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Dave i have always wondered why more of the falang bars, gogos and clubs dont have a one card suits all card which could be given to regulars or expats. It would certainly encourage some of the guys on a tighter budget to come out more often. I personally only have one from Mark for the Insomnia owned places and it is deffinately a good marketing tool. The money i save i usually just give it as a tip to any staff that has given me good service, but i am sure guys would appreciate the gesture. From a business point of view i am sure it would have to be as near cost neutral as possib

I am an Emirates/ Skywards gold member and fly with them approx 8 or 9 time per year Glasgow to BKK and have to agree their prices have went up slightly. Like always it is about time your tickets right. I am in the fortunate position of being able to by 3 or 4 flights in advance and am still paying on average 550 per flight with the good connection times. Emirates seem to strickly stick to the block release system wherby they do not release all seats for all classes at the same time. This means that one week your ticket may be 700 return but if you check on a regular basis they usually

99 services under the VC hotel do a deposit box for about 6000 baht per years. the beauty about this place is that it is open 24-7 365 days per year so if you give me your key i can access your money when I (you) need it.

Ian I have not stayed there in a while but as I pass there most days I can confirm that the construction starts early in the morning until about 6pm and can be quite noisy at times. There is also alot of dust about. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the reply Jacko, I know that there are plenty about I just wasn't sure where the better ones were and hence asked if anyone had any recommendations. I appreciate your reply and will try out some of your suggestions.

I am due over to LOS on Friday and was looking to hire a pick up for a week to 10 days. I have previously been i n touch with Jon from Q-cars and it seemed like this is where I would hire from, until I read on Thai visa the there branch in Bangkok had ceased trading a couple of weeks ago. I have tried both emailing and calling them over the last couple of days with no luck. Can anyone tell me if they are still in business in Pattaya and if not can anyone recommend any other reliable car hire places with good condition cars and first clas insurance. Your help is greatly appreciated.

I have recently completed on a house purchase and it cost approx 30K baht but 20 of that was the setting up of the company. I used Magna Carta Co. LTD on south Pattaya Road. Here is a link to the website.Magna Carta The contract was in English for both parties and all the appropriate searches were carried out on my behalf. The reason I used this office was firstly due to recommendation and also due to the fact that the company is owned by 3 Thai barristers and hopefully is as above board as you could expect. The English guy who runs the property section is called Tony Justi

Alan, I sometimes fly business clas and this entitles you to a free chauffeur pick up and drop off service. This service doesn't apply in Thailand but does in most other Emirates destinations and certianly does in the UK. I have used the Edinburg to Glasgow service a couple of times and it take approx 45 minutes and the cars are usually Merc or big Volvos. hope this helps Graham P.S. the first 80 miles are free and anything after that is charged for, but you will certainly be well within this range.

I fly Emirates most months and have found that if you don't book your seat when you first buy the ticket you are usually better waiting till you check in. If you get there early enough you can usually get a better seat from check in but like I say only if you get there early. I am a Gold card member and when I try the 24 hour online check in you can usually only get the seats towards the rear of the aircraft, whereas if you go to the check in I normally get a seat in the first 6 rows. These seats were not available on the online check in system.

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The lounge that you will get access to is situated around gates 9-10. This lounge used to be shit because everyone just crammed in and you could hardly ever get a seat. Recently they have tightened up and you have to show a combination of your skywards card, boarding pass and lounge invitation card which you should get when checking in at your origin airport. The facilities are reasonable with several TV's about 8 free internet stations and around 4 -6 hot dishes and a large selection of cold foods as well as free alcohol and soft drinks. I have heard that when the new terminal ope

We just came back from Angeles City last week and flew with Thai Air Bangkok - Manila return was 13220 thb. We could have gone with Phillipine Air for approx 7500 thb but the flight times did not suit as waell as the Thai Air ones. If your going to Angeles City you can as lajimmy said fly to Clarke airbase which is only a couple of km from the City centre however to do this you have to go via Hong Kong, KL or Singapore. I have never stayed in Manila but the nightlife is meant to be great although like most large Asian Cities it is meant to be extremely dangerous if you go of the beate

Sammy there is a company who advertise a very similar service for builders wanting large plans copied or scanned. I am sorry but I forget the company name but they advertise on Pattaya Mail & Pattaya People TV all the time claiming to be the only company in Pattaya to offer this service. Hope this helps.

