Almost spot on. The govt wants more incentives and involvement with the train system. But the company running it isn't happy with it and would like more control over it. The train system is actually ready to use.

I think the earlier forumer mentioned about No chit/voucher type of taxi...Taxi haram-lah tu..haha..probably BKK police/authorities do not imposed any controls similar to KLIA/LCCT avoiding city taxi from picking up customers from airport & thus...probably that earlier forumers probably managed to walk out from the airport compund & got the illegal taxi liao...

This way can bypass the airport mgt commission which if I'm not mistaken hv to pay them before boarding the taxi..

Huh .Tis is d taxi I took where u have to approach the taxi counter. d one that no chit one ...tak tau lar tu. I have seen some kutu kutu that come to u n say no need to que...leaving now. that sort of thing

Uhmm...you could actually go up to the departure hall. They have barricaded the entire area to prohibit others from entering arrival hall from departure hall. I went up all the way to departure hall and enter any cab i like.

They are not haram and they are not allowed to stop and wait there. But knowing that it's a departure hall, of course many cabs will be in and out every sec. So when you go up, just choose one and get in lor. They use the meter and toll fares of course you only pay them as they approach the toll plaza.

70baht to avoid all the jam. if you kiam abit then pay 20 baht for the first toll(if im not mistaken) and they will go down the highway at one of the exit to save you tht few bucks. but of course, dun la kiam coz with 70baht also you'll risk getting trapped in the jam but for far shorter period.

But if you feel that it's unsafe for you to do so, go get the ticket cab thingy at the arrival hall since drezzup said it's according to the meter.

Toll is 25 baht then 45 baht on the 2nd toll. That is if you are going from the airport into the city.

Why la so kiam? Be safe, take the official taxi from the departure hall. It's safer and cheaper than KL taxi! They always give receipt when you ask for it.

It's cheaper because of the distance nia-lah (~<30km) Otherwise interm of fare/KM & also the ridicolous high toll rate (thb70), Malaysia taxi rate still cheaper

There was once i tried to take their taxi, right outside the arrival hall after my luggage clearance. They gave me a merc limo all the way to Lumlooka...price was almost RM100 equivalent... i shitbrix...

Just got back from Bangkok yesterday. Thank goodness I didnt cancel my trip due to the political situation, didnt even experience any riots etc
Oh yeah, also took a ticketed cab from airport to Pratunam=3200 baht only.
Overall awesome trip!!!

3200bath for a cab to pratunam??....typo error ka??...it is roughly RM320 wor...

you mean 320bath. If 3200bath that will be the most expesive ride liao..320 probably excluding toll dy. & u pay the airport commission?

HUH! 3200THB? R U sure. U got a huge LIMO - something like Rolls Royce or what?WOW! nvr paid for tat kind of price b4

haha...whoops....320 THB it is for the cab fair

wow..that is cheap....where u get the cab??...from the chit counter?

He just said only cabby fare..excluding others...Toll thb70 hor & I think you need to pay the airport authority ~thb50 for the ticketing/handling charges..

KLIA was built rediculously far from KL, must be some sort of hankibanki...mn
Malaysia taxi rate is cheaper??? I bet to differ. They are very difficult to get and most of the time refuse to use meter. KL taxi is one of the most notorious in the world. Malaysia Boleh

KL taxi rate is the cheapest among ASEAN countries due to the fact we are getting the cheapest subsidised fuel..

http://www.701panduan.com/var/4/getting-ar...CFRBB6wodr3b5sA

Compare this to:


http://www.into-asia.com/Bangkok/taxi/

Still can't accept the fact ah?

the problem is KL taxi reluctant to use the meter. This is the problem , Well certain BKK taxis also dunwan to use until u insist-lah..But the fact that our taxi rate is the cheapest among ASEAN countries cannot be strike off

Okie, it is the cheapest and surprisingly it is the least popular ...mn What a paradox. Cheapest but poorest service and worst condition proton.

Haha that's diff story liao..even Jakarta also using better taxi than ours iswara.

I'll clarify if it helps. You don't pay 50B to the "airport authority" - you pay it to the cab driver at the end of the journey, above-and-over what the meter shows. e.g. if meter shows 230B, you pay 280B at the end. If you "curi" a taxi on the departures level as taxis drop off bonafide departing pax, then you don't pay this.
Also it is very common to round up to the next 10B if you and the driver have no change.

Tolls, as you pass them or not depending on where you go, can be 25, 45, 15 etc as to tollway/expressway circles Bangkok. The 25B and 45B tolls refer to 2 common tolls if you are going to Sukumvit/Silom/River areas. You hand cash to the driver, who hands it to the tollbooth clerk who hands the change/receipt back to the driver, who hands it back to you. Great way for you to break your 1000B notes into small change so you can pay the taxi fare at the end. You also have the option of not taking tollways, and a lot of people do this if they are traveling very early in the morning (4-5am) or very late at night - it doesn't slow you down too much to take surface streets.

The 320B taxi fare as referenced earlier, whether it is cheap or not, depends on destination. If light traffic, Sukhumvit Soi 2 will be around 230B as the tollway exit is right by Phloenchit. As you then travel from there via surface roads, fare goes up depending on traffic. Also, people stay all over the place: BKK is in the east so as you move east-to-west, Khlong Toey/Pattanakarn/Ramkhamhaeng is around 180-190B, Ratchada around 200B, then Sukhumvit, then Silom around 240B and maybe if you stay by the river or by Victory monument it will be 280-300B, Ngam Wong Wan over on the north west will be around 370B (plus more 1 more toll) etc

Finally the taxi booths at the 1F are many and you can't miss them. Their purpose is to protect you (they give you a chit with taxi lic. #) and to translate hotel addresses for taxi drivers. They are outside. Staff at the booth ask you where you want to go, write a chit, point out the taxi driver/taxi and off you go with driver on your ultimately futile mission to fit your oversized luggage into the small space already taken up by the huge CNG tank. Then you strap your luggage onto the front seat and pray you don't get a F1 driver. Because the seat belts never work.

This post has been edited by tatsuyachiba: Mar 27 2010, 03:47 AM