Yes, the hole punchers are gone. no sign of them earlier this week. Also, at check-in the lady did take a proper look to see that BKK tax were included in the ticket.
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sgn1k
(During a long transit someone might actually want to try to rush into town, but even during a brief layover a trip "landside" might be useful if one wanted to buy something ordinary, rather than just the overpriced King Power luxury goods available airside.)
Has anyone tried this to see whether it's possible? If the hole-punchers are totally gone, I guess it must be doable -- who will try to collect money from you if you already have a BP and there's no tax checker in front of immigration? (I'll have four hours in BKK next week, so this is of more than academic interest to me.)
I also thought about this actually. The only way they can really get you is to ask you to get a proper boarding card (i.e, non-transit). The immigration may insist on Bkk issued boarding passes or something similiar. so, unless someone tries this, i guess no one can say what can happen.
I have done this in Frankfurt and singapore, i.e, went out of immigration into town for a short time between flights. bags were through checked.