Does flying business class into Thailand affect immigration scrutiny?

Whoever told you that is full of shit. I travel many times on coach, they dont give 2 shits about your class ticket and you enter thailand the same way any tourist enters 🥴

BS

In all my years l have never even been asked to show my ticket

Sometimes my boarding pass which l say l threw away

Unless you are or have been abusing the visa exempt rules, you won’t have problems with immigration.

I don’t know where you are coming from but a business class flight from Australia is at least $2000- $4000 more than an economy class ticket.

Before you leave your home country, a few hundred dollars and some time, you can get a Non O Visa and you will have no problems with immigration.

If you want to spend time in Thailand get an appropriate visa, no problems.

5555 really😂

This is one of the stupidest posts I have seen today.

U go through quicker but that's it u need all correct documents for u

Change your nickname to DaftPenguin

Not true at all

How will they know you were business class??

They only care about illegal activities ie illegal work, smuggling, drugs, guns. The fact that a grownup that is free to make decisions on their own is asking such a ridiculous question is actually terrifying alittle.

We have a friend that works for immigration…. Why you’re in line going through immigration the camera already knows who you are and the last visit history in Thailand before you get to the desk… facial recognition…

Not True.

Bollocks!

How does an immigration officer know what class you flew ? I've never been asked to show my airline ticket.

Absolutely not.

Dont bet on it

NO NO NO

My friend got business class and he still has issues with immigration and he had to prove all his accommodation whole stay

Laughing at the mugs that believe this rubbish!

I always fly Business. We use the VIP immigration kiosks. Shorter lines. But the immigration officers are always polite and considerate regardless of which kiosk you use.

I have flown bussiness class to bkk. At immigration you proceed through fast track desks. And, despite what some ppl say, you do need to show boarding pass. However i have never had a problem when entering thru " economy gates" nor business. So the actual " control" by the immigration officer was the same

Just get the appropriate visa if you’re worried about being denied entry

I have never heard that

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Immigration officers do not look your tickets hahahahaa

They don't check your tickets.

I've visited Thailand about 10 times over the years. Never got asked any question that I can remember apart from being told to give my biometrics.

Bull

BS, they don't know what kind of ticket do you have!

No, will never go to Thailand again. Immigration there is of the Nazi party.

OMG you need to screen where you get information from. This is a ridiculous question 🙄

I arrive on a business class ticket and used the special lanes. Not a single question, where as a few previous visa exempt entries were getting a little pushback. The very next entry was normal lanes after a 5 day trip to penang with my gf. I was denied, even though I had a flight back to my home country in two weeks. IMO business class gets less scrutiny. YMMV.

Does'nt supprise me. the words corruption, farang, and loads of money, mean the world to immigration

Bull shit

How do they know you have a business class ticket? I have never showed my ticket to Immigration.

That's bullshit I forgot to do my 60 day visa and woman on immigration gave me a reyt bollocking for about 5 minutes so my friend it's not true.

Yes. Totally true. Same with Fastrack. Much less likely to be scrutinised. Immigration are far less likely to hassle people for suspicion of working in Thailand and having no funds.

You must be reading crappy articles from self inflated egos who thinks that way. The IO only looks at my passport and checks that I place my fingers on the pad

No wonder the post was made anonymously 🤣

I have heard it all now. You have to go through the immigration with the rest of us 😂😂

I traveled business class with a pet and it was easier getting in Thailand than out of the US. The livestock import office at BKK was smooth sailing as well.

Instead of paying for business class ticket pay yourself a guarantee entry from reputable online sites. Cheaper and definite.

What a mythical story

They are just trying to weed out the broke ass clowns that end up begging and scamming people. Do the right thing and you will have no problems

You be better off spending the money on the expedited immigration services, which are said to ease passage through immigration.

I hardly think it make any difference. But I always use the fast track now as I am over 70 it’s eligible. Earlier I used a cane and limbed a bit-also eligible

Not true. The IO will not want to see your boarding pass and they don’t want to know if you were in BC or toilet class.

Makes no difference so those people are guilty of disinformation. What the business class ticket gets you is a fast-track and one is still required to meet all entry requirements. You need to present your boarding card to the IO.

When you pass over the passport, you don't pass over the ticket. Wth would you do that?

