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12 hours ago, Rawhide2 said:
This was the Air India screenshot one way obviously
I'd pay that,not to fly them.
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What I saw on booking.com was €1100 or about 42,000 baht for 29 nights january 3 till March 1.with breakfast though.flipper house was €1564.
They both get a 7.8 rating considered good.not sure I would like to stay a month in them,but if it's for a short stay I would be ok with the lodge.
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Still no change on the prices from Amsterdam in January,the cheapest is still Saudi.The out leg is 25 hours to arrive Bangkok 23:40! Agent prices on Skyscanner.
My last two trips to Bangkok I have extended the return date, upgraded and payed online,no problem with EVA.
I'm only asking,can you do that with a ticket from an agency?
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8 minutes ago, teelack said:
My first impression when I read this was that the place wasn't suitable for people with mobility issues. I have in fact stayed in such a place and have seen this was a real concern for some guests. I realise that a teenager can have mobility issues but not so often or so serious .
I would be interested to hear from others as I am past this age as well .
As a side issue I have just replied to a survey from my travel company. Have I got travel insurance? Yes was the answer but not through them as their cut off point is 70.
Thankfully no bar, GC or gogo has refused my money in Pattaya!
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There was no mobility issues that I could see, relatively modern block with lifts.Maybe a few old fellas have died and they don't want to deal with that.Police, Ghost in the room.semi legality of renting rooms.
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I am searching for a room on booking.com and Airbnb,or better an apartment for my trip next year,two months January February.I found one I like but when I read the T&Cs.One of the conditions was "the apartment can only be rented to people between 18 and 70 years old" I have seen a minimum age often but never a maximum age.
I will be 73 by next January and I don't want to pay up front and then told I have violated there terms,and then have to get my money back from booking or Airbnb.Has anyone come across this before? I'm not losing sleep over it,but I am intrigued.Also is it legal?
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50 minutes ago, Rawhide2 said:
Just go on to Travel Supermarket
See the flights you want and click through. It tells you what baggage is included.
If you then insist on paying more for your flight then go direct to the airline site and book there !!
How come I've never had a single problem using agents lol.....when I have needed to get hold of customer service their responses have been superb and proactive (and I needed that service as recently as March when the airline itself didnt answer via Twitter Facebook Email and offices closed at weekends to phone calls.....22 minutes it took for Travel Trolley to respond to my subsequent email after their own office opened at 9am UK time on a Saturday)
This internet "myth" that somehow its better to book direct with the airlines has somehow turned into an internet "fact" this last 25 years
Its wrong on so many levels.......you take Southall Travel. Now I use one of their 5 seperate online agents. Can you only imagine how much business they give as consolidators to all airlines every single day ?? 1000s of booked flights daily and then some. Now why would an airline piss off these guys by not responding immediately to any queries they have ??
in short they dont.
Utter myth that booking direct is better. Plus inavriably it costs more
I'm in the Netherlands not the UK.The reviews are horrendous,some of the sites are very dodgy.I did use one site for years "vliegwinkel" nl,even when they were a bucket shop on the Rokin in Amsterdam,I never had a problem with them.I just put my dates into Skyscanner and they come up with a list of providers and the cheap ones come with a long list of grievances,some are self inflicted like spelling the name wrong like,mike instead of Michael.
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1 hour ago, Rawhide2 said:
Saudi included checked bag on pricing I gave above. No idea on seat selection. I always wait until online check in opens and select aisle seat without paying any airline
Never sat anywhere other than aisle. Check in block off seats in advance knowing only to well people will ask at check in. Nothing is likely to piss off a passenger more than being told at check in middle seat only (if you're arriving 3 hours early) and airlines want you to fly with them again rather than going elsewhere next time
Edited in...Yes Cathay includes 1 checked bag or at least from London
The prices Skyscanner showed were all via agencies,not the Arline sites.They all seem to get negative reviews, customer service non existent etc etc.I only book on the airlines sites.High season prices December to March are brutal,no idea if they will come down but EVA only have flights from Schiphol 3 days a week.KLM daily but they are always expensive,ok if you only have hand luggage are prepared to gamble on where you seat. I'll be 73 by the time I fly in January I need an aisle seat.My prostate and sciatica nerve demand I move a lot.
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5 hours ago, Rawhide2 said:
I'm looking to go start of October and come back end of March 2025
Saudi keep popping up at around £560 slightly longer transit times than I'd normally do but on 6 month trip no real issue (or least obviously outbound !)
Eva is popping up around £690 using Travel Supermarket
Not too many carriers showing at the moment as most (but not all) dont quote until the return sector is within 330 days of the current date
Might just do what I did this year and one way out and sort out return next year
For my dates only two Saudi and one Cathay Pacific flights show under €1000.That's via Skyscanner,not sure if that's with hold luggage and seat choice.
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I have booked for my next trip 2 January 2025 till 1 March 2025.Direct with EVA from Amsterdam,€1200.Standard economy,choice of seat 23kg luggage. Premium economy for the return trip,it's over 13 hours so the better seat and service are appreciated.Cleaned out the old Eva tickets,a 2019 ticket same dates cost € 636.
Looking on Skyscanner there are no cheap flights to be had,none! Because Eva and KLM are the only direct flights from Schiphol and lack of deals I decided to get it while it's a price I am willing to pay. The flights are usually crammed full mostly with older folks like me,as we die off I wonder if we will be replaced.
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I arrived from don mueang yesterday.The last 3 kilometres to my hotel on Klang soi 12 took 50 minutes.The traffic was as bad as I've ever seen.Expecting the worst I was surprised to see all the island's and a bright clear morning.
