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On 4/11/2020 at 10:48 AM, Finspin said:
Did a test purchase with Thai Airlines on their app for a return trip LHR - BKK In December. Was quoted £968, which is over twice what I paid for a recent trip to Thailand. Price will have to drop for me to actually make that possible trip.
Really ?
I've been checking Skyscanner for the last couple of weeks for late Nov > Dec and found the opposite - some nice prices if you look through.
UK > BKK 1 Stop KLM £478, Lufthansa £473 (whether these flights will translate into reality is something else!)
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Very sad to hear this ......... RIP Kev
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suggest O2 Classic Pay As You Go...... top-up £10 to start and no more ever required (unless you need it)
other thing is changing the phone number with UK banks..... card reader usually required even now
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Just tried the LINK supplied by KneeDeep though and it does still seem to bring up the UNLIMITED DATA packages ....
https://m.ais.co.th/ontop-package-myais
If anyone buys this, please let us all know
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The 20GB (or GB specific to package) is data per month.
I just tried accessing the 12 month "unlimited data" package and it does seem that these type packages have now finally gone.
I wouldn't like to say 100% for sure, maybe somebody else can check....... but I cannot get these packages against any older sim anymore.
If confirmed this is indeed bad news - it wouldn't be so bad if the monthly data rolled over but it doesn't.
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17 hours ago, smo said:
Hi, could you give the code to dial to get this package? I have an unlimited marathon AIS sim that costs 2500 for 12 months but only at max 4Mbps. Thanks,
I got the package online through myAIS so haven't got the code to dial sorry .....
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27 minutes ago, rhodie said:
How stable is the speed? I have been using the unlimited 4Mbps monthly package for 2 years and it has always been great. Subscribed a week ago on arriving back in Thailand and got the msg that the package would increase to 650 baht from 1 April. But, the speed has been all over the place to no internet for up to 10 minutes at a time. Never had this before. Anyone else?
DTAC speed was fine & stable - but that was before this month. Now the new monthly package is not only 150 baht more expensive but it is not unlimited. This is
why I swapped to a yearly unlimited AIS package which is running well.
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I've had a DTAC 4mbps Unlimited package for the last 2 years @ 499b per month and then a DTAC Golden Dog extended package. Used the sim in a Netgear
mifi for my Chromebook with no problems.
I'm in East Pattaya (Khao Talo) and the DTAC package has been good overall and have often used 70-80gb a month. Watching movies, Netflix etc has consistently
been good.
However it's just expired and I could not find anything similar from DTAC to replace it. So I decided to swap sims with my phone AIS sim and buy an AIS
12 month Unlimited package through myAIS. I topped up 3500 from my bank online and bought the package today, April 1st.
Working all ok and confirmation sms from AIS below -
1/4/19 1:56 PM Mao Mao 3,500Baht (Included VAT), you can enjoy unlimited Internet at max speed 6Mbps valid for 12 months.
* As others have said the sim must have been registered before February 2019
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1 hour ago, jcates29 said:
My wife is Thai, left Thailand 50 years ago and obtained U.S. citizenship. The only document she had was her very dated Thai ID card in her maiden name. When we decided to come live here permanently (Thailand), she went to her Amphoe and got a new ID card and then applied for and received a Thai passport. Both the ID card and passport are in her maiden name. She has purchased property and obtained a Thai drivers license, all in her Thai name.
Now when we travel internationally, I book the ticket in her U.S. passport name (because her airline miles are in that name). She leaves Thailand on her Thai passport, enters and leaves the U.S. on her U.S. passport, and enters Thailand on her Thai passport. If there is any question (such as regarding the fact her Thai passport and her boarding pass have two different names), we immediately show her U.S. passport, and all is understood.
My point is, there does not seem to be an overwhelming reason that the OP would need to pursue getting his wife's Thai names changed to her UK married name. My wife does have to think, at times, and try to remember what name she is using at a particular moment. When I'm preparing medical claim forms, she has to sign them in her U.S. name, and has to mentally prepare to sign that name instead of her Thai name. Her US persona, to include everything you can think of, is in her U.S. name. Her Thai persona, to include everything you can think of, is in her Thai name. But it has not been a showstopper in any way .
Thanks, that's interesting to know. I always (perhaps wrongly) that both UK & Thai passports had to be in the same name.
