belfastish Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 a security guard would be more boring than that,you dont even get to punch anything most days!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasathai1 Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Many have been caught short...rush around trying to get funds...scray for such a small thing to remember...I tell people to put the 500 in with the return tickets... "I tell people to put the 500 in with the return tickets.." getting them to plan ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasathai1 Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 They probably won't keep the windows open, but in a situation like yours it will be collected by the airline at the check-in desk. Bangkok's got some boring jobs, but having a job where you punch a whole in everyone's departure tax ticket as they enter immigration really must come close to the most boring! they probably came in low on the nepotism ranking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 i have never experienced that you had to pay airporttax at check in counter. however Shanghai and Seoul had some transition period, where tax was included on some tickets and not on others and they kept the tax counter open for some time. they would tell you at check in counter, whether tax is included and stamp boarding pass accordingly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
was_usvirgin Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 In the US they'll charge you the departure tax at the check-in counter if it's not already on your ticket. I do remember a few times, at Kimpo, where I had to go to some tax desk and get a coupon to show I was exempt (because I was in transit) before I could collect my boarding pass. Pain in the ass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 in Seoul i can remember i had still to pay tax quite some time after the new airport in Incheon opened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
was_usvirgin Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Yeah, I don't think they've changed their policy, I just don't recall it happening to me at Incheon. I think these were cases where I was in transit but did not have an onward boarding pass because I was on standby. So I had to go to a counter and get a tax exempt coupon to produce for the check-in agent, in lieu of paying the tax. In the US, the airlines collect it on a trust basis and, as I recall, there was very little accounting for it. Back in the eighties, when they first introduce the $3 deparure tax, I worked at LAX for an airline. A few employees got sacked for stealing from the departure tax till. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 All this fuss over Baht 500 (or 700). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 Hey, that's 3 beers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 or a bar fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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