After posting the first page, I realized that I missed some information.
Firstly, at the Ottawa airport, the only contact with an airline staff member is when one goes to put their luggage on the conveyor belt. Near the belt is an agent with a hand held scanner to read the Bar code on the luggage. That is a control to ensure all luggage gets on the right plane.
United flights from Canada arrive at a domestic terminal in U.S., as customs and security has already been done. Most then must take a train or bus to another terminal...not very convenient. We must again clear security.
United airlines no longer go west of Tokyo for most countries. Instead, they buy seats on another carrier by longstanding interline agreements. My flight from Tokyo to Bangkok was on All Nippon airways, which carried passengers with United, Thai air and, yes even Air Canada. One could fly Air Canada from Toronto or Vancouver, and on to Asian cities, never having been on an AC aircraft.
The Thai Baht, (Bat), is about 25 cents Canadian. So a 100 THB note is four dollars Canadian.
With respect to the Bangkok taxi matter, 400 THB is about 16 dollars, so the guy wanting 1200 was a real rip off... 48 dollars versus 16 legal rate.
Phuket is 421 miles South-west of Bangkok, on the Andaman sea. It is one of the top tourist stops in Thailand, and as a result, everything is on sale here...hawkers selling anything you want and, much more.
This note will fill in some of the blanks.
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