Hong-Kong to Thailand October 2008

Hi everyone,I would like to ask your opinion about the best route to
follow in my trip.

I want to fly from London to Hong-Kong (one way ticket) and from there
travel via land to Vietnam,Laos,Cambodya and finally to Thailand where
I will buy my return ticket.

I could also arrive in Bangkok and go via land to Hong-Kong.

Does it make any difference one way or the other (on
transport,visa,etc)?
Where do you think I have better options to find a one way ticket to
London?

I plan to stay around for 3 months but I would like flexibility on
decide the return date.
It's my first time in Asia.

Thank you for any suggestion


Dan

On Aug 26, 3:05*pm, "nato.a.trieste"
wrote:
Hi everyone,I would like to ask your opinion about the best route to
follow in my trip.

I want to fly from London to Hong-Kong (one way ticket) and from there
travel via land to Vietnam,Laos,Cambodya and finally to Thailand where
I will buy my return ticket.

I could also arrive in Bangkok and go via land to Hong-Kong.

Does it make any difference one way or the other (on
transport,visa,etc)?
Where do you think I have better options to find a one way ticket to
London?

I plan to stay around for 3 months but I would like flexibility on
decide the return date.
It's my first time in Asia.

Thank you for any suggestion

Dan

I am thinking it'll be cheaper to get a return ticket, open jaw from
London to either HK or Bangkok and return from either Bangkok or HK.
Or just get a one way ticket between HK and Bangkok wherever you end
up as your last city, would be cheaper than a one way ticket from
London and back to London.

On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:05:31 -0700 (PDT), "nato.a.trieste"
wrote:

Hi everyone,I would like to ask your opinion about the best route to
follow in my trip.

I want to fly from London to Hong-Kong (one way ticket) and from there
travel via land to Vietnam,Laos,Cambodya and finally to Thailand where
I will buy my return ticket.

I could also arrive in Bangkok and go via land to Hong-Kong.

Does it make any difference one way or the other (on
transport,visa,etc)?
Where do you think I have better options to find a one way ticket to
London?

You may not be allowed to travel to Bangkok on a one-way ticket.
Immigration rules there state that you must hold an onward or return
ticket, and airlines have been known to deny boarding if you don't
meet those requirements.

The price of a ticket to London would probably not be much different
from either Hong Kong or Bangkok. The time of year that you travel
would be a bigger factor.

Chris

In article , Chris Blunt
says...

You may not be allowed to travel to Bangkok on a one-way ticket.
Immigration rules there state that you must hold an onward or return
ticket, and airlines have been known to deny boarding if you don't
meet those requirements.

Not sure about that. When I flew to Malaysia in 1999 I had no return
ticket. I simply explained that I would buy a return ticket locally and
that was sufficient for the lady at the check in counter. Besides
immigration officials in either HK or BKK do not check your plane
tickets.
--

Alfred Molon
http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:55:17 +0200, Alfred Molon
wrote:

In article , Chris Blunt
says...

You may not be allowed to travel to Bangkok on a one-way ticket.
Immigration rules there state that you must hold an onward or return
ticket, and airlines have been known to deny boarding if you don't
meet those requirements.

Not sure about that.

Well I'm sure about it. Check the immigration rules for Thailand.
They're easy enough to locate.

You can sometimes get away with it, especially on short-haul flights
from within Asia. I frequently fly to Bangkok from my home in Manila
and they don't usually ask. On long-haul flights the airlines are much
more strict and it wouldn't be worth taking the risk. I personally
know of two people who have been required to purchase return tickets
at the check-in counters in Europe before being allowed to board.

When I flew to Malaysia in 1999 I had no return
ticket. I simply explained that I would buy a return ticket locally and
that was sufficient for the lady at the check in counter.

Maybe that's because Malaysia has different rules, or are less strict.
In any case, the original poster wasn't proposing to fly to Malaysia,
he was asking about one-way travel to Thailand (and Hong Kong).

Besides
immigration officials in either HK or BKK do not check your plane
tickets.

They don't normally check because they assume the airline will have
done that on their behalf. If they have any reason to be suspicious
they will ask to see it, and there's a sign on the immigration
counters as Suvarnabhumi asking you to present your return ticket. I
was asked for it once last year.

Chris

Ok, then BKK requires a return flight, but apparently Malaysia does not.
Which leaves open the question if HK requires an onward flight (perhaps
not).
--

Alfred Molon
http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe

In article , Chris Blunt
says...

Well I'm sure about it. Check the immigration rules for Thailand.
They're easy enough to locate.

By the way, what if you fly to BKK with an open jaw ticket, i.e. fly to
BKK and fly back from another country?
--

Alfred Molon
http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:53:54 +0200, Alfred Molon
wrote:

Ok, then BKK requires a return flight, but apparently Malaysia does not.
Which leaves open the question if HK requires an onward flight (perhaps
not).

I believe that theoretically they are required, but I've never heard
of anyone being asked for one. I lived in Hong Kong for 15 years and
must have flown in there dozens of times. It might be different for
people traveling on some types passports.

Chris

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:55:26 +0200, Alfred Molon
wrote:

In article , Chris Blunt
says...

Well I'm sure about it. Check the immigration rules for Thailand.
They're easy enough to locate.

By the way, what if you fly to BKK with an open jaw ticket, i.e. fly to
BKK and fly back from another country?

That's not good enough for them. Its the ticket out of Thailand that
they're interested in. They don't care whether you're going back to
your point of origin or on to some other place.

I think the rule is kind of pointless anyway since you can easily buy
a promotional ticket on a budget airline for a tiny amount of money to
somewhere outside of Thailand and throw it away after you arrive. Its
also inconvenient for those people who want to arrive in Thailand by
air and leave by traveling overland to Malaysia, for example.

Chris

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:55:17 +0200, Alfred Molon
wrote:

In article , Chris Blunt
says...

You may not be allowed to travel to Bangkok on a one-way ticket.
Immigration rules there state that you must hold an onward or return
ticket, and airlines have been known to deny boarding if you don't
meet those requirements.

Not sure about that. When I flew to Malaysia in 1999 I had no return
ticket. I simply explained that I would buy a return ticket locally and
that was sufficient for the lady at the check in counter. Besides
immigration officials in either HK or BKK do not check your plane
tickets.
--

Alfred Molon
http://www.molon.de - Photos of Asia, Africa and Europe

Hmm...Things have changed a lot since 1999, especially since 2001
September.
Like C.B. wrote, many Euro airlines now demand a return ticket.
Moreover, I've been checked last year for the first time in a decade
at BKK immigration.
It's sometimes weirder on the other way. A Thai girl who wanted to fly
to Paris has been asked for a return ticket, although she had all the
official papers and a fiancee visa from the French embassy.
His French fiancé has had no choice but to pay her a return ticket.

Mort