No, it doesn’t work like that. Even if the maximum limit is reduced, the insurance Actuaries also assess the average historical claims to determine risk and premiums. If the average claim is (for example) $15,000, then the premium adjustment might be insignificant. Good luck choosing your favourite Insurer. 🖖

@Ian ****************

Yep, new variant = new excuse … let’s see.

They will inevitably announce that they’ll try to pretend to scrap test & go, however the past year’s experience indicates that they won’t be able to help themselves. We’ll probably end up with some fanfare and a re-named bunch of hoops to jump through. I’m in my fourth week in-country now, and signs of the persisting tourism recession are everywhere. For real economic recovery, nothing short of eliminating all pre-departure and arrival tests (for vaccinated travellers) and scrapping of any form of Thailand Pass (a source of so much uncertainty and stress that many potential visitors are scared off) will be good enough. 🤞

CX has a direct flight to LHR tomorrow. They also summarise UK entry requirements in their website (refer these two links). Good luck.

Yes, just take the red channel and declare it on the way in.

I used the QR code from my booster dose certificate (Hong Kong) for all three uploads, and this went through smoothly.

Similar issue for me … app is asking me to upload a day 7 test to the sandbox link, but I did not enter via sandbox programme.

I plan on driving the Pai loop next month. It’ll be my first time, however several of my friends recommend it as a beautiful, scenic road trip. Enjoy. 🖖

Update - I arrived BKK a few days ago, from HKG (I’m an Australian citizen, so visa exempt). At the Immigration desk, I handed over my APEC card, and received a 90 day stamp in my passport.