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1 hour ago, jacko said:
Yes I saw this being mocked on TNT yesterday..... apparently I have to put my incense stick out when done with it.
As the Chinese New year Fireworks go off all around my house.
Do they burn fake plastic money as they do in Cambodia?
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18 hours ago, blue_flag said:
After the rain yesterday afternoon, I did expect better and clearer visibility this morning. That does not appear to be the case. I am still of opinion that visibility is dependant on both air quality and how humid the air is.
I'm on my hotel balcony,Klang soi 12.Early most morning's I can smell burning.looking north east I've been able to see some hills in the distance maybe 3 times in 24 morning's,I first thought it was mist from humidity,now I believe it's only from burning, agricultural, industrial and traffic.
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2 hours ago, Bazle said:
And for this one!
I recently have returned to the UK after five and a half weeks in Patts. For the majority of that time, I was unwell to some extent or another with respiratory issues. Those caused lack of sleep, and that made me, to use your words, "feel like hell".
I have another trip planned for 4 weeks in March. I'm seriously wondering if I should cancel it.
The problem is going to deteriorat in the short to medium term.I noticed the big buses have returned in numbers this morning while I was on the beach.Soi Buakhao is a no go zone for me,on my one visit to metro delivery trucks and bikes were belching out toxic fumes.Soi six had cars crawling down.Its 04:37 Monday morning I am in my hotel room coughing away,it's not good.
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I am really struggling with the pollution.I made the mistake of walking second road,from Klang to south Pattaya rd.Then up beach road to Klang.I paid for it the next day with a serious chesty cough and generally feeling like hell.
It's so bad that this will probably be my last visit to Pattaya.
I am off to Bali in a couple of weeks,it's the rainy season but anything is better than this.
I have no idea about a solution to the problem but the combination of industrial, agricultural and traffic is deadly.
It's a serious problem for this old falang.
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I got it working in the end,so it's Bali instead of PP.€338 return from DM airport in Bangkok,plus €428 to extend my return flight to Amsterdam with EVA,double what I paid last year.I saw a video on Sihanokville on YT,I knew it was bad but it looks disastrous.I know some people on Bali,it's the wet season in February but if it's not good I will just fly back to Thailand.Arrive 10 January stay in Pattaya till 3 February then 3 nights in Bangkok all booked and payed for.6 February fly to Bali,24 February back to Bangkok, Depending on how I feel it's back to Pattaya/Hua Hin/Chiang Mai and fly home 5 march.
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Anyone else having trouble using the air asia and Bangkok Airways apps and web pages? I am looking into the prices for a round trip bkk-pp next February, if I decide to extend my trip,it's an option,that or spend 4k baht with an agent.The app and web pages just don't work,tablet or phone.possibly there's a three month limit or some such nonsense.
reading the reviews something is not ok.
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8 hours ago, jacko said:
With the long term threat of being 'illegal businesses' I expect people do not want to invest in the structures...
The authorities have a cunning plan! Wait it out till one part collapse completely or partially,then declare the whole lot unsafe.Swifly followed with a total demolition.In the meantime screw the punters and tourists out of as much money as they can.Another reason to avoid walking street.
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I only book direct with the airlines,mainly for peace of mind,The reviews of the agents are universally dire,that always puts me of.
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1 minute ago, hyku1147 said:
The first ever photograph must have astonished many artists.
The second photograph was of a naked women.
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8 hours ago, Shooter said:
I also stayed at Classroom Jan-March. And the dogs out front of Classroom (like them but dayum shut the fuck up at night) would kill rats and leave them around on the road.
I would hate to work in Penthouse. Betting there are vagrants sleeping there and wildlife galore.
I think the penthouse is salvageable,lots of work but doable.The rodeo boys is another matter,I wouldn't know where to start apart from a total demolition.
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5 minutes ago, tallguy said:
It had a bad reputation for uncontolled wildlife yeats ago. Dread to think what it is like after being vacant for a few years.
I stayed in the classroom early this year,looked out over the rodeo boys next door to the penthouse.They are both going to need some serious work to get them into shape.lots of rats came out to play at night.Of course the locals fed the dogs that attracted the vermin at night and the birds overday.A few homeless slept there as well.
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2 hours ago, jacko said:
What's this new place about, at the top of soi 15...Buakhao end? Anybody know more......?
I do hope they don't resume the digging up on that corner, or it will be stuffed before it can get going..... some other new places are struggling.....
Is it me or is the baht weakening? The reality is the Thai economy is heading in a positive direction with exports (particularly to China) on the up, ..and tourism projected to get close to 2019 numbers next year. The gray cloud on the horizon... when will a new majority government be created?
It happens every year,it coincides with the low season for tourists.We all then get exited and book flights for next winter.Come the high season or when I arrive on my annual trip, it does a switcheroo and my Euro turns to dust.Every effing year it's the same.I have just spent €2400 on flights and hotels for january.youll all see.
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5 hours ago, forcebwithu said:
Quite a few use the area in the early morning hours for exercise.
What's the ferel dog situation?
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1 hour ago, awesum4 said:
I have been looking at flights all year for late June. Last year in May I got flights for $1,500 return.
This year I looked and looked and couldn't get it for less than $2,500.
Then I decided to try Booking.com who I use for accommodation. I got return flights with reasonable (not good) travel times for $1,900. So $400 more than last year, but $600 less than travel agents or airlines themselves.
If that's the price for June,what will they be like during the high season?
Definate downturn in prices out of London to Bangkok return
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Check the arrival times.the cheapest flight for January 3 on Skyscanner was Saudi.It arrived at 23:20. With 25 hours trip time.The EVA flight looks good if it's direct.