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Old Jan 26, 2012 | 10:37 am
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Originally Posted by Sam Drucker
According to this story in today's Bangkok Post, there will be a new security fee of 90 baht coming soon to Thailand's international airports.

They also are planning to raise the existing airport taxes (Passenger Service Charge) next year, from 700 baht currently to 800 baht. Worst of all is the tax on domestic flights, currently 100 baht and proposed to increase to 255 baht.
Lord knows, I'd rather not pay any airport-related fees at all! But BKK's are not too scary, and with the increased sophistication of equipment involved in security inspections, and the personnel numbers required all translating into higher costs - perhaps an additional security charge could be reasonable.

But I wish they'd sort out the zero charge for transfers to include adventures landside.

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