kansuwan

Me too.... ☹️. 

Same here.  Try clicking on Unread Content - works for me!

Samitivej Hospital is a good alternative to Bumrungrad (and cheaper). On Sukhumvit Soi 49.

https://www.samitivejhospitals.com/

Lotus Sukhumvit Soi 33

Wow!  :angry:   Sympathy for you and your fellow-travellers. Let us know how you get on with the reimbursement.

^^  Correct!

EVA has been my airline of choice for over ten years. Infinitely better than any of the Chinese airlines I've been on (domestic and international).

I fly at the pointed end, but EVA's Premium Economy looks good too.

Charoen, actually. :rolleyes:

Stayed there countless times - excellent all-round service. 

Try here:  http://www.jusmagthai.com/rao.html

Used to live at Omni 13 years ago: absolutely no complaints.  Since then prices have gone up and quality of service has nose-dived.  Avoid it if you can.

Grand President is also tubing fast - as Butt Viking suggests, plenty of other well-located service apartments available these days.

Novotels have rooms for smokers.

OP:  your post is still vague - are you seeking an annual extension of your retirement visa or a 90 day Notification of Staying in Thailand?

If the former, you need to appear in person; if the latter, you can do it online.

If you're still unclear, post a pic here of your current visa stamp (obscure personal details before scanning).

Save yourself the trip - do it online. 

Novotels

Grand President has had its day. 

Great place to stay only if you enjoy  karaoke from the room/suite next  door at 03.30hrs, practicing rugby scrum techniques at breakfast time and when trying to check in/out.  Thrill as yet another deodorant-free package group from a certain place try to negotiate extra discount on checking in and gasp as they load bags up with breakfast fare for the long day ahead.

Staff very unhappy at the changed demographic of its client base.  Who can blame them?

Certainly charged joiner fees when a 'friend' worked there a couple of years ago.  Some of the fees go to management on the books, the rest shared off the books between the security staff at the door and night reception staff.

Rang Mahal at the Rembrandt Hotel on Suk 18 (left hand side as you enter from Suk).

There's this one on soi 24.They proudly boast.."If it swims,we have it"

http://www.seafood.co.th/contactus.php

AVOID: an outrageously expensive joint geared to tourists, coach parties and their wallets.

A much better option is COSMO Seafood Restaurant. Used to be at the intersection of Sukhumvit Soi 26 and Rama IV for many years, just behind Carrefour but moved to another site close by, also behind Carrefour. You can choose dishes from t;he picture menu or select live/recently dead seafood from tanks/ice-slabs. Seating with AC indoors (some private rooms) or al fresco. Been using it for 10+ years; a few Japanese customers but mainly Thai diners, hence the reasonable prices.

Easy to find and most taxi drivers know it. ( If you need directions call 02261 4547, 02261 4546, 02259 3351 or (!) 02259 3352) .

The best Fish & Chips is a hole in the wall restaurant called Fish & Chips on Sukhumvit Soi 23. Its across the street from the Jasmine Hotel. Best in Bangkok for sure.

That's the Offshore, adjacent to a bar with the same name. On the left and before Cowboy as you enter from Sukhumvit. Long-established (they're still advertising Kloster Beer!)

Tower 3 is indeed way past its stay-by date, but Tower 2 is fine. Much depends on the configuration of the room you book - check out the GP web-site.

And, at least a couple of years ago, a joiners' fee collected efficiently by the security guard at the Soi 11 entrance and shared out later amongst the night shift, only part-declared to the day FOH manager the next morning.

Vertigo at Banyan Tree Hotel? Pictures here: http://www.banyantree.com/en/bangkok/

I had a friend who stayed there and according to him it is girl friendly.

Definitely GF, with a discreet lift entry to the left of the main entrance.