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Have to say I never put my middle name into the booking form. Never ever had a problem personally

There are 2 tiny swimming pools on ground floor which only catch the sun certain times of day When I looked around (few years ago now) our sub continent friends were everywhere

Reading elsewhere all seems as before

Interesting the thread over there....so many saying the same that doubtless it will be ignored lol

Unless I've missed it I cant see anything as yet over on Asean Now Would have thought it would be a massive thread (there may well be lol) but I cant see it as yet

Which I refuse to use except in emergency I could baht bus it in say 2 stages but the loss of Bolt will be catastrophic for many....go out the front of Maldives and inaviabiy 10 or so people waiting for Cars which inaviably appear every couple minutes....my condo contract ends on October 18th and really dont want to move I can see a compromise happening

It would really cock up my social life with the location of my Condo Maldives 3 in Jomtien I can walk from there to Rhompoo bars no problem and frequently do when on my own and also back home but no girl will walk that far nor would I expect them to Getting somewhere like Soi Bongkot would be a nightmare

I'll believe it when I see it TIT

Yes am not clear either........I know on the SETV there is a "use by date" to arrive but was under impression the METV 6 months literally starts from the day its "issued" I hindsight I might just go SETV obviously I know at the moment its effectively same as visa exempt and use 90 days (with extension) as I was somewhat pointly asked last entry "no visa" by IO The last 3 have been visa exempt entries with first two extended by 30 days.....the third one I departed bang on validity without extension 90 Days from late August will take me to within 4 months of state pension age.......I could try and do it phone as suggested on Help the Aged website but it appears (and happy to be corrected) you need a reference number which Pension service send via letter 4 months prior to 66th birthday ?? In addition and as per other thread I started on "requirements" for state pension am coming up against a blank wall no matter who I enquire with as to whether I'm actually divorced from a decade plus ago (long story) and how do I get around not having a divorce certificaate

I'm a bit surprised how low one way fares back out to Bangkok are in August The pinch point seems to be around 23rd (ish) where they drop I can use China Eastern again for around £290 ish standard connections.....I should have joined their frequent flyer club before So basically looking to obtain METV and go around that time......I understrand the METV works differently in that if granted the 6 months runs from immediate of issue where as the SETV you have some time before it needs to be used Is that correct ??

Main leg is spot on but its the connections via Delhi and Mumbai that are pretty bad

Some of the fares I'm seeing are eye watering to say the least Even Thai and Eva were cheaper albeit could just have been the few dates I tried re Norse

How much was that then if you dont mind me asking ??

What I dont understand is why Air India dont allocate a widebody onto that 2nd sector from Delhi and Mumbai to Bangkok......from reading airline forums these connections are full every time Now China Eastern on their 2nd sector start January Shanghai Bangkok had an A330 on that sector and that was full as well If a widebody was allocated it would make the experience perfectly acceptable especially for the price on Air India and pricewise at £289 very good indeed

Just done short trip report over Air India same sub section