Take a taxi from Suvarnabhumi airport at arrival level?

[jil]

Is it (still) a good idea to take a taxi from Suvarnabhumi airport at arrival level, to avoid queues from departure level?

[josephbloggs]

No. Use the queue - those drivers queue for hours so it's not fair to sideline them.

I came through last week and there was no queue at all in the official taxi line. A couple of weeks ago there was a fairly long queue.  

[gomangosteen]

I came home on Friday 2nd Dec - certainly no shortage of taxis at Suvarnabhumi that morning - no wait at all, just get my ticket from the machine and walk to the waiting car.

[josephbloggs]

3 hours ago, gomangosteen said:

I came home on Friday 2nd Dec - certainly no shortage of taxis at Suvarnabhumi that morning - no wait at all, just get my ticket from the machine and walk to the waiting car.

Same day as I came but I was later in the afternoon, and same result, not a single person waiting even though the airport was really busy. They did have problems with shortages of taxis a couple of months ago but seems they may have sorted it now.

Edited December 8, 2022 by josephbloggs

[airbalance]

It's because alot of thai folks have transitioned to Grab, hence making the taxi que just non existent. I've been back a few months ago and used Grab and it was cheaper, but after realizing the non wait time at the taxi stand, that works out way better.