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It should read "Charges for exceeding weight allowances MUST also be paid on the spot" (or else your won't go through). Machines are unforgiving, whereas check in staff can and very often does waive any excess fees, often not even taking notice of the weight (maybe because it's a bureaucratic hassle for them? No idea, just guessing). 
I've tried to use such a machine (I think it was in Singapore) when travelling with a friend who had too much, of course it didn't allow it. Went to a counter and through it went with no issue, no fee, no nothing.
I'm with @NIrishGuy here, nobody will like such machines for the reasons he gave....

Why does everything have to be about race these days? This has nothing to with race, it is just an entirely different card for different purposes and with different requirements and eligibility criteria. As I see it, the pink card is something for someone with residency and ownership of a house/condo (hence the need for the tabian baan (house registration) whereas the white card has more to do with workers from neighboring countries. Now those workers are indeed treated differently from so-called "expats" and possibly higher-level employees from those same countries (last point is just my guess). Different treatment is entirely justified, because (a) they are ASEAN whereas most "expats" are not, and (b) it's a way of dealing with masses of low level, low income workers where the usual "expat" procedures wouldn't be suitable.
Race is simply not a factor. 

If I read the post correctly, he didn't say the civil partnership had any bearing on the vaccination. It was requested in the application for the pink card (don't see the relevance there either, really, as treveller123 also wondered, but so be it), which in turn was requested for the vaccination registration.
Needs reforming, yes, but I think you and most here on the board are well aware that the concepts of "logical" or "no useful purpose" do not apply here or at best have rather bizarre meanings. Hence, no sensible and beneficial reforming will happen.

That Sandbox will have the same fate as the "Special Tourist Visa", it's a non-starter. It is so complicated and still has so many restrictions, nobody will do it. So typical. They think - quite correctly - that many people are longing for a nice beach vacation, and Thailand and Phuket are clearly popular. But wanting to come doesn't mean accepting all and every burden the Thais think they can just heap on the potential tourists. 

true too!

Congratulate me after the 23rd when we see if I receive the vaccine
 

If I read the post correctly, he didn't say the civil partnership had any bearing on the vaccination. It was requested in the application for the pink card (don't see the relevance there either, really, as treveller123 also wondered, but so be it), which in turn was requested for the vaccination registration.
Needs reforming, yes, but I think you and most here on the board are well aware that the concepts of "logical" or "no useful purpose" do not apply here or at best have rather bizarre meanings. Hence, no sensible and beneficial reforming will happen.

maipenrai

That Sandbox will have the same fate as the "Special Tourist Visa", it's a non-starter. It is so complicated and still has so many restrictions, nobody will do it. So typical. They think - quite correctly - that many people are longing for a nice beach vacation, and Thailand and Phuket are clearly popular. But wanting to come doesn't mean accepting all and every burden the Thais think they can just heap on the potential tourists. 

That Sandbox will have the same fate as the "Special Tourist Visa", it's a non-starter. It is so complicated and still has so many restrictions, nobody will do it. So typical. They think - quite correctly - that many people are longing for a nice beach vacation, and Thailand and Phuket are clearly popular. But wanting to come doesn't mean accepting all and every burden the Thais think they can just heap on the potential tourists. 

you're rushing to conclusions LOL, June 30th is too soon to believe it! Even July 1st. The first day to believe it will be when the first tourists actually arrive  
And even then it could be closed again in a split second if and when some outbreak happens, like seychelles-style. It can only be really trusted I suppose when it's been up and running for several weeks AND possibly survived new Covid cases there. 
I don't want to be overly negative, but the flipflopping (and other monumental government failures) in recent weeks and months has been just appalling 

I'd rather go for the CLOUD CAPSULE!

OMG....
short haul flight maybe, long haul flight no fucking way, especially in the upper seat, impossible to bear and probably prone to resulting in thrombosis

5600m/9000km
Though since the vast majority of people obviously live in their country of birth the possible distance depends on the size of the country. Can't go far in, say, Luxembourg

5600m/9000km
Though since the vast majority of people obviously live in their country of birth the possible distance depends on the size of the country. Can't go far in, say, Luxembourg

5,878 miles
If I had had to live within 20 miles from my home, I think I would be long dead by now!! 

