briguy

You're better off using your points to stay at the Hilton in Pattaya if you want to splurge. A great location adjacent to the Central Festival mall and one of the nicest hotels in the city. Then stay somewhere nearer to Nana in Bangkok...

Check out Pattaya Addicts. There is a section on Cambodia which should answer many of your questions.

I recently wanted to change an Airbnb reservation I made a day before and discovered they have a policy where you can't cancel once you reach 30 days before the stay. I contacted my credit card company and cancelled the charge with no problem. They just asked if I knew there was a no cancellation policy, which I didn't. Don't know if doing this would hurt your credit, but it worked out for me. In fairness, afterward I contacted Airbnb and they did cancel the reservation. I'll add hotels.com as a booking website where you can cancel up until the day before.

I used the elevators in the BTS stations when I had luggage without asking anyone. The only problem is at some stations they only go up one floor and sometimes you need to go up two.

I took Bell Travel Service. They pick you up at your hotel in a van and take you to their bus station where you transfer to a big bus for the trip to Pattaya. In Pattaya, you switch into a van and they drop you off at your hotel. Costs 370 baht a person. Might be easier if you have a lot of luggage.

I'm no expert on games, but I found this article on Bangkok game stores (it's from 2014, so it may be outdated): https://coconuts.co/bangkok/lifestyle/quest-authentic-video-games-these-6-shops/ There was also this Reddit on where to buy Nintendo Switch, which lists some stores: https://www.reddit.com/r/Thailand/comments/5w9i23/where_to_buy_nintendo_switch_in_bangkok/

Considering this thread started in 2012, I really hope the OP found a way to come up with the money by now!