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Just did a few dummy bookings using various dates. The outcome is the same.....instead of typically the top listed at £340 now we see prices way way up All the usual suspects are further down the page and I used Travel Trolley for prices whom I use virtually exclusively these days. Flight dates at top using start of each week traditionally the cheapest on Mondays and Tuesdays

Qatar still in the air. Just shy of £2000 one way Bangkok London for tomorrow

Again apologies for linking but kinda important https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1157441-two-thai-flights-from-london-found-to-be-covid-19-hotspots/

As long as we're all still alive and well this time next year thats all that matters.

Only thing that comes to mind and this is no way absolves the airlines but we simply have no idea the amount of emails they are getting and calls. Am on a Spanish (holiday) forum and was trying to explain that Ryanair and Easy jet have some 600 motors between them virtually all grounded for the forseeable future and could they just understand the level of enquiries they would be getting 95% of them are just utterly stoopid and saying we'll they should answer mine totally glossing over what they've just been told. Again I'm not defending the airlines Oman were pretty shocking before the current crisis ever started even. Unprecendented times now

They dont sing from the same hymn sheet Butch that incident is just one of many these last few years

Omans customer service needs a lot to be desired as well. Long story short someone broke into main bag London Bangkok on 27th January. I must have sent 15 emails to various departments photos description the lot. It took until 19th March that Head of Station at Heathrow authorised a payment. He himself had only been forwarded one of my emails 7 days previously Just hopeless

Emirates shutting down 25th Eva 24th BA on 29th.... Latter two as far as I know is relating to Bangkok but could be all flights Emirates is all flights

Boris said nothing 're airports....there is a 320 page emergency legislation of yesterday which seems to be shrouded in secrecy....suspect we'll be drip fed bit by bit

Well whatever the emergency legislation today its going to be announced at 5pm GMT today...at 6am today lead story was the probably shutting of airports....now the lead story yesterday at 6am was the probably shutting of schools Sky knows what's coming....there has to be a cut off point though clearly otherwise you'd have flights in the air

You would think that would be sensible albeit most motors are sold from new to leasing companies ( effectively private banks) who then 're lease to the relevant airline Bottom line is most will owe the bank rather than the manufacturer

Airlines themselves said 80% would go bankrupt by 30th April because of relentless outgoing capital expenditure with 40% already flying insolvent

As regards getting home to UK am sat watching Sky and legislation is supposedly going through parliament today to close the airports....obviously with a cut off point I presume

We'll they've just dropped to zero outbound... Edited...obviously some foreign nationals listed would be able to travel

State owned airlines will likely survive I know Oman is...

It was an article that I sent to friend of mine last night....it was from Daily Mail but origin was from Australia Vast majority will go tits up by start of May....the capital overheads of aircraft repayments will bankrupt virtually every airline and at least 40% are already trading insolvently... Am on mobile as problem with laptop charger....if I get the laptop back up and running later will link it in

Eva always were the worst of the worst when it came to customer service

One of the BMs here used them for a flight in 2008 London Bangkok (think it was Qatar) turned up at Heathrow and the flight simply didnt exist As far as I know he never got his money back (will ask him later) and had to buy new flight I used them probably 25 times mid 90's to early noughties but as Torranova says they didnt move with the times

Trump has banned all European visitors for 30 days except Brits. Airlines being savaged now

No idea why my post #5 has a confused emoji Paragraph 6 is from here from EPs link yesterday https://www.tatnews.org/2020/03/tat-update-notification-of-the-civil-aviation-authority-of-thailand-on-covid-19-control-measures/

At the moment you're ok in transit with Qatar but cant leave the airport not that you would anyway I dont think its going to be long though now that Thailand are billing the airlines for all associated costs of corona brought into the Country. Suspect they'll abort completely From yesterday ". Air operators shall be responsible for the expenses incurred relating to the isolation, quarantine, confinement for observation, and immunisation of the persons on board, including the expenses for the care, hospitalisation and prevention and control of international communicable diseases. "

No....the boarding card scan is VAT related. Stand on me UK Border force have a 101 things more important to intercept and deal with than an extra carton of cigs More to the point even if the boarding card scan was forwarded to Border force (it isnt) than they are no further forward. A name but no face to match it to automatically

I've compared prices online (or as much as is possible online) as regards Baccy from Bahrain Muscat Dubai Abu Dhabi and Doha (very limited info there) Very similar across the board. Box of 10 x 50g Golden Virginia in Muscat worked out using Clarity card at £39.85 when hit my statement yesterday. Ludicrously cheap at £3.98 each compared to average £23 a pouch in the UK.....its no wonder many take their chances and thats not all I had rest assured Rothmans (not the King Size ones) I normally get using mileage but if you buy the twin pack from airport its £11.25 per carton 200 cigs Prices at Suvarnabhumbi were about 25% higher so not too bad considering the exchange rates we currently get Edited to add just had quick look how much Benson and Hedges were in Muscat and they're £13.80

Absolutely the motorbike driver did well but if I hadn't go on (as per normal) it couldnt have happened in the first place.

Talking of motorbikes had a very very lucky escape Monday night. I simply "normally" never go on them prefering walking to the Baht Bus routes. Really tired leaving LK Metro and definately well oiled but not drunk. Normally I'd walk back down Soi Honey to 2nd rd than get BB up to Soi 2/3 area. Instead by Climax got on motorbike. Coming up past Klang junction heading along 2nd road baht bus decides its going to swerve right across. I saw it immediately and fair play to motobike driver as he he did to slamming on the anchors but still hitting the back step of the baht bus.... We'd slowed hugely (all in split second) but as we hit it I've shoot forward whacking my face into his helmet. Caught him on my lip which hit the teeth (fortunately no damage there) but you know how lips bleed. Shit its everywhere lol. Thank christ I had a black shirt on. Driver apologising profusely but I said no problem not his fault... Reception night staff immediately getting tissues fair play to them Never ever again will I get on one. That was a very lucky escape but I know it. Fair play to driver for us not coming off