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Maybe this will help, maybe not, but for what it's worth. I'm on my 3rd extension. For my first extension, late during the first ninety days, is for the remaining nine months of your first year. (after the first year, it's yearly, on the anniversary date of your visa). At that time I needed a medical certificate, (you don't need that anymore, they discontinued that requirement), which I got from a clinic across the street from Carrefour, on Central road, 200 baht. 5 min. I needed, and you STILL need.....a letter from the embassy stating your monthly "pension" income, and you need a NEW one

If you've been over here a few times you already know that "things are different" here than they are in the west.....and a lot different. You absolutely cannot preform any kind of work, or employment, (even if it's free), without a "work permit".....you probably already know that. If you're caught doing any kind of work without one, the penalties are very severe, including deportation. A lot of work is avaiable in the teaching field, but you almost always have to have some form of formal education in the field of teaching, and a certificate to prove it. There are lots of teaching jobs availa

My 2 cents worth, (actually 2 1/2 cents worth, which would be about one baht), (smile.) I opened my account in Jan., this yr. at BKK Bank, at Carrefour on Pattaya Klang Rd.,(Pattaya Central Rd,). My first deposit was in cash, which I had brought with me. Before I Left the US I talked to my bank, Citibank, and more or less set up the machinery to transfer, on line, funds from my Citi acct. to my Bkk bank acct.. Since I was coming over on a NI-O 90 day visa, and intended to extend it at the proper time, I needed the ability to "TT" (known as a "SWIFT" transfer), funds from my US acct. to my

Here's my take on KAL.....Have flown them about four times, each time seemed a little better than the past. Now they have a new airport, haven't flown them since they opened the new one, but if it's at least as good as the old one it'll be GREAT. My only complaint about Korea was their schedule, and lo-o-o-o-o-ong layover from LAX to BKK. Other than that.....they're great. One nice touch, dunno if it's the same, if the lay-over was more than three hours KAL provided you with a box lunch, which consisted of a samich, chips, a piece of fruit, and a drink. I flew once on an upgrade to Bus. Clas

Without being to inquisitive, where did you find your tickiet at $717.00 for CI. The best I could find was on Orbitz at 753.60, plus 19.95 for second day delivery by Fedex. Thanks for any info.....ErnieK

I have 105 thousand NWA miles and in ten months haven't been able to get a flight. Does anyone know how to use these miles on another airline. Sure would like to get rid of them and not have to fly Northwest, ever again. If there's a way, except giving them away, I'd like some advice.....Thanks, Ernie

Suggest you check those same sites frequently, as often as daily. I have seen bargains pop-up suddenly.....and often. Orbitz is pretty reliable, and a little easier to navigate than Travelocity, but they're both good. Happy New Year to everyone, and I am REALLY upset about the recent tragedy down south. If it's your thing, now would be a good time to pray......ErnieK

I've got over 105,000 miles with NWA. Unfortunately, as many of you know, you can't find an award flight with them.....at least I can't.....! Does anyone have any information, or directions on how I can redeem these miles anyplace else...? I really don't care to fly Northwest and their "zoo" of aged flight attendent hippos any more anyway. There are so many other attractive alternatives. Help would be appreciated.....thanks, ErnieK (Save a tree.....eat a beaver)

From experience.....the Apex "sucks". Management will try to rip you off at any and every opportunity. The ONLY good thing good about the Apex is the buffet, but it's not as good as Diana Inn, which has an A/C restaurant, right down the street, on 2nd rd... Their rooms are filthy, lacking in any kind of maintenance and the employees are rude and insulting.....ErnieK

I think you'll like KE. When I first started coming to LOS. 10 yrs ago I flew Korean Air the first couple years, and accumulated quite a little bank of miles, and at that time you had to use them up and you couldn't carry them over from year to year. They have changed their policy, due to competition I suppose, and now they're good "forever", at least for now. I quit for the very reason stated before.....the rediculously long layovers in Seoul. Haven't used since they go to Inchon. I rather liked the airport in Seoul cause they had some pretty good "duty free" shops. And I've still got 2

Take a look at this site...itasoftware.com... They don't book or sell tickets but some guys at Boston University started this site and it's got loads of information on it concerning available flights to just about everywhere. After the window comes up, click on the upper right corner on "fares" and you'll get a window to type in your destination and dates, etc. and it will give you all the flights, and prices for that. If you find a flight, and price you like, click on "details" and it will give you all the particulars for that flight that you can print out and take to your agent for booking.

Angeltravel is good, and may I suggest these others: www.orbitz.com www.sidestep.com www.netstar.com www.itasoftware.com That price from Boston seems outrageous and I'm positive you can improve on that. Good luck and happy hjolidays......Ernie

Here are some web sites you might try. I'm on dial-up and some of them take a minute to load, but YMMV. sidestep.com netster.com yahootravel.com orbitz.com airfareplanet.com Good luck.....Ernie

All those sites are good, am familiar with all of them. Here's another one...www.sidestep.com.....let it load, it takes a few seconds, then type in the nec. info and click search. It will give you a pretty good list, starting with the cheapest. If nothing fits, try another date, and try both PHX & LAX. Also, try this: go to www.evaair.com When the home page is loaded it will show somewhere in the middle an icon that reads "special deals". Just to the right of that is a hot spot that reads "hot fares". Click on that for whatever promotions they have at the moment. I have noticed th

There are some very good prices on travelocity.com and orbitz.com also. NW for 609.20 tax incl, and about the same for United, but the best seems to be Japan Air for 585.00 including tax. Both these sights charge a five dollar service charge, (travelocity & orbitz). Two other pretty good sites are thaifly.com and sidestep.com, which uses orbitz, but they list most of the airlines on your chosen dates and their prices starting with the cheapest, and list all their schedules. By the way. all three of those mentioned go thru Japan, a good choice.