In the last few weeks, we have lost track of the number of posts on social media asking if it is possible to transit through Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport in 2020, if a flight the person has already booked to a country other than Thailand stops there. The posts are generally made by people who do…
If you are arriving at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, and have a long layover, you may be dreading sitting around the airport waiting for your flight. Airports are not comfortable, you try to sleep sitting up but can’t and, by the time you get on your plane, you are not feeling at your best….
Will you be arriving at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on a late evening flight? Do you need to buy a SIM card for your mobile phone when you get there? If so, you may be worried the SIM card shops at Suvarnabhumi will have closed by the time you clear Immigration. After all, it is a…
Yes, you can park for free at Suvarnabhumi Airport this New Year’s holiday season The government of Thailand’s prime minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha usually likes to make the holiday season just that little bit happier for Thais. And for those non-Thais living or visiting the kingdom. This year, one of the gifts of the holiday…
One of the many things I am surprised about in Bangkok, Thailand are the parking fees at Suvarnabhumi Airport. The first time I was at one of the airport’s parking lots I wasn’t driving as my Thai friend was but, when I asked her how much parking is at Suvarnabhumi Airport, I couldn’t believe how…
One of the things first-time visitors to Bangkok, Thailand want to know is what is the cheapest way from Suvarnabhumi Airport to downtown Bangkok? After all, depending on the type of transportation you decide to take, you can get into Bangkok from Suvarnabhumi quickly and cheaply, or very slowly and at a much higher cost….
If you fly into Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, and are then flying to Chiang Mai or other places in Thailand, you may be flying on an airline that departs out of Bangkok’s second airport, Don Mueang. If you haven’t traveled from Suvarnabhumi to Don Mueang, you may be a little confused as to how to…
I travel all over Asia often. Used to welcoming and friendly immigration officers at most airports in the region, it is always horrible to leave or return to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport and be faced with the surly and decidedly unwelcoming immigration officers. More noticeable as Thailand is known throughout the world as ‘The Land of Smiles’,…
Having lived in Bangkok, Thailand for more than 15 years, and taking flights several times a year for business, I always seem to be leaving luggage at an Asian airport somewhere. One of my favorite places to leave luggage, however, is at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok as their service is inexpensive and efficient and their…
According to the Bangkok Post, Pol Col Cherngron Rimpadee, deputy immigration police spokesman, says getting a visa on arrival at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport could take up to 4 hours during the upcoming New Year holiday. This due to a much tougher screening process of people who arrive in Thailand without the relevant visas, and from one…
An automatic passport checking system is coming to Suvarnabhumi Airport, with the hope of shortening immigration lines Anyone who has gone through immigration at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport or Don Mueang Airport knows it can sometimes be a nightmare. That is because there are rarely enough immigration officers on the desks, and the ones that are can…
Is there an airport railway link from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport into the city center? Someone I know is going on holiday to Thailand and will be flying into Bangkok first, and staying there a few days. They e-mailed me today with a question I honestly thought most people going to Bangkok knew the answer to…
Bangkok’s international airport, Suvarnabhumi Airport (pronounced Su-wan-a-poom Airport) opened at the end of 2006. The airport was years in development and opened almost a year behind schedule, with many problems. I traveled through it two weeks after it opened, only to discover all the computer systems were down so you had to check in for…
In the 13 years I have lived in Bangkok, Thailand, I have traveled in and out of Suvarnabhumi Airport too many times to count. In all that time, I have never had my luggage plastic wrapped. On my next trip, however, I will be having both bags plastic wrapped at Suvarnabhumi for one main reason….
As a resident of Bangkok, Thailand I travel through Suvarnabhumi Airport many times a year. One of south east Asia’s biggest airports, Suvarnabhumi was recently voted one of the world’s top ten airports due to its efficiency, staff, amenities, convenience and, of course, its restaurants. Suvarnabhumi has more than 60 restaurants to eat at but…
Four years ago, right after I got a re-entry permit at Suvarnabhumi Airport before flying out of the country, Thai immigration decided to suddenly stop issuing re-entry permits at Suvarnabhumi Airport. That simple change made leaving Thailand for anyone who had a work permit or long-term visa much more difficult, as a trip to…
I arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok only to be met with this sign at the Suvarnabhumi taxi stand. Apparently, according to the people who wrote the sign and, yes, had it printed that way, their “service staff are not polite”. Be warned. In fact, after reading that sign, it doesn’t make you want…
If you’re in Bangkok or planning to be and will eventually need to get back to Suvarnabhumi Airport to catch a flight out, you might be wondering how much a trip by mini bus to Suvarnabhumi Airport is going to cost you. Like many things in Bangkok, nowhere as expensive as a trip to…
If you’re flying in or out of Bangkok’s Survarnabhumi Airport on Thai Airways in the next few days, you may find you are delayed. Thai Airways ground staff are on strike and it is causing flight delays both in and out of Thailand’s main airport. It also appears the ground crew strike may go on…
The airport rail link to Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok just isn’t that popular. No matter what the SRT Electric Train Company, which runs the Airport Rail Link, tries to do passenger numbers still remain low. Even their latest discount price on the City Line — just 20 baht no matter which station you went…
While Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport may be known for many things (expensive food, miles to walk from gate to immigration, long lines once you get to immigration), this week it has also become famous as the most Instagrammed place in the world. What does that mean? In essence, more people sent an Instagram photograph from…
When you see how Thais treat popular Korean boy band Super Junior, you could never say Thai pop fans, especially Thai girls, don’t just love their idols. Super Junior visited Thailand this weekend for the M Countdown Smile – Thailand concert at Rajamangala National Stadium, and not only were they mobbed everywhere they went in…
Recently, we’ve had a few e-mails asking us how much the departure tax is from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. In fact, if you already have a plane ticket you don’t have to worry about that anymore. It used to be that departure tax from Thailand was 500 baht ($16.15) and had to be paid at…