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Bofter said:
Good point, I think the airside hotel is this: Louis' Tavern Dayroom & CIP Lounges : Thailand's Transit Hotel at Suvarnabhumi Airport It does look to be 24hrs, but as you say not cheap (eg. AUD150+ for 8 hours)
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that's the one!

the opther option for an overnight is to use lounge till they kick you out, then wonder the shops for a while and make your way to one of the foot massage places. Sit there for an hour (doze) and then head back to the lounge a little later. Not as elegant as the use of a room, but cheaper :)

Hotels are available about 10 mins drive from their airport - around USD40 will get you a room including return transfers. They collect you in the arrivals hall. The Novotel is expensive to book in advance, but many have reported cheap walk-in rates for limited hours use. Departing the airport may incur a 700 baht departure processing tax if this hasn't been collected (not normally pre-collected if the ticket is for a transit only).
 
I've booked a 6 hours stay at the transit hotel for October...3500THB so currently about $115. Yes, it's overpriced. However it will save 1400THB in departure taxes compared to leaving the airport. Then there's the convenience factor. The rates for 8 hours, which is what we actually need were so much higher so will probably linger in the airport for a bit before heading to the hotel.
 
bcworld said:
I've booked a 6 hours stay at the transit hotel for October...3500THB so currently about $115. Yes, it's overpriced. However it will save 1400THB in departure taxes compared to leaving the airport. Then there's the convenience factor. The rates for 8 hours, which is what we actually need were so much higher so will probably linger in the airport for a bit before heading to the hotel.
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Overpriced or not, it's all relative. If you get a good night sleep out of it then it's not too bad, much better then stay awake all night at the airport IMO.
I payed many times more then $115 for "24 hours" stays at hotels but actually used the room only for a few hours to sleep.
 
boomy said:
Overpriced or not, it's all relative. If you get a good night sleep out of it then it's not too bad, much better then stay awake all night at the airport IMO.
I payed many times more then $115 for "24 hours" stays at hotels but actually used the room only for a few hours to sleep.
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I agree - $115 isn't actually all that shabby for getting a good night's sleep on an undesirable connection, and in this location and time saves a whole lot of inconvenience.

Paying $200 on the other hand - which would be remarkably common for airport hotels - would be much harder to make a decision on / stomach, but even then I might be quite tempted unless I had a plan to survive the night.
 
boomy said:
Overpriced or not, it's all relative. If you get a good night sleep out of it then it's not too bad, much better then stay awake all night at the airport IMO.
I payed many times more then $115 for "24 hours" stays at hotels but actually used the room only for a few hours to sleep.
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Agreed that I don't consider $115 expensive for an overnight stay in a hotel, particularly one in a unique location like this...I guess where it grates is that this hotel suffers from very poor reviews, so I'm not expecting it to be very good for the price!
 
bcworld said:
Agreed that I don't consider $115 expensive for an overnight stay in a hotel, particularly one in a unique location like this...I guess where it grates is that this hotel suffers from very poor reviews, so I'm not expecting it to be very good for the price!
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Why are the reviews so poor?

Frankly all I'm expecting is a bed (hopefully not made of concrete), quite clean, not really paper thin walls and no bed bugs.... the rest can look like a dorm or hospital room for what I care, though a bit of character or colour in the room wouldn't go astray.
 
anat0l said:
Frankly all I'm expecting is a bed (hopefully not made of concrete), quite clean, not really paper thin walls and no bed bugs.... the rest can look like a dorm or hospital room for what I care, though a bit of character or colour in the room wouldn't go astray.
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Well paper thin walls are a regular complaint...hearing every announcement from outside etc.
 
bcworld said:
Well paper thin walls are a regular complaint...hearing every announcement from outside etc.
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May be an idea to consider using your noise cancelling headphones attached to your phone with the alarm on; or similarly earplugs with your phone's alarm vibration setting on and set to full, resting against a sensitive area of your body.
 
MEL_Traveller said:
Arriving J class and connecting to F class you will have F lounge access at BKK. On the return if you are arriving into BKK in F and connecting to J you will be given F lounge access (provided of course your inbound/outbound are within a reasonable time period - otherwise you will be a J class passenger with J lounge access).

Accommodation? I can't recall anyone having received that from TG for a schedule change. (Happy to be proven wrong :)) I know someone claimed from their insurance (under the cancellation of flight provisions) - so check you policy to see if that applies.
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My wife & I fly TG476 in F in to BKK , & out on TG622 in J with 7hrs layover , will we be able to use F lounge ?.
Our return to BKK is TG673 in J arriving 5am , is there a lounge we can use as an arrivals lounge ? , we fly out 5 days later on TG475 in F.
 
Austff said:
My wife & I fly TG476 in F in to BKK , & out on TG622 in J with 7hrs layover , will we be able to use F lounge ?.
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You'll be picked up from TG476 and deposited at the F lounge.

Austff said:
Our return to BKK is TG673 in J arriving 5am , is there a lounge we can use as an arrivals lounge ? , we fly out 5 days later on TG475 in F.
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No arrivals lounge.
 
My parents have done and overnight transit twice and stayed at one of the properties not far from the airport and haven't had to pay the 700 baht tax yet. YMMV...
 
Flashback said:
My parents have done and overnight transit twice and stayed at one of the properties not far from the airport and haven't had to pay the 700 baht tax yet. YMMV...
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I've done it once and had to pay the 700B.
 
burmans said:
I've done it twice and haven't, so it seems somewhat variable!
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It is variable and depends on how keen the immigration officer might be. Not sure where it is recorded (in the system or somehow on the boarding pass) - but either way it depends on the immigration officer noting that and sending you back for the tax to be collected if they so wish.

I've had to pay it once, but my folks did not.
 
MEL_Traveller said:
It is variable and depends on how keen the immigration officer might be. Not sure where it is recorded (in the system or somehow on the boarding pass) - but either way it depends on the immigration officer noting that and sending you back for the tax to be collected if they so wish.

I've had to pay it once, but my folks did not.
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For me it was at F check in...my layover was about 20 hours so needed to get a boarding pass. I didn't have to suffer the indignity of paying myself though...they took the cash and did it for me.
 
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