Hi guys, this is my first post on this page. I have run out of options and would really love for someone to just steer me in the right direction.

I am a South African and I'm traveling with my friend who's Latvian, we started traveling before the pandemic and is currently stuck in Jakarta Indonesia (been here 4 months). We have a English teaching job in Thailand and we're trying our best to get there asap. We have an invitation from the educational department of Thailand etc. But we can't get a flight from here to Thailand, even though there are departures going out every second day. The airport aren't very helpful and I'm guessing it's because we aren't Thai nationals, which I understand - they get first preference. The advice I'm seeking basically : do we need to go through a travel agent who will be able to get us on a flight to Bangkok and if so any recommendations? Or should we just wait it out until the 1st of August? After following the Thai updates stating that they are allowing Teachers among others in. How can we go about? I've been going back and forth to the airport trying to get a ticket but to no avail. Any advice will be absolutely appreciated!