I dont know how many times I have flown into Thailand. 20 or 30 times maybe. Never once have they inquired or searched my bags. I am sure you will be fine.

I think a new passport is a little extreme. Passport numbers are not confidential and should be considered public information. You may not have access to everybody's passport number, but enough people have access to your passport number, there is no reason to consider it a secret.

They don't have to guess the first five for most of the US population. Most of the US population, that number is determined by where you were born and the date you were born (and they have your birth date).

There have been recent changes (I dont know when), now that number is generated more randomly.

yes

I flew Phuket to Pattaya, couple of weeks ago, no test required. Used to be they checked vaccine card but last time the didn't bother.

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I have heard rumors that you can get away with less insurance. Ultimately it depends how much risk you want to take. You can apply for Thaipass with anything, they'll choose to approve or deny. If they deny you can purchase more and retry.

Thaipass sometimes hours to complete, sometimes days. If you buy plane tickets and your flight is due to take off in 3 days time, do you really want to be messing around with Thaipass?

I don't remember them asking me for proof of insurance when I arrived. I think it's assumed when you have ThaiPass. If you get here and they ask for more coverage you can buy it in the airport (online with your computer). If takes days before the insurance is approved you can just live in the airport.

I get it.. I like a good discount too.

I have heard rumors that you can get away with less insurance. Ultimately it depends how much risk you want to take. You can apply for Thaipass with anything, they'll choose to approve or deny. If they deny you can purchase more and retry.

Thaipass sometimes hours to complete, sometimes days. If you buy plane tickets and your flight is due to take off in 3 days time, do you really want to be messing around with Thaipass?

I don't remember them asking me for proof of insurance when I arrived. I think it's assumed when you have ThaiPass. If you get here and they ask for more coverage you can buy it in the airport (online with your computer). If takes days before the insurance is approved you can just live in the airport.

I get it.. I like a good discount too.

I wouldn't worry about it. Just be careful about clicking on links in e.mails, especially from ThaiPass.

Also I would recommend you change passwords on any of your important web portals, online banks, facebook, tweeter, gmail, etc.

Phising scams often involve some of your personal information

"Dear [your name], Regarding your recent inquiry passport number ending XXXX, click here to finalize your application"

Then you click on the link try to log in using your password, which is the same on all of your account, then they know your password for all your accounts.