3 awesome hacks for arriving at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi airport!
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
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Brilliant to have you back again Sir, have used your hacks about money changing and Sim for the last couple of years, awesome advice. Will defo try the immigration one too next time. Thanks for sharing Tom 👌
great to see you back :) looking forward to your videos
Hack # 1. If you land at the A,B,C or D1-4 gates then the Immigration 1 you refer to will be the first one that you come to. There is no hard and fast rule as to which channel to go to - it depends on how many flights came in at one time and which side of the airport they disembark. If you do see a big queue at the first one you get to, try the other one.
Nice to see you back !!
André from Canada
Great stuff Besty, the immigration hack is brilliant, for quite a few years I got away with going to the priority channel, that sadly stopped about a year ago. I have a bank account with the Bangkok Bank and I use transferwise to send my money in advance of my holiday. Prior to this I used the transferwise prepaid debit card which guarantees you the mid market rate in which other country you find yourself in for very very very low fees.
My experience of the exchange offices is that twelve Victory tend to be among best wherever you are in Thailand.
I hope you are enjoying your stay and a few that some stage our paths will cross and we can have a beer, until then take care please keep the videos coming and thanks for or continuing to entertain me.
Sound advice,good to see you back in los😎👍
Great to see you back I look forward to more
Welcome back.
I always carry some spare TM 6s with me and pre fill them so no messing about on the plane.
Where do you get these spare TM 6s. Going myself the first week of November
Lovin' the BKK airport hacks, Besty! 👍🏽
great to see you besty have an awesome trip
Brilliant video that Big Fat Besty some really useful information there fella.
Thanks for advice . I never knew about better exchange rate and saving approx 7% at airport before and I have been coming here for over 15 years - Cheers have a good trip and look forward to your next Vlog
cheers besty have a great trip and ty for the advice
Yes! You are back 👍🏻
Good to see you back and good info to
Hi BFB,
Been through BKK airport many times and didn't know about these hacks. Thanks heaps. Going next month so will use them.
Good to see you back Besty. Another tip is to avoid those travelators between floors in the main terminal - torture if it's busy and you're stuck behind loads of trolleys which can't roll! Use the lift instead or if you've just got a bag then use the escalators. Have a great trip
Great tips Besty, I'm arriving there in 5 days time, I just hope I can remember your directions to the best exchange places. 555
Just walk to the airport rail link. The exchange place is then to the left side where you buy tickets for the train.
Congratz with 10k 👍 enjoy your trip
Good to see you back Bfb. Great information thank you. May see you in pattaya in a couple of weeks. Cheers
Glad to see you back Besty, really missed your vlogs, I'll be heading out to Pattaya myself on Saturday 12th, can't wait, first time back to Thailand in 15 years !!
If I happen to bump into you I'll buy you a beer 🍻
Gary from Spain.
Besty`s back with a bang! Keep them vlogs coming mate, looking forward to each and every one of them.
Great to see you back Besty , the food in that Magic food court is really good in 18 years of going Thailand only discovered it about a year ago ..enjoy your trip
The fish curry with rice - hidden behind the cash desk - is really good.
If your a return tripper to Thailand take some Thai baht home with you, and when you come out of arrivals head up the escalator and there is a family mart for beer, food, cigarettes..Then continue up to departure level and walk out and meet your taxi driver if you have one already booked or negotiate with a taxi who has just completed a drop off...get driver to stop at TT currency exchange before you reach hotel...quickest and easiest way to get out of suvanabumi and with supplies as well..
Thanks mate. Will definitely try those next time 👍
MY favourite man is back 🤩
Missed your vlogs, actually looked you up and hadn’t seen any activity on your other social media sites. Glad to see you back Besty !
good to have you back Bestie
Great info, thank you!
