lounge_lizard

This seems appropriate

Seems they have started again, Suvarnabhumi departures show delays of several hours this mornlng, but this afteroon's flights to London left on time.

I sometimes see UK newspapers on sale in shops - the price tag is mostly 200 baht.

As at yesterday, PBG had the Daily Mail and USA Today Robin Hood in the Avenue also had a good selection - Mail, Sun etc.

If it should happen, it will cut both ways - Europe based airlines will need permission to fly into and out of the UK. I think that there are may more of them. The bureaucrats would love it (more paper to shuffle), but the EU politicians would find themselves being heavily lobbied by some of their own powerful interests.

Thank you Frosty I wasn't online at the time, but your efforts are very much appreciated.

I tell everybody that I come to visit friends, so it would look a bit odd if I stopped suddenly

for the real TT booths, look for this sign

I.m sure there are several factors involved, cost being only one. Others might be congestion in the arrivals hall and availability of gates

Could well be so, but I would have thought that the buses and drivers would cost more than opening the gate - either way, the xost would only be a small proportion of the operating cost.

I'm not sure that it is entirely up to the airline - when I worked in civil aviation (many years ago) gates and/or parking were allocated by air traffic control.

Just a heads-up. I've been having trouble using the forum's Agoda link. This is what I get: I can get into the Agoda site by entering the URL into Firefox, but not through the forum.

I wouldn't be too sure about that. These sites just use search engines that work entirely on the published schedules. I can't speak for All Nippon Airways, or for Tokyo Airport, but I've been caught out by short transit times with middle east airports a couple of times over the years. In each case, there was a half-hour delay on arrival, and a long queue at security before we were allowed into the transit area. The onward flight was not held back, and they re-ticketed me onto the next available flight. However, I had to find a way to re-book my transfer to Pattaya, and tell the hotel that I would be arriving the next day.

There's many a true word spoken in jest

Could be good for tose of us who are a bit broader than average across shoulders (or across the middle), but I wonder what the cost would be.