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  1. 4 hours ago, jacko said:

    No 70 miles for Manchester, and most UK airports.Some variation depending on where from internationally. It is 60km for Bangkok. Pattaya is fixed price of 2800 baht so I certainly don't use that!

    https://www.emirates.com/uk/english/experience/chauffeur-drive/

     

     

    You're correct....May have been Oman when they offered a limo service, but I know i was, at 48 miles, only just in the limit on one occasion.

    Agree about not using them to get to pattaya! 

  2. 7 hours ago, Bullfrog said:

    A couple of years ago Emirates business class included free taxi under 100 miles as part of the deal.... I can't find any reference to it on their website ...Is it part of your deal..???

    I think its 50 miles, but you can pay for extra miles on top of those 50. Not sure of the extra mileage costs.

    6 hours ago, jacko said:

    Yes it is. Chauffeur service to and from the airport in Manchester. Pattaya is too far. 

    It was brill! Sadly their prices reflect it!

    https://www.emirates.com/uk/english/experience/chauffeur-drive/

    It's something I use in the UK when flying to Los, and as a return taxi is £150 for me, I take it into account when looking at fares. Means that Emirates are more competitively priced! It's also good to know when returning that there will be a nice big merc waiting for you... not a dodgy taxi that you booked months (in my case) early, who might or might not remember...

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  3. On 9/8/2019 at 1:51 PM, Odense said:

    What about diazepam (Valium)?
    Is that not good for sleeping too?
    Or maybe the "date-rape drug" if it is possible to get that?

    Sendt fra min WAS-LX1 med Tapatalk
     

    My gp gave me some Temazapan once, as I understand it its diazepam with a sleeping pill added.

    It worked , but boy did I suffer for the next few days.... something about it's half life...

    Then of course there was the time when i had one too many g+ts before taking one, and just felt hyper active all flight....

  4. 2 minutes ago, awesum4 said:

    When we went to Bali a few years ago I booked a hotel via Booking.com.   We had to stay a few extra days because of the volcano erupting. Went to reception they gave me a price but said cheaper online. I went to the internet room. Got same room 10% cheaper. Back to reception to pay for it.

     I think the same thing happens in Thailand. Varies from hotel to hotel.

    Sure does. I wanted to extend a hotel stay, and actually stood infront of an embarrassed receptionist (actually a long time friend) booking it online as reception could not match the online price. We still laugh about that.

  5. 1 hour ago, yselmike said:

    The good thing is you have a better life style,fresh food with vegetables home cooked? cutting down on booze and sugar and walking more,lost weight?

    I'm not a great fruit and veg eater, but definitely less sugar in food. Dont drink alcohol, but unfortunately consume more sugar in  canned drinks than at home. But yes, walk lots more (no car here to just hop into!) and always go home lighter than when I arrive.

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  6. 2 hours ago, teelack said:

    Great post and brings up the question. Its not the 'Tipping Point" rather than when are you going to change your spending habits and can you handle a holiday if you have to make some saving?. There are so many ways to change your spending without down grading your holiday but I accept for some it wont be easy. I have met people who refuse to eat Thai food. I love my condo living in Pattaya and it halved the cost of staying in a hotel. I could go on but I am sure that almost everyone could cut back if they truly wanted a Pattaya holiday. I am in such a good place that I hadnt even considered a tipping point although I admit I was horrified at the airport rates a week or so ago. 

    Completely agree. However, there has got to be a point where no more lowering of your spending habits can happen. Having looked at some 3,500b rooms along soi buckhou that I wouldnt put my enemies dog in, let alone a human being, if things got that dire financially I can see why people choose to try to fly. Yes, for me theres a long way to go before I hit that stage, and hopefully it'll never come, but...

     

  7. Update, fresh from the AIS shop, although the numbers may be slightly wrong as I've lost the leaflet.... duh!

    Most data... 33gb, at 10mbps, then throttled, 1100b 

    33gb data, 4mps, 699b?

    20gb data, 4mps, 599b

    They do not do an unlimited anymore on a one month program, but do if you sign up for a year.

    Just to add to the dilemma,  the condo internet has been steady at 8mps all morning. I suppose everyone else is asleep!!

  8. 39 minutes ago, Barhop said:

    I use AIS and am on the first of my two 30 day trips this year.  On arrival last week, I tapped into their "ON TOP PACKAGE:  MAO 650B unlimited net, speed 4Mbps for 30 days"  AIS has HEAPS of packages available so can only guess that DTAC has lots also.  Have you sifted through their website?

    I use guest house wifi most of the time but when it starts dropping out, or getting too slow, I plug the mobile into the laptop and activate "USB Tethering" in the Settings and so run from my AIS package.  I have the laptop hooked up to the widescreen tv, if I want to view on there.

    Hope this helps.

    Dtac have various packages,  but all are limited data, then go very slow, but if they relieve you of more baht you can have another wodge of data. Their maximum, according to the kiosk at both swampy and big c is 20gb.

