This story is about the
Service at Immigration at Suvanabumi International Airport, Thailand.
The current worldwide
crisis that affects all businesses, including our fragile tourism industry here
in Thailand, our Government is investing thousands of millions Thai Baht to
help boost the tourism business.
I am not sure
whether the government knows how to use this high amount of investment and
whether they use it in the right way. Should any government officer see this
article, I think they may like to consider using some of the investment to
train the immigration officers here in Thailand! Or may be they don’t care…. I
am not sure.
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I feel the urge to share with you
this funny and somehow scary story.
I needed to travel for my business Phuket –Bangkok
–Phuket and purchased my ticket on-line.
I did choose to travel to Bangkok
on the 18th, June and return to Phuket on 20th, June. I
did not realize that I made an error during the online booking process. The
return e-ticket was issued with the return trip to Phuket on the 18th
instead of 20th June.
I checked in at Phuket airport to
go to Bangkok on the 18th,
right after the check-in process, I was asked if I like to check in for
my return flight Bangkok-Phuket and I said yes! I was happy to receive this
service. I received a boarding pass for
Bangkok-Phuket which I did not bother to check my boarding pass.
On the 20th, June late
evening, I arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport for my trip back to Phuket and did
go straight through the whole security process. (I had my boarding pass issued
in Phuket). The security guard checked
my boarding pass and my passport to ensure all are correct. (I know well they
never check anything, they just do what they are told to do which is ….. “just
make a mark on the boarding pass with your pen”
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