Tj916 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Just tried to make a booking on the Emirates app for next Tuesday UK - BKk. They are still accepting bookings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 11 hours ago, tommy dee said: sadly. life wise, I predicted that indoa will be the next big one. unlike thailand, cleanliness there is at a low level, poor hygeine. if it hits india, which it has to at some point, then it will spread like wild fire.. india, pakistan etc, it would be atomic in size We live in hope. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murchie Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 All flights from middle east carriers, with the exception of Kuwait, arrived yesterday and this morning at Suvarnabhumi as scheduled. Kuwait have banned flights to and from Thailand but no mention of a travel ban to Thailand for its citizens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 13 hours ago, Tj916 said: Just tried to make a booking on the Emirates app for next Tuesday UK - BKk. They are still accepting bookings Might have been different if your name was muhamed and from dubai i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murchie Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 5 hours ago, Phantom51red said: Might have been different if your name was muhamed and from dubai i guess. If Muhamed has big enough wasta Muhamed will travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Just been informed that I cannot return to work in Iraq until further notice as they have banned anyone travelling from Thailand. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 43 minutes ago, Scotty said: Just been informed that I cannot return to work in Iraq until further notice as they have banned anyone travelling from Thailand. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Will you still get paid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murchie Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Scotty said: Just been informed that I cannot return to work in Iraq until further notice as they have banned anyone travelling from Thailand. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I expect Kuwait to follow suit. As long as I get out on Friday I'll happily sit at home for a few months. This from the US Embassy in Kuwait although no official announcement from the Kuwait MOH https://kw.usembassy.gov/covid-19-information/ As per normal the UK Embassy in Kuwait is saying nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 Will you still get paid?Nope, but got another job lined up, just waiting for the paperwork so hopefully won’t need to go back, the place is mental anyway. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy dee Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 12 hours ago, Scotty said: Just been informed that I cannot return to work in Iraq until further notice as they have banned anyone travelling from Thailand. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk i can see the Oil and gas co's going mental. they have quite a bit of clout, but also see most of M E following samer pattern. am talking to one chap who plans to go to the UK then claim to be based from there. as one of his pals was put back on his plane from thailand yesterday, refused entry to iraq 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR007 Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 (edited) I was absolutely staggered this morning at T4 that there was absolutely no screening thermal scanners or anything at Heathrow.....I was expecting E gates off and everyone spoken face to face to at immigration. Not a single thing.....not even sort of a lane saying this way if you've been XYZ countries etc Out of interest Oman was about 40% full Bangkok Muscat but 99% full Muscat Heathrow (I saw just one empty seat in economy) Edited February 27, 2020 by RR007 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 i can see the Oil and gas co's going mental. they have quite a bit of clout, but also see most of M E following samer pattern. am talking to one chap who plans to go to the UK then claim to be based from there. as one of his pals was put back on his plane from thailand yesterday, refused entry to iraqIf I go back I will probably have to do the same, that’s when a second passport comes in handy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 6 hours ago, RR007 said: I was absolutely staggered this morning at T4 that there was absolutely no screening thermal scanners or anything at Heathrow.....I was expecting E gates off and everyone spoken face to face to at immigration. Not a single thing.....not even sort of a lane saying this way if you've been XYZ countries etc If they started that, they better shut down all the borders everywhere now... I mean, are we going to close our border with Italy ? Stop all trucking , all import / export, ban all flights from Italy, etc .. Say I was in HKG , and want to go back home to Bali. Do you think I am going to tell Bali immigration that I was in HKG ? In short, are we going to bring the whole globe to a shutdown in the name of "precaution" ? It's all fecking madness. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR007 Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 6 hours ago, Thai Spice said: Say I was in HKG , and want to go back home to Bali. Do you think I am going to tell Bali immigration that I was in HKG ? lol Bali immigration can see you were in HK the second the fella scans your passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 30 minutes ago, RR007 said: lol Bali immigration can see you were in HK the second the fella scans your passport. Nope... Having HK PR, I use my HK ID card at HK immigration in/out... There is no trace in my psp. The only trace is my ticket, and of course it would not be a direct flight... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 9:08 PM, Scotty said: Just been informed that I cannot return to work in Iraq until further notice as they have banned anyone travelling from Thailand. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Same here,cannot return to work in the offshore sector uk,time will tell i suppose how far they take this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR007 Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Thai Spice said: Nope... Having HK PR, I use my HK ID card at HK immigration in/out... There is no trace in my psp. The only trace is my ticket, and of course it would not be a direct flight... Fair play. Reason I said that was yesterday as per normal E gate rejected passport in London. Over to manual check fella says where you been and I say Bangkok via Muscat....one word from him "and".....Phillipines I add to which he smiles and hands passport back lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Nope... Having HK PR, I use my HK ID card at HK immigration in/out... There is no trace in my psp. The only trace is my ticket, and of course it would not be a direct flight... I reckon they would still know, unless you have a stopover somewhere and then further travel on a completely different ticket/airline. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Scotty said: I reckon they would still know, unless you have a stopover somewhere and then further travel on a completely different ticket/airline. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Immigration in Bali is not the US thing. Stopover, and change of airline should do easily. But I mean, what a bloody hassle. Now, the case of an employer denying you access to an O.S. platform makes sense, if you consider the financial consequence in the (very unlikely) case somebody brings the virus on board and they have to stop it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 2 hours ago, RR007 said: Fair play. Reason I said that was yesterday as per normal E gate rejected passport in London. Over to manual check fella says where you been and I say Bangkok via Muscat....one word from him "and".....Phillipines I add to which he smiles and hands passport back lol Look on this video (from 0:00 to 01:00) how an person with HK ID passes immigration in HK. Very handy when like me you did it every month. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murchie Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Scotty said: I reckon they would still know, unless you have a stopover somewhere and then further travel on a completely different ticket/airline. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I'd say immigration in any country can find out where you've been. You can hop skip and jump put they'll know if they want to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murchie Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 6 hours ago, Thai Spice said: Nope... Having HK PR, I use my HK ID card at HK immigration in/out... There is no trace in my psp. The only trace is my ticket, and of course it would not be a direct flight... Is your passport linked to your HK PR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murchie Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Well heading to the airport for my Kuwait - Dubai- Bangkok flights. I'll update as I go along. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murchie Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 Was informed by Emirates staff at check in that I will not be allowed to enter Kuwait if I have been in Thailand at any time 14 days prior to my arrival. Looks like I'll be having at least two months off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted February 28, 2020 Share Posted February 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Murchie said: Is your passport linked to your HK PR In HKG of course. HK ID has a smart chip with plenty info in it. But thats relevant only on the HK side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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