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In Topic: Some Owning A Condo In Cm Questions...

Yesterday, 10:25

View PostBeetlejuice, on Yesterday, 02:33 , said:

Condos are leasehold and the maintenance company controls everything, so you can never own it.

I wouldn’t even want one for free.

Where on earth did you get that idea? Condos are NOT leasehold. Owners get a full chanote title.

In Topic: Car Bodywork Materials

2012-05-03 13:08:49

The full name of the shop is World Chemical Fareast. It is on the north side of Mahidol Rd (the road connecting the airport and the Superhighway). If you were driving from airport plaza towards the river, then about 500m before you cross the Ping there is a big elevated PSI sign on your left, which is visible for a long way. Right after the PSI building is World Chemical, which occupies a row of shophouses.

In Topic: New Italian Restaurant Fills A Niche For Real Home-Made Food.

2012-01-29 20:35:59

I tried Colosseo. The description as home-style Italian is fairly accurate. However the food was mediocre and the prices not very good. For example, my seafood ravioli was 280B. The general price level is not much different than Lapin or La Fourchette and yet the food in these two restaurants is in quite a different class. Chez Marco is another with better food at similar prices. For home-style Italian, the food at Noi's is better and the prices are half the prices here. I don't like to criticise new restaurants, but unfortunately Colosseo is not nearly good enough to be charging these prices.

In Topic: New Italian Restaurant Fills A Niche For Real Home-Made Food.

2012-01-28 14:34:34

Thanks for this, Oneman. Sounds good. I'll give it a try this week and report back.

In Topic: Where To Buy Reasonable Thai Airway Tickets Other Than Online?

2012-01-23 15:29:15

View Postmesquite, on 2012-01-21 13:37:46, said:

View Postneilrob, on 2012-01-20 13:39:55, said:

In Thailand in my experience it is actually MORE expensive to book online than directly with the airline. Coming from a US/UK background this seemed a little odd at first. However, I have found the same thing with Thai, Bangkok Airways and China Air, to name just three examples. It is often also more expensive to book with a travel agent than directly with the airline. Consequently I usually check the price first online and then go to the airline office and ask them what is the best fare they can offer. With Thai it is almost always significantly better than the online fare. You might also mention the fare from a competing airline and ask if they can match it.  So I suggest going to the big Thai Air office in the old city (a short walk south of the Chang Puak gate) and booking there.

Are you getting the exact same ticket types?  Also, when you book with Thai online, you are booking directly with Thai.

Bear in mind there are tickets that earn reduced or no mileage or are restrictive in other ways that you may be getting at the office.

I used to get the best Thai prices at Charal travel, but then the Thai website offered better prices.  The downtown Thai office could not match the online price.  This was BKK LAX BKK

Yes, essentially the same tickets---no restrictions on mileage etc. What happens is that Thai generally seem to offer online their plain vanilla offerings, which may include a so-called "web special". However, if you go to their office they have a variety of other promotions. These promotions may be a little more restrictive in terms of refunds or length of stay etc, but if you are sure when you are going this is no problem. With China Airlines, it is strange. For a recent ticket to the US their "listed" price (which is what they show on the receipt even if you don't pay it) was 53,450B. Their online price was 46,000. But if you call their Bangkok office their price for the exact same ticket is 37,450. That last is what I actually paid. So it is worth making a call!

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