I guess I'm not being clear. I will have no checked bags and if I use web check-in, I will indeed have a boarding pass. So... how can I not avail of the transit hotel? The biggest sticking point I see, is that one must present themselves at the "web check-in counter" in the check-in lobby.
I'd like to avoid the customs nightmare at that hour, only to have to return in a few short hours for the departure to HKT.
I'm even more confused now. You want to stay up and hang out at the airport all night so you don't have to go through the nightmare of BKK customs at midnight ? wj