Just an update on the situation at Suvarnabhumi airport. I flew out of the country about a week ago. Arrived for my flight 2h50m before departure. Checked in online. Had to wait around 15 minutes in line as we weren't the only ones who decided to check in online. Check-in was completed within 3 minutes.

As we were traveling with toddlers, we could use the priority lane so it didn't take long to get through immigration and security, just a few minutes in total.

While the check-in area of the departure hall looked busy, particularly THAI Airways & Emirates (which operates A380 aircraft to Bangkok) it wasn't too bad. In fact, it looked like any other pre-Covid travel day. It was certainly much better than the footage i saw from 2-3 months ago.

Getting to our gate was a breeze. We spent more than 2 hours waiting for our flight, which left exactly on time. A bit boring, but better to arrive too early and be bored than having to run to your gate. Unfortunately, Suvarnabhumi is a very boring airport with nothing to do, unlike Singapore Changi, which is just amazing.

While there, I noticed the arrivals hall was completely empty. So anyone arriving at that time would have breezed through immigration (6-7pm).

So I think that the high season rush is coming to an end. That stated, one of the reasons for the long lines is due to the security screening areas being upgraded, one at a time, a process that will take several more weeks to be completed.

For this reason, if you're using the normal security lines and traveling during off peak hours, it's still a good idea to check in 2 hours ahead of departure and if it's a peak hour or you're flying on an A380 aircraft, then 3 hours is recommended.

Hopefully things will continue to improve in the weeks and months to come.

So my wife has an Australian passport in her married name and a Thai passport in her maiden name. She would like to leave Australia on her Aust passport and enter Thailand on her Thai passport, then leave Thailand on her thai passport and and re-enter Australia on her Aust passport. This way she would not need a visa to stay longer in Thailand. My question is there going to be any issue with check-in with the airlines and immigration if the tickets and boarding pass is in her married name?

Heathrow T2, not too busy but very slow.

PRINT the required documents, the amount of people who didn't and then had to pay an over inflated fee at a nearby printer was unbelievable.

Documents requested:

1. Passport

2. RT-PCR certificate

3. Thailand Pass

4. Visa if required

Check in said the flight was full, but I have no idea. "Leg room seats" now come with an £80 additional charge (the ones by the exits - I've not be charged before, could be a misunderstanding).

ATM cost £2:50 to use once through security so get your GBP before hand.

Most eateries are open.

Do they ask already for onward ticket when replaying for the Thailand pass or only when checking in?

Maybe not the place for this question but here goes.....Finally given up on hoping to get vaccinated here. Next week I fly to NYC via Ethiad. I am 71 and survived stage 4 cancer so although not paranoid I would like as much “ space” as possible on my flight . I would never fly business class ( before Covid) and my ticket next week is economy.......my question.....once I get to the airport can I upgrade the portion of my ticket going to USA.....once vaccinated economy is fine by me. When booking upgrading only half a flight was not an option. Does anyone have factual knowledge of this possibility? ApprecAppreciate your feedback.