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"however I do not have Thai Airways gold....only silver....30kg only..... "
Same for me, still I usually manage to bring back approx 55 kg
How? : place approx 37-39kg on the scale, they wont say a thing or charge you for the extra if you are Silver member.
Then keep with you in a small (but STURDY) bag all your heavy items, as a cabine bag, weight approx 20kg but must LOOK small.
Dont know if this trick will still work with the new regulation but I will defenetely try again next time...
Madfrog
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Posted on: 10:12 am on Sep. 7, 2006
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Mel Gibson
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What happened to the "user pays" system???
I think a 55 KG Thai gal ( namely my wife) should be allowed a 100 KG bag,, after all the 120 KG Farang's we often see lining up for flights are allowed a 35KG bag,,,totals are the same?
Worth thinking about.
Simple also,, you weigh in with your luggage.
Will also ecourage some to go on a diet,,,, reminds me I have crept up to 85KG,,,mmmm,
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Posted on: 3:29 pm on Sep. 7, 2006
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ThaidUp
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How many people talk about how modern and computerized the future will be, but since its inception people are still having problems getting their computers to print. As is it so at the new airport.
Check-in system sputters in test
'Modern' machines spit out blank boarding passes and luggage tags, yet trial is hailed as an unqualified success
Less than three weeks before its opening, Suvarnabhumi Airport's check-in system is not yet complete. It failed to print boarding passes and baggage tags during tests in front of representatives from 23 airlines yesterday.
Still, the airlines said they happy with the overall demonstration results, saying that the system was more modern and would be less time-consuming than at Don Muang airport.
Moreover, say airport representatives, there is still ample time to correct the problems that were evident yesterday before the airport will be officially opened on September 28.
Let's see "Hailed as unqualified success" great PR spin as opposes to "Qualified Failure"
I would advise anyone staying away from the new airport for a month. I have to laugh at Nok Air taking opening day off to avoid problems, their should be no doubt that this is a Thai Airlines. They should be renamed Ostrich Air.
If you do have to travel, pack up that old beater of a suitcase and a bunch of old clothes because....
Handwritten Luggage Tags = Lost Luggage
Cash in on the AMEX lost luggage insurance and there you have a new waredrobe for your efforts.
Today's travel tip from TU.
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Posted on: 9:32 pm on Sep. 7, 2006
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Janitor
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Quote: from ThaidUp on 10:41 am on Sep. 8, 2006
I would advise anyone staying away from the new airport for a month.
I wish - unfortunately many of us have no choice... It will be hand baggage only for me though for at least a month!
By the way - I am in love with your avatar.
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Posted on: 9:36 pm on Sep. 7, 2006
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Mr Alan
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Quote: from Janitor on 9:45 pm on Sep. 7, 2006
I wish - unfortunately many of us have no choice... It will be hand baggage only for me though for at least a month!
If you do have to check luggage, just make sure and charge your airline ticket to a credit card that provides lost luggage insurance (My AMEX card does).
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Posted on: 12:22 am on Sep. 8, 2006
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ThaidUp
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Great idea, I wish I had thought of that.
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Posted on: 12:50 am on Sep. 8, 2006
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Evil Penivel
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I land in BKK on Oct. 27 (I postponed a trip about 30 days because of the airport situation). My tickets are charged to Amex and I've purchased supplemental baggage insurance as well. I just hope all the kinks are worked out in a month, at least in terms of baggage handling.
But on the years I've flying to LOS, I've never had a bag lost yet.
Evil
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Posted on: 3:12 am on Sep. 8, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from Bangkok Post dated Friday 8 September 2006 :-
More snags emerge in airport tests : Airlines grouse about bag handling, check-in
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Several airlines joining the first full-scale luggage handling and check-in tests at Suvarnabhumi yesterday complained about flaws which authorities promised to sort out by the time the international airport officially opens on Sept 28. Twenty-two out of around 100 airlines operating regular flights to and from Bangkok joined the test handling of 4,000 units of luggage and the check-in system at all 460 counters in a simulation of the airport servicing 100 flights.
The tests exposed problems with the conveyor system, which could not run smoothly due to problems with the integration of relevant information between Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) and the airlines, according to airline officials. They also were unable to link their data on passengers checking in with the airport agency.
Luggage could not be sent from conveyor belts, Somkid Ngarmsiri-udom, traffic supervisor of Kuwait Airways, complained. Tentative information from his airline was not available because AoT had informed its headquarters in Kuwait that the test was scheduled for today and not yesterday, he added.
But he was optimistic the problem would not be repeated on the airport's opening day because all information will be prepared in advance.
Jisalada Srijampa, service manager of United Airlines, said apart from the problems with integrating information, the tests ran smoothly.
Check-in staff had to learn where to attach bar code tags on luggage to enable the computerised luggage scanners to function, she said.
Thai Airways International experienced some problems in the tests. A source at the airline revealed that participating staff were not those on duty at Don Muang airport. But Ping na Thalang, Bangkok Airways vice-president for information systems, said his airline had no problems because its staff had been trained at Suvarnabhumi since January.
Other airlines joining the tests included Lufthansa, Emirates, All Nippon Airways, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, Qantas and EVA Air.
Jaturongkapol Sodmanee, the Suvarnabhumi airport deputy director for information technology, said the tests encountered problems, some of which resulted from participating airlines.
About 10 airlines had not completely integrated their information systems with the AoT system, he said.
Somchai Sawasdeepon, the airport's general manager, acknowledged that using staff with little experience had caused problems. AoT will repeat full-scale tests of the luggage conveyor system to solve problems ahead of the airport's opening.
Once open, Suvarnabhumi in Samut Prakan's Bang Phli district will be the world's largest single-terminal airport.
Anukalya Israsena na Ayutthaya, of Chulalongkorn University's engineering faculty, expected frustrations with public transport and flight connections.
Ageing passengers and those without their own vehicles would find using Suvarnabhumi difficult as the airport lacked easy access to public transport.
''Imagine you have jet lag and a lot of baggage. This airport requires you to drag yourself and your suitcases on a shuttle bus to the taxi and bus terminal located kilometres away,'' he told a seminar on the airport.
Mr Anukalya, an expert on the design of highways and airport systems, surveyed the airport last week and found that the large terminal, which is about three kilometres from one end to the other, could cause flight delays.
Passengers on connecting flights would have to spend time walking from one gate to another.
Criticism of basic amenities at Suvarnabhumi has mounted as the opening approaches, including a lack of signs and easy access to taxis, buses and toilets.
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Posted on: 9:34 am on Sep. 8, 2006
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Yurune
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Quote...a mate of mine who attended the test
"It was a total f*** up"
end quote
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Posted on: 11:25 am on Sep. 8, 2006
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Bangkoksexydotcom
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Was reading up on the new airport and you THINK and HOPE that now when the army lost its grip and can not charge 50 THB from the taxi anymore we can finally have order in the TAXI que.
And then they drop it BAMMMM!
To get a taxi you have to take a buss 6 KM away from the airport (i hope its still is inside so its not out in traffic) and from there change to a Taxi.
If you do not want to take a THAI AIR limmo for 600 ++++++++ off course. So instaed of the Army we not get Thai air getting hold of the hole airport.
Singapore airlines are so pist of that they have to pay 250 Per VIP use the VIP room so they making their own VIP even if SA should have the same.
And if they can not handel the taxi how can they handel the plane que.
And yes for you people like me taking the incoming taxis forget about it they will be kicked out as soon as they come in to the airport.
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Posted on: 11:27 am on Sep. 8, 2006
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