Travel Blog: Thai Air Pricing Question
Apr 10, 2006, 7:12 pm
#1
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 5
Travel Blog: Thai Air Pricing Question
Long-time lurker, taking a year off from work to travel around Asia.
Have decided to document my exploits with a blog that I hope people may find interesting:
http://www.knifetricks.blogspot.com
The blog's primary topics will be sex, literature, intoxicants and politics. Currently, I am primarily blogging about all of the steps that need to be taken for a middle-aged white collar worker to just drop off the face of the earth for a year.
I have posted today about a Thai Air pricing policy that I thought was over the top and might be of interest to FTers as an intro to the blog.
Here's hoping everyone can take a year off mid-career!
Have decided to document my exploits with a blog that I hope people may find interesting:
http://www.knifetricks.blogspot.com
The blog's primary topics will be sex, literature, intoxicants and politics. Currently, I am primarily blogging about all of the steps that need to be taken for a middle-aged white collar worker to just drop off the face of the earth for a year.
I have posted today about a Thai Air pricing policy that I thought was over the top and might be of interest to FTers as an intro to the blog.
Here's hoping everyone can take a year off mid-career!
Apr 10, 2006, 9:30 pm
#2
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: DXB
Programs: TG Gold, NW Gold and various other bits of plastic...
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Didn't read all the postings on your blog but do you have a visa to come to Thailand or an onward ticket? Many countries don't need one (EU countries, US, etc.) because Thailand grants a 30 day stay on arrival but I think officially, you do need to have a ticket out of Thailand within that 30 days. IIRC at BKK, many of the Immigration desks say that you need to show passport, arrival card and return ticket. I've never seen anyone being asked for their return ticket but I have heard anecdotal stories about people being asked about this when checking in for their flight to Thailand.
If you don't have an onward ticket or are planning on leaving Thailand by land, it may be worth making a refundable booking just to get that evidence that you can get out the country within the time limit.
If you don't have an onward ticket or are planning on leaving Thailand by land, it may be worth making a refundable booking just to get that evidence that you can get out the country within the time limit.
Last edited by grahamb; Apr 10, 2006 at 9:32 pm Reason: typo
Apr 11, 2006, 6:04 am
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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I've been through BKK immigration dozens of times and have never been asked for a return ticket, so I wouldn't worry about this too much, although as you say overly zealous check-in staff may be a bigger problem. But a printout of an e-ticket should suffice -- I wonder if there's an online repository of fill-in-the-blank e-tickets out there on the Web somewhere? 
Apr 11, 2006, 1:11 pm
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 5
Onward Ticket
Excellent questions, given the disconnect between Thailand's law, Thailand's non-enforcement of its law, and the airline's enforcement of the law that Thailand chooses not to enforce.
I have posted a response in my blog:
www.knifetricks.blogspot.com
Peter Fallow
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I have posted a response in my blog:
www.knifetricks.blogspot.com
Peter Fallow
[email protected]