CIQ out of CNX via BKK
Nov 10, 2023, 4:02 am
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CIQ out of CNX via BKK
Hi, does anyone here have experience processing CIQ out of CNX to Europe via BKK?
What is the minimum connection time in BKK for THAI/Thai Smile flights into BKK and out?
Once in BKK, would it be possible to go out of the airport while leaving the baggages checked and transferred to the intercontinental flight?
Thank you.
What is the minimum connection time in BKK for THAI/Thai Smile flights into BKK and out?
Once in BKK, would it be possible to go out of the airport while leaving the baggages checked and transferred to the intercontinental flight?
Thank you.
Nov 10, 2023, 5:46 am
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if you check in at the international departure desks in CNX, you will get the CIQ sticker and go through immigration in CNX; you are not allowed to exit in BKK, but go though transit security directly into the international departure area
Nov 10, 2023, 7:35 am
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Nov 10, 2023, 8:41 am
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Nov 10, 2023, 8:25 pm
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agreed, but his question was whether they would check through luggage, if he checks in for CNX BKK as domestic flight without CIQ, which i doubt will be accepted...
Nov 13, 2023, 6:36 am
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Go to international departure, check your luggage all the way to ex-Thailand and get the mandatory CIQ sticker on your shirt at check-in. Take off the CIQ sticker and go back to domestic departure, proceeded as for a normal domestic departure (i.e., showing my ticket to BKK and not passing emigration control in CNX. You will have to do it in BKK when going back airside of course).
I did like that since domestic departure check-in refused to through check my luggage ex-Thailand and I sometimes had a long wait for my connecting flight, and did not want to hang out at the airport waiting.
I did like that since domestic departure check-in refused to through check my luggage ex-Thailand and I sometimes had a long wait for my connecting flight, and did not want to hang out at the airport waiting.
Nov 13, 2023, 10:15 pm
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Go to international departure, check your luggage all the way to ex-Thailand and get the mandatory CIQ sticker on your shirt at check-in. Take off the CIQ sticker and go back to domestic departure, proceeded as for a normal domestic departure (i.e., showing my ticket to BKK and not passing emigration control in CNX. You will have to do it in BKK when going back airside of course).
I did like that since domestic departure check-in refused to through check my luggage ex-Thailand and I sometimes had a long wait for my connecting flight, and did not want to hang out at the airport waiting.
I did like that since domestic departure check-in refused to through check my luggage ex-Thailand and I sometimes had a long wait for my connecting flight, and did not want to hang out at the airport waiting.
Nov 13, 2023, 11:23 pm
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Nov 13, 2023, 11:38 pm
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Happened rarely in the ‘old days’, but some were pinged and then whinged about it…
Nov 13, 2023, 11:44 pm
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Well, probably the BKK departure tax will not have been paid in this case of departing from HKT, so if subsequently exiting at BKK and then turning up again later it possibly could be levied.
Happened rarely in the ‘old days’, but some were pinged and then whinged about it…
Happened rarely in the ‘old days’, but some were pinged and then whinged about it…
on one ticket, with domestic leg and international leg, airport tax is only included for airport of first departure (HKT) as you stay airside in BKK; if you go landside, airport tax in BKK is also due
Nov 14, 2023, 1:22 am
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Isn't that tax included in your ticket when you buy it?
In Bangkok I just proceeded as for a normal departure, except I already had my printed boarding pass from CNX, so no need to go to the check-in counter at Suv. Not sure if this new tax would change anything, but since I did not pay it when exiting BKK in September (not via CNX), I'm assuming the tax is included in the ticket price already.
In Bangkok I just proceeded as for a normal departure, except I already had my printed boarding pass from CNX, so no need to go to the check-in counter at Suv. Not sure if this new tax would change anything, but since I did not pay it when exiting BKK in September (not via CNX), I'm assuming the tax is included in the ticket price already.
Nov 14, 2023, 2:42 am
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Isn't that tax included in your ticket when you buy it?
In Bangkok I just proceeded as for a normal departure, except I already had my printed boarding pass from CNX, so no need to go to the check-in counter at Suv. Not sure if this new tax would change anything, but since I did not pay it when exiting BKK in September (not via CNX), I'm assuming the tax is included in the ticket price already.
In Bangkok I just proceeded as for a normal departure, except I already had my printed boarding pass from CNX, so no need to go to the check-in counter at Suv. Not sure if this new tax would change anything, but since I did not pay it when exiting BKK in September (not via CNX), I'm assuming the tax is included in the ticket price already.
Nov 14, 2023, 2:59 am
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I'm guessing it will still work as before, but that's because I'm guessing the system is set up so that it's the airlines responsibility to collect the tax, and no further checking after that is done.
Perhaps OP can update us after his trip, which would be a nice change from others who just ask questions but never come back to contribute anything.