So from what you say, my wife can leave/enter the UK on her British passport (Married name) and enter/leave Thailand on her Thai passport (Maiden name)
without any problem? This would certainly make life a lot easier.
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11 hours ago, ubonjoe said:
It should be easy to change her name at an Amphoe since you were married here. I am surprised it was not done when you registered your marriage. Prior to 2002 a woman had to change their name to her husbands family name.
Strange..... we were married in 1988 in Bangkok and wife got her passport the same day in her maiden/Thai name.
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35 minutes ago, Tanoshi said:
You mean the Passport office, not CW Immigration.
That's correct.
Is it not the same place?
35 minutes ago, Tanoshi said:Why?
Can't use British married name passport & Thai maiden name passport UK > Thailand > UK ?
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1 hour ago, Tanoshi said:
It doesn't really matter changing her name as it's your Marriage certificate that proves marriage, not her Tabien Baan, ID card or Passport.
Many Thai women keep their maiden names after marriage.
As I understand it (What CW told her when she got her passport), for them to issue her passport in her married name she must first have her ID Card amended.
Having her passport in her maiden name is pretty much useless at this stage?
I got the impression it's all one name or the other, which I can understand......
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24 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:
Fifteen years go Thai passports were done differently. Unless she does a name change if applied for in London would have her maiden name on it now.
Not sure how easy it would be to change to her married name. It may require registering your foreign marriage at an Amphoe. That would require your marriage certificate being legalized in the UK and stamped at the embassy in London. Then translated to Thai and having the translation certified by the Department of Consular Affairs of the MFA.
Some officers may make a big deal of not having a departure stamp in her Thai passport but they cannot deny entry for it.
1. Download of: TM30 Form Notification of aliens staying at a residence
2. Bangkok would be easier if you had a address for there to put on the application form. No TM30 form would be needed.
Thanks joe for the clarification of all this.
Forgot to say - we were married in Bangkok (all those years ago) and have all the original documents etc. so I presume getting her ID Card and House Book
changed to her married name in Thailand will be fairly straightforward .... and then her passport at CW. ?
1. Appreciate the Link
2. If applying for TV extensions at CW, would our Jomtien address be ok or maybe best stay at a Bangkok hotel for a couple of days & use that
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9 hours ago, ubonjoe said:
Your wife should use a Thai passport to enter the country. That would avoid any problems for her when staying here. Just leave the UK with her UK passport, enter and leave here on her Thai passport then enter the UK using that passport.
No problem for her to complete a TM30 form for both of you using the name shown on her house book and ID card.
Thanks for this straightforward advice.
My wife is one of these Thai women who oblivious to what is best to do, has insisted on using her British passport but
now I can fully see the sense in what you say.
She has a current Thai passport but it's in her Thai/Maiden name so getting that changed to her married name (same as her British passport)
would seem the first thing to get done.
Probably 15 odd years ago she changed her original Thai passport to her married name at the Embassy in London which from memory was
very straightforward (once you got the appointment). This then lapsed and when we started visiting Thailand regularly a few years ago she
got her current Thai passport in Bangkok - but in her maiden name!
Maybe you can confirm this but I've been told that now changing her passport to her married name in London might be preferable to avoid
any hassles entering Thailand for the first time with no exit stamp in her new passport ?
TM30 - ok thanks I understand this but 2 questions please.
1. Can you download/print this form out before going to Immigration at Jomtien ?
2. When we apply for our extensions this coming visit is it easier at either Jomtien or Bangkok ?
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Hi All
My wife is Thai but has lived in the UK for 25 years. She has British Citizenship and Passport. She always uses her British Passport.
We visit Thailand 3 or 4 times a year and have always used Tourist Visas.
5 years ago we bought a small house near Jomtien and it's registered to her in her Thai/Maiden name. She also has an up-to-date ID Card.
Our next visit (starting in 2 weeks) is slightly different - this time we want to extend our visas for 30 days and have already booked flights.
The last few years, although largely staying at the house during visits, we have never registered and only found out about a Form TM30
last year!
I've read that when applying (at Jomtien) for our visa extensions, we will need to be registered or have a completed TM30 on hand ?
Question is - how will we fill this form out, my wife as owner in her Thai guise and staying there with me in her British guise?
Thanks in advance for any information and/or advice.
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Agree ..... just like Holiday companies in UK still selling holidays to Spain from a month out !!!! Madness