people need to get back to familes and jobs. What do they expect? The Ritz? They can always go to rachaprasong (sp) for some red food The fact that that stranded travelers are acting like this is disgraceful. They might as well be yelling "me me me me me ... I am the most impoartant person" and "get me on that plane now, I am so so so important" Yelling and cursing at airline staff will solve nada, they are doing the best they can in a situation that they did not create. Shows a true lack of class form the travelllers nothing is good enough they are good at whinning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanForbes Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Thanks for all the laughs, folks. It IS good fun teasing the Brits.. Only thing better than that is teasing the Yanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandTommy Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 (edited) Being stuck in Thailand is way better than London or New York. I suppose it depends on your perspective, whats the chance of getting blown up by a hand grenade in London or New york...? Ulysses explain your post? I would imagine being 'stuck' in any airport is a pain, being 'stuck' anywhere with no funds is even a bigger pain. I thought that airlines are obliged in the event of cancellation to provide food and lodgings, or is it only in the West that they provide this? The West being London and NY Edited April 24, 2010 by ThailandTommy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SICA Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Any of you ever been left hung out to dry at an airport for a week with no news about what's going on, whether you will get a flight, whether you will be getting accommodation paid for by your airline, or fed even? Try doing that with your boss back home telling you that you run the risk of losing your job, you have to take this extra break as unpaid leave, you're already concerned about your finances because of the state of the economy but if you don't have a holiday you're likely to commit suicide, you're quickly runnning out of money and your kids are crying and wailing that they're bored every 5 minutes! Get a f**ing grip! The usual Thai way at the airport when there is no news to report isn't to round up the exasperated passengers and give them an update on exactly what's going on. No, it's to smile and giggle until the passenger gets so pissed off that he just leaves before really blowing his top! All of the airport websites i have checked, and it's been a lot (I work in the travel industry) say NOT to go to the airport but to call the airline to check. I have many stranded passengers in Thailand right now, not because of the protests as some posters seem to think, but because of the volcano. They are getting zero info, help or guidance from the airlines or airport. I am not suprised they are getting angry with the incompetence of the airlines representatives who's job it is to help. Add to that that some airlines have offered seats for sale for as much as 90,000B then you begin to get a picture of just how frustrating it must be up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmU Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 To any people stranded and need to be fairly near the airport - time wise and stay at a reasonable price and a pretty dam_n good value i recommend the Nasa Vegas hotel in RamkampengIt is minutes to the expressway and will take you straight to the airport in about 20 mins. Its a really nice place and only 690 baht per night. If they had a pool this would def be classed as a 4 star hotel. yes I agree I use that hotel every time I visit bkk and its only about 150B to the airport by taxi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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