jacko

I have just flown BA Biz Class BKK-LHR, not very impressed with the ancient B777-200ER, or the service. Difficult to relax with people walking past catching your arm for over 12 hours. Not enough toilets. Seats are poor and cramped. It is direct which may suit many. Prices ex-UK are much cheaper and I would prefer to pay some 300 quid more and be on an Emirates A380.

Well they do hassle you if you are driving and cannot produce a valid licence, be it Thai or an IDP. As to passport, if someone blathers on about carrying a laminated copy one more time, I will have the screaming ab-dabs. I have lived in Thailand 14 years and never been stopped on foot and asked to produce a passport. I was driving up near northern borders when asked at road blocks in my early years here. There are relevant passport pics in my phone, but never needed those either. Giving the corrupt dickheads on the roads the tools to extort me of thousands because I have been absent minded is what I have issue with, when 7 year olds are driving around.

The Moonlighter (24hr)

The complaint is having to have it on you, and the size of the fine. Previously it might have been 400 baht or less if paid 'on the spot'.... talking thousands is pure bullshit and blatantly directed at getting money off tourists. Thais who don't have a licence won't be paying that much. Keep it in your wallet you might say, but sometimes I don't take my wallet out, especially on drinking nights, just take some cash. A civilized country would give you an opportunity to produce it within 7 days at a police station. I have already had an experience on this, I made a copy of my licence and left the original on my copier, copy is no good so noddy falang toy policeman gave me aggravation.

Walter Brennan

BA require you to pay to select the seats... probably depending on the booking class. I could log into my BA booking and book a seat free within 24hrs of the flight, and pre-check-in. I did, and there wasn't a single alternative seat open!

Ray Milland

Songraews pick up and drop off there, trucks deliver to the Family Mart and 7-11, all adding to the chaos. I sometimes use the small lane off soi 15, at the 7-11, down by The Pride condo and onto Diana at the Hole in One bar, and then LK Metro to get round it.

He never does more than 3 seasons, he is unlikely to stay much more of this one. Lucrative game he plays....

Geez, struggle to remember, but thinking banks and some shippers.

Yes there are PO boxes but I live well out of town. My postman gets 500 baht each New Year, perhaps that helps.Also some will not send items to PO boxes.

But strangely not as bad as the Hellfire junction. (Buakao, Diana, Legkee).

I don't think we have any budget carriers doing that long haul so not much chance of being presented with a carrier that does not include baggage. Actually that made me wonder, if there is a connecting hop with a cheapo carrier, will that hop include the same baggage allowance as the next long haul.. say if I took Ryan Air to Frankfurt to get on a Lufthansa to BKK?

With Skyscanner you actually don't book with them, they are a scraper and just present the bookings other agents, and the airlines put out there. So you may also want to tell us who Skyscanner passed you off to.

Mine seems to vary from 2 weeks to a month. The postman doesn't seem to come round as often this end as in the past, and I will get 4 or five letters all at once, including ones mailed in Thailand.

Yes, don't want to lose out on something I paid for, so I always pack some bricks to get me up to the weight limit. A couple of things, I wasn't talking about a Travel Agent, ie that shop on the High st which is really superfluous these days, but some like that personal touch. They also makes things easier if you are not computer literate or don't even have one at home. I meant the Expedia, Lastminute, Airticket.co.uk etc shops. I have had a couple of aggravations with them, once I booked a short ex-UK flight, and grabbed at the cheaper price via an online agent, when I got to the airport I realized it was a budget carrier, and check-in baggage wasn't included. They gouged me for the case. I hate having a lot of carry on, I ain't dragging 10-15 kgs 2 miles from lounge to gate and through security. Another incident was Expedia Thailand, I booked to UK Biz Class and got a good deal on Finn Air. Sadly, there was a death in the family when I was there and I had to cancel the return leg. Rescheduling had quite a cost to it and I really didn't know when to reschedule for. The way they fucxed with me (I think I always got to be connected to India when phoning them, Expedia UK, not interested, Finn Air, same). On the phone for hours, repeating the same shit, supplying documentation, them not calling back, going in circles, being lied to, was infuriating. It was 3 months later I got a refund. It was nearly 40,000 baht so worth chasing, even the UK taxes alone were worth chasing. Why the hell should they keep them! I believe I only got it because I started hassling Finn Air, who of course originally pointed me back at Expedia. I promised myself, never again. Always booking directly with the carrier for long haul from then on. Come this year, summer ticket prices ex Thailand Biz to UK are through the roof, and I couldn't come close, a saving of 30,000 baht is not to be ignored! I get Expedia points and BA Avios, there is nobody likely to die in the UK, I am next in line! Hopefully all will go well. I suggest looking for good prices on Skyscanner, and seeing if the Carrier will match them. I have done a few trips to Bali with Expedia too without issue, but could find better flight timings and prices directly with Malaysian Airlines. So Expedia got me the hotel deal.

The Godfather

Yes, although the amount depends of the class of the fare. You also collect Expedia 'points'.... Will be doing an Expedia booking next week. My only concern is if your plans change, getting a refund from Expedia is near impossible, even if the circumstances and booking permit it.

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The Eagle Has Landed

Lawrence of Arabia

Yes, looks like it lost some more value wrt baht yesterday in the afternoon. Might as well look forward to an even 40!

The Guns of Navarone.

This afternoon about 2pm...... Pretty much all down... usual Sterling slide, exception is the Euro up. USD loses highest amount!. USD down 42 satang GBP down 21 satang EUR up 13 satang Oz$ down 25 satang CAD down 20 satang Just for teelack NZD down 9 satang On 1 week ago.