    I'll locate an AIS store and make enquiries. Thanks 

  9. Apologies.... probably posted int he wrong section... but I need to pick your brains again...

    I'm here for 4 weeks.

    Just rented a condo on pattaya tai. So far so good, except....

    The wifi is shit. Currently downloading at 3.7gb, and it seems to keep dying.

    Now, I'd like to watch the cricket world cup, without having to resort to going to a bar to do so.

    I have a dtac phone, with 5gb of internet, but when that runs out it's going to be dead slow. They say when my 5gb runs out I can put more on, obviously at extra cost, but not unlimited as I'd like.

    I'm happy to use my phone as a hotspot, if the package will cope.

    Any ideas?

  10. I looked at one 18 months or so ago....

    The issue I had was not that it was 35sq m, but that they tried to cram 4 separate rooms into that space. Yes, you could walk down both sides of the bed....just. There were windows in the bedroom, but not the bathroom, or, more importantly for me, the sitting room. The latter relied on borrowed light from the bedroom and kitchen, and if you smuggled a cat in you certainly wouldn't be able to swing it. The kitchen was small, you'd struggle to get two people in it, and the balcony, off the kitchen, had space for the air con compressor and maybe one chair.

    Imo it would have been better as a studio, but they wouldnt have sold for as much.

  11. I have friends who are boat owners.

    Everytime they leave the boat (on a swinging mooring some 3/4 mile from land) they have a physical written checklist, they one reads whilst the other does the activity, and then they wap and one reads whilst the other checks it has actually been done.

    All stems from the third occasion they got back to the car, having packed the dinghy away, only to find the car keys were still on the boat, and after they'd left the battery turned on with a cabin light on, and couldn't start the engine on their next trip...

     

  12. 7 hours ago, TheFiend said:

    Should that be offered as an "optional extra" or should that be fitted as standard???

    You would think that a critical safety system, especially for a control system which is highly important in the ascent or descent phase of a flight would have more than just one sensor and indication. It's bad design and implementation that has resulted in the loss of several lives.

    I'm not an Aviation Instrument Engineer, but I am an Instrument Engineer (40  years experience in instrumentation systems) and my work involves safety critical systems.

    Fully agree with you.

    Personally, I think it should be standard, but as it appears that Boeing self certified the system as being safe, why shouldn't they charge another 80k$ for a warning light?!!!

    I believe the warning is being installed as part of the "upgrade" to the software. 

    Again.... only what I have read.... but imo the whole episode reeks of "we need a new plane quickly to defeat those Airbus people", and corners were cut...

    Would you want to be on one of the early flights when they resume flying, even with the new software? I wouldn't...

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  13. On 3/22/2019 at 3:09 PM, TheFiend said:

    After reading through that article my understanding is that the MAX is fitted with 2 Angle of Attack sensors, yet only uses one at a time.... That is very poor design from a safety point of view if a safety critical sensor goes faulty. 

    I read somewhere that there was an optional extra that neither lion air or Ethiopian airways took, at 80,000$, when purchasing the aircraft.... a light that warned the pilot that the two sensors were providing different readings, presumably allowing them to make a decision as to what to do.

     

     

  14. Muggins here also went to immigration yesterday, but for a 30 day extension to a tourist visa.

    Due to a technical cockup on my part (I forgot a pen, so found a 7-11 to buy one), I arrived at 1135. It was almost deserted. 

    I joined a queue of 2, fell in love with the lady at the "reception" counter, and overheard her telling those in front to come back at 1pm. Then i read the sign about last appointments  issued at 1130....

    Asked the lady if I had the correct papers, and for a form, and left.

    At 1435 I saw the love of my life again, who checked my paperwork, asked for my phone number, for the form not for personal reasons unfortunately (oops, white lie, I said i don't have a phone as I don't know my number),, and issued me with a ticket. I was the next in line, another lady checked my paperwork, again asked for my phone number, but wasn't concerned I didn't have one, took my money and passed my passport down the line.

    I was out, with a months extension by 1452.

    I might have a series of issues that will involve returning to ask the "receptionist" some detailed questions, and to offer my new found phone number...

  15. Good feedback... from the link I read...

    or a monthly income of at least 65,000 THB transferred into an account in Thailand for a retirement visa.

     

    I believe this is a change as previously the money could be shown coming into a foreign account. If the UK Embassy is withdrawing it's verification service, perhaps the local authorities are deciding it needs to be seen arriving in Thailand.

     

    Assuming immigration is happy with Thai bank statements showing 65000k plus coming in each month, how many months statements would be needed? 3, same as the 800k? Or more? Anyone any ideas, or is it still a "who knows"?

  16. BOOM!!!!

    Don't you start!

     

    Apart from the obvious, er, entertainment options, I visit as I feel "safe" there. In this case, "safe" means the infastructure is there for expat....healthcare, transport systems, food, etc all easily available. That, and over the years I have met some good people (from loads of different parts of the world) there, who I enjoy spending time with, means that I can still have a good time relatively cheaply, even for prolonged stays. Like someone above, I don't feel the need to barfine, or even go out, every night.

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