as I told you, you can tell visa run bus you want to stay Cambodia extra days, they day no problem need to pay extra few baht. Then you can travel as much you want inside Cambodia and come back to the border when you agreed date and time, and they still take you back straight to your hotel but sure I understand with your route then yes might be better with flight and bus or taxi to the airport.
But let face I guess most people in this group want to come back Thailand ASAP not stay in another country. Sure some but mainly to get visa back to Thailand π
You can still stay there few days when you take the border run bus, and pay few extra baht. For me sitting in a bus that takes you back right in front of your hotel in 10 hours or being in a airport all day then taxi 2 hours before you get back to your hotel is more appealing to be honest. π Of course if you have a car no problem also with that logic why bother with flight or border run bus can just drive yourself π€£
Yes for that price you can fly, but then you have to pay for the visa, travel cost from jomtien to Bangkok and back and food. Suddenly your price is like