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Thanks very much, theolddigit, that's exactly what I wanted to know.

To the others: (1) no, I don't want to take a taxi all the way because I want to experiment with using the ARL, and (2) of course I looked on Google Maps and other, much better maps (because I actually consider Google Maps a steaming pile of inaccurate codswallop). I wanted to see if there was anyone here who had actually tried it - and there was, so thanks again.

True, but the MFA instructs its consular representatives in the regulations. Do you know of a website for Immigration?

lopburi3, on 2011-01-11 16:35:53, said:

Yes, yes, of course I know all that old stuff. But what I'm asking is if there's been a recent change. The discussion started when a British check-in agent posted that she had NOT been briefed to check for proof of onward travel, only for 6 months passport validity. So she cast doubt on the need for the dreaded proof of onward travel. I wanted to post a quote from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regulation about proof of onward travel and IT WAS NO LONGER THERE. In a cursory check of embassy websites, it (mostly) had also disappeared.

So my question to you: does anyone know about a stealth change to the regulations that they just didn't bother telling anyone? What does the Thai version say?

(And Lopburi, what's the source of your quote?)

The Airport Link is currently being extended to Don Mueang. So transportation between the two airports will be quite easy in the future. It would make sense to make DMK into the domestic and low cost terminal.

I've never seen such pathetic nonsense in my life. The writer has no clue what he's talking about.

Of course the "Airport Link" connects downtown with the airport. It terminates in the new station on Level M at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Connecting BKK and DMK was never intended.

No one is paying "full fare" right now. The Airport Express non-stop service to Makkasan costs 100 baht and the City Line commuter service to Phay Thai, stopping at every station, costs 15 baht. These are introductory prices.

There is a ramp between the Airport Link Station and the BTS station at Phaya Thai. A walkway from Makkasan City Air Terminal to Petchaburi MRT station is in the works.

Most traffic on the line will be commuters from Bangkok's eastern suburbs. The train line will improve the lives of millions of people.

The traffic situation at Makkasan is a problem that can be resolved. The baggage system will be in operation in a few months.