The word from one of my Corporate passengers who was in HKT was that they were being supplied with very decent resort accommodation FOC courtesy of the alleged Government, and they were previously in Krabi where the same was the case. The HKT hotel had not been prebooked, and the one in Krabi just did it off their own bat.
No questions asked, just accommodated.
There was also a THB2000 a day allowance for use in the resort. Not a fortune, but a thoughtful move in the midst of self immolation on both sides.
Fairly good for an allegedly despotic Government, although the get home factor was more important.
Junior Loco no 2 is flying out on Onestar tonight to Melbourne, all 6'8" of him with a Hobart footy club but he was always booked into/out of HKT. I paid for an exit row on his return as he reckons the outbound flight was the worst 9 hours of his life.
Better than being asleep in an airport for 6 nights though.
I am sure the Kiwis were afforded similar consideration, but it seems the key factor was being outside Bangkok.
Best all
EWL