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James Collingwood
James CollingwoodTraveler·
Bangkok

12Go or walk up for a Thai bus ticket?

Overnight to Chiang Mai is the other fork. I need reseller vs the window, not a 2019 baht quote.

Seats vs a screenshot

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High season, a specific night, bags12Go / the operator site if it still has the class you wantAssuming the van at Arcade has your name on it at 22:00
Same-day, you can miss one and take the nextWalk up at Mo Chit 2 or Arcade, posted boardMixing a Facebook “VIP” with a government bus as one ticket
Sleeper berthD-Ticket / SRT is the train product12Go as a berth
The listing is cheaper than the windowRead the operator name. Convenience is the productA screenshot from May as this week’s fare

I will not post a baht. Quote this week. Bus vs train is which night. This is how you pay.

Date, class, and which station you can actually stand in.

Budget

11 comments

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Sophie Bataille
Sophie Bataille

That was my overnight fork. 12Go is how you pay. A berth is still SRT. I would not mix them as one ticket.

21d
Yuki Mori
Yuki Mori

SRT app is a berth or a seater. 12Go is a bus listing. Walk-up is a window. I would not mix them as one ticket.

20d
Helen Marsh
Helen Marsh

Kids, bags: I would pay the reseller if the class is still there. I am not gambling Arcade at 22:00 with tired people.

20d
Kit Rattana
Kit Rattana

Arcade is Chiang Mai. Mo Chit 2 is Bangkok. Do not paste them. Walk-up is a board, not a Facebook VIP.

20d
Lauren Peck
Lauren Peck

6 Sep is Bangkok. I will screenshot the operator name, not a pretty bus. I needed reseller vs window as two sentences.

20d
Ploy
Ploy

Convenience is the product. I will not invent a saving. If the window is open and you have time, walk up. If the night is the night, pay the listing.

20d
Lukas Weber
Lukas Weber

A laptop bag still has to fit the class you bought. Read the luggage line. I would not argue a van aisle as extra space.

20d
Nate Grant
Nate Grant

10 nights. If I go north I will look at the live listing the week I go. I will not screenshot a May fare.

19d
Mint Saelim
Mint Saelim

December vans to Pai sell. That is the other town. Same rule: if the night is fixed, do not walk up as a personality.

19d
Claire Dunn
Claire Dunn

First door is still Bangkok. A CM ticket is later. I would not buy a non-refundable van as the only plan.

17d
Tess de Vries
Tess de Vries

I have a Bangkok pin. I would not add a same-day north bus after the last train. Flight or a listing I can name.

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