Great as always and I see you have lost some weight nice job can’t wait for more videos
Good to see you again mate
welcome back, my last flight was on my birthday, the airline really looked after me well, one of the things they gave me was a VIP immigration pass....not a single person waiting, they had also expressed my case which was already on the carousel when I got to it......from stepping off the plane to meeting my taxi driver was less than 20 minutes, RESULT :)
Great stuff BFB very useful info
Great to see you again
I've seen the spots to get a good exchange rate before, but your hack #2....the sim card place at the luggage belts...I never have seen them before. I am definitely going to try it next time. I mean, you have to wait to get your luggage anyway, might as well make use of it and get your sim card.
awesome vid mate...just stumbled across your channel.... i remembered seeing you in another vid i watched the other day... 3000 baht challenge!!!
Thank you so much for this! Going in a few days and was nervous about getting money and a sim card before I get lost in the city.
Micheala Boone No need yo be nervous. Take new bills, no tears and exchange some in the airport and the rest in town as needed. Same with a SIM, the employee will set you up.
Just back from Thailand this guide was great cheers
Thank you for these tips.
Thanks, mate. I already knew the immigration hack, but the exchange rate advice was very good.
Welcome back
Good tips Tommy !
Great tips besty I always use super rich in the basement and get a sim in the same place but I did not know about the food court cheers mate
Very useful video, especially about the money exchange. BKK is a massive airport. Always have good feelings on arrival.
yippee. Another Besty season of Thai vlogs. ;-]
Hello, off to Hau Hin in a months time, as I am going with a friend who is disabled, the walk seems a bit far, do you know of any in the town to look out for
My Thai wife showed me the super rich and I will use the immigration one in a month when I go again. great video!
Good video thank you for your information.
Great idea for a vlog!
Excellent tips
Love your videos man I miss Thailand so much
He's Back!
great info! thanks
welcome back bestie..
Hello BFB good to meet you today. Keep up the good work. Andy
Good tips. I have been using the change place in rail station last 2 trips based on your advice. Last time in July I was with my Thai wife. I told her I was going to change money there she said why. I met up with her again later after she had done shopping I told her what rate I got. She said oh. She didn’t get close to it in Bangkok.
Welcome back BFB. You sound pretty upbeat. I wonder why lol! You changed a lot of money, making hack #3 useful. Otherwise it seems like quite a lot of effort to go into the bowels of the airport just to save a few quid, but this is up to the individual. I'm usually too keen to scuttle off and get to fun city!!!
Me to,.usually first ATM,.10000 baht and BOOM,.we are away,.
Hey buddy!! Some great tips there my friend !! Very helpful indeed!! Looking forward to seeing your forthcoming vlogs!!
thank you, good advise on the exchange rates
At time 10:44 there is a 7-Eleven right there. It has the same prices at 7-Elevens out in town.
At time 11:47 there is a Super Rich exchange directly opposite from the bank you showed.
Hi besty good to see you back..Igot my sim card last year for 1 month at central festival you take your passport and I paid 1000 baht.Enjoy your holiday cheers.
Dude! You're back! Great! Just an FYI I didn't receive a single notification on your last two videos. I happened to see the thumbnail for NDVTi's latest video and thought... that man there looks familiar.
Hi Robert, make sure you have clicked the little bell icon.
Going back 12th Feb i'll definitely remember the second immigration exit , useful little thing never knew. Don't think i've ever used a sim card from there.
I'm definitely going to try the other immigration point next trip. Next one will be trip #10 and I just assumed that there was only the first one that you come to. Cheers, Besty.
Eat in the Magic Food point, take the cheap train (that stops everywhere, with Petchaburi- Makkasan as the change station) into town, and if you're going to Don Meung airport there's a free shuttle bus!
Good points there and will the 'express' trains ever return?!!
you can get a superich app with all the bangkok branches all have different rates but the airport one ok for quick cash pattaya shop around many different rates
Great video Besty 🇹🇭🙏🍺
Great advise thanks
Your 30 day visa will be up by the time you leave the airport
Great little massage place that u walked passed...450 for an hour..great staff
love the new mascara
nice vlog ,good tips tom .have shared on thailand video fb
Excellent !!!
Many thanks!
