briley Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 The post office has many rates I can use for mail from Chiang Mai to the UK, eg for a 250gm package you can: Letter air mail B185 - can be sealed and contain a letter Small package air B136 - can not be sealed, string or staples only, no letter and must have customs form SAL (letter, small package or printed paper) B97 - goes surface to Bangkok, air to London and surface to Manchester, just the same as normally happens. I used to use letter rate but have now moved to small package rate. I've found that the delivery time is exactly the same as a letter. I'm now considering the SAL rate - has anyone tried the SAL rates? Is the delivery time similar to a letter? They have SAL letter, small package and printed paper and all SAL rates are the same, a good half the letter rate. If I use SAL letter can I include a letter and seal the package???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realthaideal Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I'm very happy sending packages to the USA via SAL, usually 1 kilo or less. They are said to take 30 days to arrive and 90% of the time do just that. I'd say the rare 1% arrive late for some reason or other. The other 9% arrive a week or so early. You can do the whole tracking n insurance thing.... had to trace a lost package once, and found it a highly INeffective system that only allowed me to see the date the package left Thailand, not any other info about where it was/went/ or when. Luckily the cosmos got it back on track 3 weeks late ! For actual letters or documents I use the letter mail rates/service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briley Posted December 13, 2011 Author Share Posted December 13, 2011 Ah, SAL seems slow. Normal and small package to the UK takes 5 - 7 days. 30 days for SAL is probably not acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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