@Martin ********
wow. I read your answer and have been through it. Yes, the check in staff ask because they are trying to interpret Thailands entry requirements. Just how educated do you think they are compared to the immigration officers when they have to read and interpret entry requirements for many, many countries?
You don't think that an immigration officer at the airport has the authority to ask the same questions? It's literally their one job. If they want to ask and demand you have a return ticket booked to leave before the entry stamp they give you expires they can. At that moment in time you are only legally allowed to stay for what they stamp you in for. There is no guarantee that you will be approved for an extension at a later date. Especially for an additional 60 days when the standard extension is 30. If it were they'd just stamp you in for 60 or 90 days right off the bat. It's likely, but no guarantee so if they're in a bad mood or simply just feel like it they can require you have a flight in that timeframe. The same goes for the requirement to have 20,000 baht or foreign equivalent in cash on you. I've never been asked and many, many others have never been asked. Yet, there are stories posted on here and other forums of people being denied entry because of it. Even showing they had money in the bank, even a Thai bank, wasn't adequate. They couldn't even go to an ATM and withdraw cash. Like I said both are rare, but it can and does happen.
You're sitting here getting all pissy and personal with people that obviously know more than you. Just because you and many others have never had a problem doesn't mean that is not the rule and that others haven't had a problem because of it. Grow up 🤡🤡🤡🤡