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    Flights from the north

    So I was looking at visiting a couple of sandpit mates who are on their hols in Phuket.

    Flight from CNX to HKT starts at Bt8,000+

    Yet I can fly to Danang on exactly the same dates for around Bt4,000 on the same airline.

    What a bunch of fucking bandits.

    So I've told them to come and visit me instead.

    The next post may be brought to you by my little bitch Spamdreth

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    Maybe this should go in the Daily Moan thread.

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    Have you tried using a vpn set to somewhere like India or Birmingham?

    I can see return flights for less than 6000 baht

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    4,xxx return direct this week online.


    Maybe the extra are the lawyer's fees for the lawyers he needs to get him such things as a condo rental contract and domestic flights when he visits here on holiday.

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    About 600 baht if you use some air miles jet set Harry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by klong toey View Post
    About 600 baht if you use some air miles jet set Harry.
    Don't get me started on that.

    With in increase in flights has come a depreciation of airmile value.

    It seems every airline is doing their level best to claw back their pandemic losses in double quick time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    4,xxx return direct this week online.


    Maybe the extra are the lawyer's fees for the lawyers he needs to get him such things as a condo rental contract and domestic flights when he visits here on holiday.

    Or maybe you don't know how flight pricing works and just talk out of your arse all the time.

    Dunno really.

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    you've got a car, why dont you just drive down there. no phuket rip off taxis, no airport nonsense, no sitting next to some filthy backpacker or worse, a bobblehead tourist on the plane, but most important of all .... you call the shots. nobody telling you go here, wait there, queue up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile View Post
    you've got a car, why dont you just drive down there. no phuket rip off taxis, no airport nonsense, no sitting next to some filthy backpacker or worse, a bobblehead tourist on the plane, but most important of all .... you call the shots. nobody telling you go here, wait there, queue up.

    I did consider it but it would be more than 40 hours of driving for a weekend, which means it quickly becomes a week.

    Actually based on two 1500km drives I've done it would be four days to get there and four days to get back - minimum.

    I don't want to sit in a car that long, it will take me week to be able to walk properly again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Dunno
    Yes, that's blatantly clear.

    Will you be astounded by a tuk-tuk, or need a lawyer to find a pair of flipflops next. Snub's spent more time in Thailand than you ffs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    Yes, that's blatantly clear.

    Will you be astounded by a tuk-tuk, or need a lawyer to find a pair of flipflops next. Snub's spent more time in Thailand than you ffs.
    Well I do know really.

    You haven't got a fucking clue.

    I was just trying to be diplomatic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    You haven't got a fucking clue.
    For someone that can't book a flight, rent a condo, post a news thread or a buy car without help... and then still buys a Swift, that really is funny. Cheers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    For someone that can't book a flight, rent a condo, post a news thread or a buy car without help... and then still buys a Swift, that really is funny. Cheers.
    You're a failed mod aren't you?


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    Jaysus McMary... just how fragile pink is Hazza-Can't-book-a-flight.

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    Is it any cheaper to drive to Chiang Rai and then...?

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    #gofundaflight4harry

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    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile View Post
    you've got a car, why dont you just drive down there. no phuket rip off taxis, no airport nonsense, no sitting next to some filthy backpacker or worse, a bobblehead tourist on the plane, but most important of all .... you call the shots. nobody telling you go here, wait there, queue up.
    Are you seriously suggesting driving from Chiang Mai to Phuket?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by armstrong View Post
    Are you seriously suggesting driving from Chiang Mai to Phuket?!
    Obviously he is.

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    I drove by myself with two dogs from Chiang Mai to Ranong. It took two days with an overnight in Kanchanaburi. Arrived in Ranong in time to get a ferry over to Ko Chang were I spent a week then drove back.

    *The other Ko Chang.
    Last edited by misskit; 13-07-2023 at 07:32 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VocalNeal View Post
    Is it any cheaper to drive to Chiang Rai and then...?
    Probably yes but nothing non-stop direct plus the driving time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stretchy View Post
    #gofundaflight4harry
    Yes please


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    Quote Originally Posted by DrWilly View Post
    Obviously he is.
    Well it's just a monumentally stupid idea that I thought I should check.

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    Quote Originally Posted by armstrong View Post
    Well it's just a monumentally stupid idea that I thought I should check.
    I have nothing against long drives per se. I'll be doing something like the below next year once I get my five year license. But I will take my time and spread it over a few weeks.

    But not 40 hours of driving just for a couple of days in Phuket.

    Flights from the north-untitled-jpg

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    But not 40 hours of driving just for a couple of days in Phuket.
    You know, Harry ?

    You actually do make sense at times

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    Quote Originally Posted by helge View Post
    You know, Harry ?

    You actually do make sense at times
    Perhaps that coincides with you being sober.

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