Can confirm that the Deluxe rooms are 2200thb as I have stayed there several times recently. This price does not include breakfast. The location as already said is perfect and the non smoking rooms which are on the outside of the building are slightly roomier than the inner ones facing the pool. Unlike the hotels in Pattaya you don't have to get visitors ID's checked at reception although you can if you want to. All in all a great hotel and very clean with IMO some of the best looking receptionists I have come across.

Hi all I fly back and forward every month and would always be grateful of any additional FF miles. I usually fly Air China, KLM or Emirates so if anyone has any miles they wisjh to offload for a fair price please PM me and I will be happy to take them off your hands. Cheers Graham

Try staying in the Dynasty Grande just round the corner, much quieter only been open approx 18 months and the deluxe room approx 2000 bht. They have internet in room a huge bathroom and the rooms are all big and very clean, also in room safe and you only need to produce lady ID if you want. I seen a couple of guys with 2 girls last week with no joiner fee.

Sorry to hear about your attendant problem. Myself and a couple of other BM went to this place a few weeks ago and were pleasantly surprised. The overall service was good and not really that expensive for a venue that provides great live music. The food itself was certainly edible but I wouldn't say brilliant. What really made the night was the truely excellent Phillipino band who if I recall rightly sang in 6 different languages and had a very varied range of music. All in all this place is somewhere that you should at least visit once, just try and avoid the parking attendant.

Glad everything worked out well for you in the end Scumbag, but a quick piece of advise for uk boardies. I am in LOS pretty regularly and transfer money from my Nationwide account to my Thai bank account at a cost of £20 per time. The main reason I do this is in case my cards was to get cloned or stolen they would only have access to a small amount of money, and not full access to my full account complete with overdraft facility and visa. When I set up my Thai account I considered internet banking as I thought it would be handy for transferring money back and forward. This plan wa

Hi guys I know some of this has been posted above but here is more info from the Emirates website. Emirates to launch non-stop flights to Newcastle Emirates Airline today announced it will launch a new non-stop daily service between Dubai and Newcastle in the United Kingdom, starting 1st September 2007. This will bring the number of UK destinations served by Emirates to six, and will also be Newcastle's first-ever scheduled long-haul flight. The new service will provide international travellers and shippers across Asia, the Middle East and Africa with a new dire

Hi northsink I regularly travel emirates but usually manage to get short stop overs in Dubia. As a frequent flyer I have access to the business lounges and can confirm that I have seen people in a similar position to yourself being refused entry to the lounges as the are for memebers only. However if you follow this linkEmirates I believe that you can turn up and pay approximately £12 and you can gain access to this lounge. I have never used it so don't know what it is like but based on the fact that it is £10 for 2 pints in the airport bar even if you just get comfy surroundings and

I stayed here the begining of November for 1 week and the place was nearly full so there must have been alot of scatter cashes about then. I plumped for the deluxe room with large jaccuzi and was very impressed with the facilities. The staff in this hotel are among the friendliest I have come across in Thailand and the roof top pool was quiet and you got the sun all day if thats your thing. The food from the restaurant was also reasonably priced and pretty good. The room cost me 3000 per night and on the 7th night i stayed until 10pm with no extra charge, it should have cost 3800 per

Hi Cookie/Basil your diary is superb and well worth reading. I wish to enquire about your penthouse, is it finished yet and if not do you have any idea of when it will be. I have looked at your website and wonder if the prices quoted are pre modernisation or will they stand when it is completed and available? I am over then end of next month and am staying just round the corner so I plan on popping in to view your establishment. Cheers Graham

Get a Mcdonalds or KFC and give this guy a try Thai flying club

Cheers for the info gents, much appreciated.

I stayed there 2 weeks ago and they just got the lift fixed on my last day. If you get a room at the front of the hotel the noise can be very annoying as they are building directly opposite. This building work starts around 8 am and can go on until 10pm som evenings. Cannot say about the pool although it wasn't in service while I was there. Hope this helps.