The key phrase here is "who have registered" - that has been impossible for the vast majority of foreigners so far

The key phrase here is "who have registered" - that has been impossible for the vast majority of foreigners so far

I'm with @PeterRS on this, this is getting SOOO annoying. The point (for me) is not fear of covid, but wanting to get the vaccine to be able to travel again as soon as possible (which currently it is not even fully vaccinated). But with the "Phuket Sandbox" with Q-free entry into Phuket supposed to come July 1st, they now also restricted domestic travel to Phuket to vaccinated people (of which there are virtually none at this point). 
As for "those who were elected to solve problems", remember they were NOT. They rigged the system and the election such that they got back to power. Thailand in fact DOES have a de-facto dictator (especially in the covid arena, nothing whatsoever happens there without his nod), except he is neither benevolent nor competent but the source of all current ills  
Considering a vax trip to Germany, too. It would be easy to go there (I think no quarantine requirement there for Thai arrivals) and to get the vaccine. But all so utterly unreliable and unplannable for the return to Thailand. The Phuket model supposed to work only for "low to medium risk countries" (obviously they don't fully trust the vaccines). Even if Germany is low or medium at the time of going there, that designation can change in a heartbeat and then I get stuck there. Complete no-go!
 

you're rushing to conclusions LOL, June 30th is too soon to believe it! Even July 1st. The first day to believe it will be when the first tourists actually arrive  
And even then it could be closed again in a split second if and when some outbreak happens, like seychelles-style. It can only be really trusted I suppose when it's been up and running for several weeks AND possibly survived new Covid cases there. 
I don't want to be overly negative, but the flipflopping (and other monumental government failures) in recent weeks and months has been just appalling 

you're rushing to conclusions LOL, June 30th is too soon to believe it! Even July 1st. The first day to believe it will be when the first tourists actually arrive  
And even then it could be closed again in a split second if and when some outbreak happens, like seychelles-style. It can only be really trusted I suppose when it's been up and running for several weeks AND possibly survived new Covid cases there. 
I don't want to be overly negative, but the flipflopping (and other monumental government failures) in recent weeks and months has been just appalling 

I'm with @PeterRS on this, this is getting SOOO annoying. The point (for me) is not fear of covid, but wanting to get the vaccine to be able to travel again as soon as possible (which currently it is not even fully vaccinated). But with the "Phuket Sandbox" with Q-free entry into Phuket supposed to come July 1st, they now also restricted domestic travel to Phuket to vaccinated people (of which there are virtually none at this point). 
As for "those who were elected to solve problems", remember they were NOT. They rigged the system and the election such that they got back to power. Thailand in fact DOES have a de-facto dictator (especially in the covid arena, nothing whatsoever happens there without his nod), except he is neither benevolent nor competent but the source of all current ills  
Considering a vax trip to Germany, too. It would be easy to go there (I think no quarantine requirement there for Thai arrivals) and to get the vaccine. But all so utterly unreliable and unplannable for the return to Thailand. The Phuket model supposed to work only for "low to medium risk countries" (obviously they don't fully trust the vaccines). Even if Germany is low or medium at the time of going there, that designation can change in a heartbeat and then I get stuck there. Complete no-go!
 

That's good to hear, though in that location they will never attract a tourist crowd (except @vinapu making the occasional trip there). 
The name is about as simple as it gets: Kin Kao means to eat a meal, so I guess a loosely translated English name would be "Let's eat".

NOPE. Was (again) overruled by the central government. What morons, can't they consult each other beforehand?
One is painfully reminded of:

It would be funny if it weren't so serious. Getting really annoying, the people affected must be despairing....

looks yummy but nothing beats chicken with cashew nuts in  now closed Oasis on Suriwong, just past Siam Heritage hotel