@Ralph ******

yea i know about the fees etc, have both a Thai account and use wise. For a regular tourist doing 3 months it’s not really worth it after considering the annual fee for bank account. I did some comparisons a couple years back on fees of having just wise vs both and having a Thai bank account becomes cost effective after spending 3-5 months in country. There is a monthly cash allowance that wise allows which is free. And can avoid fees just by using the card at supermarkets and malls. It’s the cash withdrawals over the monthly limit last that is when the fees start to eat into savings. But if have Thai friend or family then can avoid fees by sending from wise to their bank account and then they withdrawal cash out for you.

Wise is a good option to have for a tourist to avoid those sort of problems with card skimming. You can disable card settings on your phone so it can only be used in ATMs and chip transactions. Turn on and off the payWave and magnetic strip as needed.

@Paul ******

yes

@Richard *******

yep, a couple of those gets you up to the 180 days, and over than had someone been in the country previously before that. I went through Don Mueang last year after maxing out METV and was pulled aside for questioning. The Immigration officer and his supervisor specifically quoted "over 180 as a regular tourist" as the reason they were questioning me. I did have a very valid reason for re-entering so they waived me through.

@Mo ***

it’s 180+ days in country during the past year that triggers being pulled aside when trying to enter on visa exempt

@Max *********

it’s sort of true, however in reality the IO’s at the airports in particular look at people’s recent history in Thailand over the past year. If you do more than 180 days in a past 365 day period then expect to be pulled aside and questioned

Just our kiwi passport and have an ongoing flight ticket just in case the airline asks.

Last year I attended a two day event hosted by Fitness first (one of the large gym franchises in Bangkok). They hosted a large fitness event in an indoor event centre to promote some new fitness programmes that are produced by a global brand called Les Mills. Anyway they had some rather famous international guest fitness trainer stars from this industry attend the event as presenters to perform on the stage along side FF’s best trainers. Since they represented a global brand they would now qualify as foreign talent for DTV

Aon atms charge 150 baht but there are less of them around. There is one inside terminal 21 asoke and a few other shopping malls.

If it’s a weekday be prepared for possible traffic delays if you take a car. If you know the train systems well then you should be ok, though going via train from airport to airport will require about 3-4 trains…. Red line, MRT, BTS, Airport link. Otherwise taxi to nearest BTS station may be a good option and proceed from there as Kenny stated above