Timatic: does a foreigner need a return or onward ticket to enter Thailand?
Oct 21, 2022, 3:56 am
#32
Join Date: Jan 2019
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Agreed, but if it's just for a day in order to pass some boarding requirement, I think it's acceptable. One should do the polite thing and release the reservation once one has passed immigration of course.
Oct 21, 2022, 4:55 am
#33
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I think the point was that, due to scarcity, award bookings generally need to be made far into the future, so your point of "if it is just for a day..." does not really hold up.
Oct 21, 2022, 5:09 am
#34
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Why not? How does whether award bookings need to be made far into the future or not negate my point?
Oct 21, 2022, 5:19 am
#35
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Why? If you need to book said award ticket 100 days in advance due to availability, only to cancel it on day 0, you would obviously deprive someone else of that availability for 100 days... Your point sounds like assuming that you can just book on the day, then cancel an hour later and voila - done... That's sadly not the way award travel works.
Oct 21, 2022, 5:25 am
#36
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Why? If you need to book said award ticket 100 days in advance due to availability, only to cancel it on day 0, you would obviously deprive someone else of that availability for 100 days... Your point sounds like assuming that you can just book on the day, then cancel an hour later and voila - done... That's sadly not the way award travel works.
Oct 21, 2022, 6:18 am
#37
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They're not fake tickets. They are real future bookings that the organiser will cancel/be refunded for later, and the PNR can be checked on the airline website or GDS.
Oct 22, 2022, 5:23 am
#38
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No more than 90 days total in any 6 month period?
This is what the Thai embassy sent in response to my inquiry.
Aliens who enter Thailand under the Tourist Visa Exemption scheme and would like to leave and re-enter the Kingdom will be able to stay for a cumulative duration not exceeding 90 days and the duration shall be within a 6 months from the date of first entry.
Aliens who enter Thailand under the Tourist Visa Exemption scheme and would like to leave and re-enter the Kingdom will be able to stay for a cumulative duration not exceeding 90 days and the duration shall be within a 6 months from the date of first entry.
Oct 22, 2022, 10:56 am
#39
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Are there any reports of the above clause being enforced, even pre-Covid? It is not something easily computed by an immigration official looking at passports, whereas a computer could more easily keep a tally (though it's a rolling 6 months). Thanks in advance for your help.
Oct 22, 2022, 10:43 pm
#40
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Including the Thai Embassy. I also see it on the US State Dept. site.
Oct 23, 2022, 1:06 am
#41
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Are there any reports of the above clause being enforced, even pre-Covid? It is not something easily computed by an immigration official looking at passports, whereas a computer could more easily keep a tally (though it's a rolling 6 months). Thanks in advance for your help.
If you're concerned about possibly being denied entry, just go get a tourist visa (or any other visa for which you qualify), since the policy only applies to visa exempt entries.