Has anyone here actually had to show their plane ticket. I think this is not a true policy. Although Thailand does favour people they think have money..

Business class, usually in my experience, get issued a fast track voucher before landing.

I dont see how they would know or care where you sat on the plane, but if you bought some red carpet service, you may have less hassle.

That's rubbish ....

Is it true that those 70 and up have faster access by using the far right lane?

Just a business class, not meaning for anything

Unless they were getting some of the cost of the ticket in their pocket then probably might happen

Of course its a myth, why on earth would that make any difference how you travel to get here lol

Myth

I used to get upgraded often while doing the 28 day FIFO stuff. If the normal queue was quiet then I'd use it and save my Fast Track voucher for another time. Having said that, I did get upgraded once while already on the plane from Economy to Business. I went through the Fast Track and the boy asked to see my ticket. I showed him my stub and he told me Economy ticket holders were not allowed to use this facility, despite Qatar Airways having given me a valid pass. I had to do the walk of shame out and back in the regular queue.

I use the fast lane (as used by business class) and there’s no difference. I still got pulled up for the length of my visits.

Interesting I always fly business, normally there is someone near immigration ushering me into the fast track area, however last time normal. Que with millions of people, immigration officer same same

seem reasonable to me. Thailand does not want low lifes and cheap Charlies.

I don't think business class affects immigration much. They focus more on where you're coming from. Business class usually just gets you faster airport processing (like security or check-in). If anything, they'd notice if someone seemed suspicious, regardless of ticket.

It’s a myth.

I did a visa run to Kuala Lumpur just before Christmas on a business class ticket.

I was still interrogated by the Immigration Officer at Don Mueang about the purpose of my trip, asked to prove I had a ticket booked to leave Thailand within 60 days and told to get a visa before I came back again…which I am now in the process of doing.

You have to accept that the immigration process in Thailand is consistently inconsistent.

There is the documented Thai immigration law and then the reality that every individual Thai Immigration Officer and Immigration Office interprets the law in their own way.

Within the space of three days I got very different responses from the Thai embassies in London and Ho Chi Minh City and the Immigration Office in Ubon Ratchathani regarding what I had to do to marry my Thai fiancée and then obtain a Thai marriage visa.

In 35 years in the computer and electronics industries I have travelled all over Asia, the Americas, Western and Eastern Europe and in my experience Thailand is the only country that allows their individual Immigration Officers so much latitude in deciding if they are going to allow you in to the country or not.

It’s ironic that a country which is so economically dependent on foreign visitors and ex-pats bringing their money here, makes it so difficult for us to do so.

As far as the ticket is concerned the only interest an immigration officer "may" have is the onward/return one out of Thailand

It is absolute bullshit.

Myth

I understand when you show your ticket you go through a abooth without queuing.

Still the same stamps and same procedure.

If you have a bad name it doesn't matter what class you fly. Thailand doesn't want you

Where do people come up with this BS

and if you go to Koh Tarutao there are Sea Dragons that spitfire 🔥🔥🔥

It's a myth.

No

Arrive with your Thai wife.

Go right through every time and not worry using the Thai passport line.

Longest wait.

6 minutes.

😆 lol

"even if you’ve stayed in Thailand a lot before." That's what a visa is for(?) Stop trying to game the system with money, and use the money to get a visa.

Fast trek👍

No that is not true

I've only ever handed immigration my passport so they never see the ticket of the flight in - so how would they know which class you flew in on? Mind you, I have a retirement visa and follow all the rules, so I have never had dramas entering or leaving.

From multiple experiences; there’s a separate immigration line for business class an it’s super short (like 7 people instead of 700). However the immigration checks are the same; I was asked for a printout of my health insurance on an O-A entry. They were very polite but wanted to see the contract not just a coverage screenshot. Having said that, obviously if you have an income based visa, they’re likely to scrutinize you less given that your ticket is 5x of economy.

Over 70 take the far right hand seniors lane and get lonely going through.

Sometimes it's only just you

An immigration officer is not going to care how much leg room you paid for on your flight

How you fly to Thailand has nothing to do with it. In fact if you can afford a business class ticket, that's even more reason to expect you to have used a Safe Entry agent, since you can clearly afford it. Or you could afford the Elite Visa, or you have enough money to qualify for the LTR visa, etc.