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A KLM flight for specific dates in Jan/Feb has gone up €9 in 4 days.Theres some ok deals from Amsterdam at the moment but they all have restrictions and some are non refundable! It's buyer beware time.

They have just arrested a Boeing test pilot who worked on the 737 max! Falsifying data or some such shenanigans.

I checked the flight prices last night,the first time since December 2019.I fly from Amsterdam,EVA have no direct flights,I don't know if that's permanent or if they will revive them when demand picks up.KLM direct is €829 with seat selection and 23kg hold luggage,that's what I paid last March.All! the cheap flights have no seat selection or hold baggage.Qatar had flights €780.The M.E may possibly be ok 6 hours each leg.I want/need,seat selection,one 20kg hold luggage,arrive Bangkok no later than 14/15:00,arrive back in Amsterdam before 18:00.I miss the days when I had the choice between EVA, China Air and KLM they all had direct flights from Amsterdam.

It's ok for the guys who have a home base in Thailand,wife or condo and can just get on a plane with hand baggage.For the rest of us I foresee having to pay extra for everything,that had already started before COVID.Pay for choice of seat,not just premium but if like me you want an aisle seat,pay.Hold baggage,pay.even meals.I think a basic flight from Amsterdam will be over €1000,before EVA would cost € 600 if I booked early.

I'm a pensioner and my concern is that prices will rise across the board.To rub salt in,I am going to take a hit on my household energy bills,and because of the rise in gas prices I will take another hit in the inevitable rise in food costs.If I have to pay 1k for a ticket add insurance,possible rise in accommodation also food and drink prices. I am a natural pessimist but I fear I have taken my last trip to Thailand.

According to the Times,the boss of Lufthansa has said that prices will rocket as the airlines try to claw back their losses.

The tree's?

Don't hold your breath about travelling any time this year.The Thai authority's are saying that they expect daily infections to double over the next four weeks,that's going to get close to 50k a day,by the time it's peaked and then fallen to accepted levels to allow travel may not be reached this year.

It's reported in the Guardian that the Chinese government are to keep their travel restrictions for one more year. That means no Chinese tourists in Pattaya for another year.That really may be the final nail in the coffin.

Now you are tempting us! Entrapment even.

There is a direct service between Amsterdam and London both ways now.(Not really sure if any trains are running at the moment.) I can get down to Kent from St Pancras or it's a short walk down to Euston for north Wales.I shall be cautious untill this Covid is under control if it ever is.Normally I fly easyJet to Manchester then get the train from the Airport down to flint. Getting a bus to my local train station,then get on a packed train to Schiphol,drop off baggage,get through security and passport control,wait in the departure area till i know what gate to go to,get crammed into the small space after having my ticket and passport checked,get on a packed flight,into a packed arrivals and walk for a couple of Km with hundreds off people to passport control and luggage pick up,then into a packed airport,get on another packed train to flint.ADVICE IS NOT NEEDED thanks.My mum is 97 and is now bed bound so I don't think I will get to see her again but that's the only thing that will get me to travel this year.I shall save my pennies this year and hopefully have a blow out in Thailand next Jan/Feb.

A 747 had problems after taking off from Mastricht,one of its engines was dropping bits over a small town,it landed safely in Belgium.My first trip will probably be to the UK when this is over and I will take the train from Amsterdam to London.I am definitely concerned about flying on a plane that may have been parked up for the best part of two years by the time we can all fly again.

Only buy if it's made with butter, Trust me on this.

Surely a balcony is a must? Clothes dry fast if they come out of a machine

The Brits are going nowhere,without a very good reason,if the deaths continue upwards and reach the projected 2k plus,one report has the government allowing people to only leave the house once a week!!!! The new west wing style press officer daily briefing has been pulled.Amanda Stratton the new press officer? was so good in the trials that she would make the current crop of ministers look like numptys.not difficult some may say.Northern Europe may be getting the beast from the east 2.0 this weekend.The Harris Tweed jacket I ordered ten days ago is still at Heathrow according to track and trace, friction less trade eh.

That one up only lasted a few hours.The difference with this lockdown is that it will be a law come Wednesday,not just advice.Thats in England.you Scots are fucked anyway,between a rock and a hard place.

Booking a flight from Amsterdam to Bangkok arrive 2 march, to leave on a repatriation flight 25 march.

Don't hold your breath! So far there is the UK variant,the south African variant and a Nigerian one.I am hoping for February 2022 but there is no planning involved.

I walked down beach road a couple of years ago and was surprised by the beach or lack of it and quality especially once you reach the fishing boats.The other thing was the massive high rise hotels and size of the resorts.Of course there were dozens of tour buses to service them so it makes sense to give them a beach so they don't have to be bussed to them,a win all round really.

It's not going to happen untill January/February 2022.I now only want to be in Thailand during that time I am just a snow bird nowadays.The price of beer and ST-LT is of little concern.I will have a year to save up.though as I approach 70 you never know,one last fling and all that.

Only the beaches and national parks are staying closed.

It's gonna be ok you can all relax, there's not going to anybody taking showers,having soapies or getting their laundry done for maybe another year or so. Plenty of time for them to expand or build more reservoirs before the unwashed hoards descend.

The biggest problem in Jomtien is garbage, stinking overflowing trolleys on beach road,piles of bags and bins all over.Every undeveloped patch becomes a dumping ground and every tide brings more to the beach to add to the crap the locals leave after picnicking on the promenade! Garbage is closely followed by the dogs who spoil it for everybody, except of course for all you expert dog whisperer's.The locals have a chance to reboot but I won't hold my breath.

It was not the daughter of the Thai airways top man!

It was in the papers that a Thai airways plane was stuck for 8 hours in Germany because they couldn't pay for the fuel! The daughter of the top man was on it.