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Hundreds Stranded at Suvarnabhumi Because of a Travel Agent
12th Apr 2017
Instead of enjoying a nice, relaxing holiday in Japan, about 1,000 tourists have been left stranded at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport, with no planes waiting for them. This was all due to a travel agent the would-be tourists arranged their trips with, a company called WealthEver.
According to those passengers that were willing to talk about it, each of them paid between 9,700 and 20,000 baht for a charter flight to Osaka and was told they could catch their flight between Tuesday night and Sunday.
However, once the first group of passengers arrived at the airport (the second group is expected to show up on Wednesday), they found no WealthEver representative waiting for them to escort them to their jets. There were also no charter flights booked for their trips by any of the airlines at the airport.
Naturally, the police is now involved and the Samut Prakan police is cooperating with the Suvarnabhumi Airport police and the tourist police in investigating the incident. More than 50 police officers are now gathering evidence and collecting testimonies from the duped tourists at the airport. Once the investigation is complete, they will be able to take action against WealthEver.
Chief of Samut Prakan police Major General Thammanoon Trithippayapong said all information they manage to collect from the holidaymakers’ testimonies, as well as other evidence the police gathers during its investigation, will be used to take action against the fake travel agent.
He also said that, if there are more travellers who paid for the trip, they can lodge a complaint with their local police stations. Their information will then be handed over to the lead agency in this case, the Crime Suppression Division.
A number of passengers stayed at the airport as they had no transport available to return home during the Songkran break.
One of the passengers that had it the worst in this scam is Nirun Saentaweesuk. This Ubon Ratchathani resident paid 88,200 baht for a package for him and nine other people.
He said:
I’ve decided to meet Suvarnabhumi Airport police after finding out that I was conned.
WealthEver, the company “arranging” the trips is selling supplements vitamins. However, according to the Office of the Consumer Protection Board, it has never been registered for any service with them.
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