Thanks BFB, looking forward to your Thailand adventures. I've often wondered where that other immigration station was....now I know. Flying in from the USA with bad knees I've been using the Bangkok Airport VIP service with a golf cart, expensive but after a 24 hour flight...worth it.
@@martinpowell5769 There were two companies doing fast track, this one is still operating www.limousine.in.th/fast-track-immigration.html
@@martinpowell5769 sorry you flunked geography in school. SW Florida to Atlanta = 2hrs, Atlanta to Seoul 15 hours, Seoul to Bangkok 6 hours.
Handy ideas, I'll check them out next month. Confirm the forex one though.
Hey, great stuff. Who are you using for you car service
Good tips Besty any tips how to get a beer for under 3 quid, It's cheaper to drink at Weatherspoons in UK now than Thailand
I've seen most beer-bars do beers for around £1.60-£1.90 (60-70 B)... and even on Walking St. (if you can stand it...) there is at least one bar charging just over a pound - 40 B...!
Have a good trip BFB.
Great to see you back BFB looking forward to more Thai vids 👍👍 (justin)
Might want to consider Revolut on your next travels. It allows you to convert into multiples currencies, THB being one of them, conveniently thru your phone.
I lost my Revolut card at the airport in Chiang Mai on my way to Myanmar. I checked that it hadn't been used and stopped it right away. When I got to my hotel in Myanmar, I cancelled the card and ordered a new one. It was waiting for me in Singapore. I'm a Revolut customer for life. Used it all over Mexico just last month.
Are the airport lounge passes worth it?
Enjoy ur trip mate
Hello Besty. How is it going? Where r u going this time ???
Which Sim package and service do you recommend for ~18 day travel where I need lots of minutes to call the US, but not unlimited data?
Get data and use Skype
Hi 👋 I’m your new fan and welcome to Thailand 🇹🇭 👍🤝🤝🤝🇹🇭
I wish this was up a week ago.....didnt fill in a box on my 30 day stay form.....didnt know a thing about sims....so just been using hotel wifi....here for another 2 weeks so learning as i go
Its a learning curve mate,..we all had to do it,.still picking things up now after 10 years back and to thailand,.
Back to LOS.. nice, very nice indeed
hi what you forget to mention about exchange uk pound is you will get slightly more from them if you take 50 pound notes strange i know but you get about .25 to 1 baht more which adds up when changing 1 or 2 grand
Good to see you back mate . Please don’t start begging like the rest of them
Great to see you back and looking forward to see your uploads
As for the hacks cheers however the immigration hack is one I've being using for years
Cheers Besty, great tips. Any tips on booking a taxi from the airport to pattaya? Is it best to pre book or get one at the airport? Cheers,
@@sunriseinisaan - good advice... but pre-booked was still just 1,000 b. in July...
I always go to that arrival gate off plane through customs get bags get 6 Singah beers for trip in taxi in 10min
How can I get info on Jannie? Does she do airport to hotels? I have taken Grab before but if someone is there to meet me I would prefer that.
You might want to get the baggage first thing coz lately there are some Chinese carry out luggage theft at Suvarnabhumi AirPort.
Regarding the exchange, Kasikorn Bank have just open new exchange kiosk (the green one at nearly the end of you vids) they claimed that they compete with superrich rate. (Haven't try tho)
I never even noticed the phone booths before leaving the baggage collection.
Wait...this guy used immigration 1 but walked to the belt behind immigration 2?
its quicker...
One tip. If you have a short overnight at Suvarnabhumi, don't book a taxi to a local hotel. It's quicker to book a hotel in Makasan, and get the train to there. It's also a more interesting area.
Let the games begin !
Useful
Great info i will arrive 15 okt 9days more Tjok dee besty!!✌😄✌
Thanks for showing us the hacks. I had actually bought my sim from the same true kiosk you have shown on the video.
One quick question, how did you get free visa for a month ? Do UK passport holders get visa waivers for a month's stay ?
Yes. Uk passport holders do get the 30 day visa waiver.