Taxi Que Locations Changed

[MJo]

Seems that they have changed the taxi arrangements again.

Arrived last night and wandered around as all the taxis had disappeared. Just to find out after walking loops following the signs that they have been moved downstairs first floor. You can enter the que from doors 4 and 7.

Anyways i did the trek downstairs and they had proper thai system of stainless fencing and the usual chaos as it was not clearly marked and there was no signs etc. But now they had 3 desks, those check-in style counters and the girls behind them had all blue vests confirming they have paid someone to get permission to be there from someone.

Well improvement on the counters but far away and difficult to find, especially if it is your first time in scampy.

And other thing was that there was 30m que and it was late night so the airport was deserted. Had to wait 15 minutes sweating and watching the 100 free taxis standing at door 4 que before they got any cars to door 7

Oh why they just cant use the airport as it was designed with 10, yes ten exits from arrival. Now they have basickly fenced it off and closed 90% of the doors and escalators to public just coz they are not able to control few taxi touts...

[STEELINOX]

Seems that they have changed the taxi arrangements again.

Arrived last night and wandered around as all the taxis had disappeared. Just to find out after walking loops following the signs that they have been moved downstairs first floor. You can enter the que from doors 4 and 7.

Anyways i did the trek downstairs and they had proper thai system of stainless fencing and the usual chaos as it was not clearly marked and there was no signs etc. But now they had 3 desks, those check-in style counters and the girls behind them had all blue vests confirming they have paid someone to get permission to be there from someone.

Well improvement on the counters but far away and difficult to find, especially if it is your first time in scampy.

And other thing was that there was 30m que and it was late night so the airport was deserted. Had to wait 15 minutes sweating and watching the 100 free taxis standing at door 4 que before they got any cars to door 7

Oh why they just cant use the airport as it was designed with 10, yes ten exits from arrival. Now they have basickly fenced it off and closed 90% of the doors and escalators to public just coz they are not able to control few taxi touts...

And they call this a "modern facility" - what a frakking joke !

Ten exits and only a few doors in use; maybe they shuld put food stalls in the doors that arent being used !

[MJo]

Only matter of time I'm afraid...

[tw25rw]

So you have to go down the escalator again like when it opened?

[ChalongBoy]

Que, What Que, I don't need no stinking que's Look, AOT is reo reo. Stop at or near the desk and a a man will take over your cart while you make a 60 sec or less transaction the out the door to a waiting driver in a nice Camery with the tolls paitd What do I pay to the J.W..... PanRoy Baht, mai pen rai. the drive will be sober, not take you for a ride and not get you robbed. I stopped using the car service from the J.W. inbound as there is a wait. Reo Reo.. Yep I don;' need no stink'en Que. As a matter of fact I always laugh at the poor folk in the 300+ person que for late night arrivals. Poor Bastards tryhing to save a few hundred baht. ( Don't forget yo-u payh the toll in the non meter meter taxi guy who has been driving 7 days straight and smells like it! My quess I been and back to a beverage haven with a new friend before the taxi que folk get to their hotel........

Good Night from Rawai

No rain this evening so dinner was great...Did give my reqards to Don.

[easyride]

The bus queues use door 7 as well - or have they gone elsewhere too?

[tw25rw]

http://ihatetaxis.com/airport/BKK

[SantiSuk]

You can still go up to the arrivals floor - Door 10 far end - and walk out to the far island where the inbound regular taxis stop to pick up outbound passengers. Or at least you could when I went through 6 days ago. Never ad a problem but check that they will use the meter (or negotiate a price) before handing over your luggage/getting in.

I don't expect it will be allowed to continue too much longer - it works too well and TIT

[ricklev]

As a weekly commuter, Ima gonna dance for joy when that train starts a runnin.....

[MJo]

Que, What Que, I don't need no stinking que's Look, AOT is reo reo. Stop at or near the desk and a a man will take over your cart while you make a 60 sec or less transaction the out the door to a waiting driver in a nice Camery with the tolls paitd What do I pay to the J.W..... PanRoy Baht, mai pen rai. the drive will be sober, not take you for a ride and not get you robbed. I stopped using the car service from the J.W. inbound as there is a wait. Reo Reo.. Yep I don;' need no stink'en Que. As a matter of fact I always laugh at the poor folk in the 300+ person que for late night arrivals. Poor Bastards tryhing to save a few hundred baht. ( Don't forget yo-u payh the toll in the non meter meter taxi guy who has been driving 7 days straight and smells like it! My quess I been and back to a beverage haven with a new friend before the taxi que folk get to their hotel........

Good Night from Rawai

No rain this evening so dinner was great...Did give my reqards to Don.

I think you had one too many leo's at the 7/11....

Yeah, it was not my fault that all my helicopters were down for maintenance...

[MJo]

So you have to go down the escalator again like when it opened?

Yep, down the escalators, did not see any buses down there so i guess they "refenced" the whole place.

Arrivals is ok if you want to save 50 baht but even longer walk...

[MJo]

As a weekly commuter, Ima gonna dance for joy when that train starts a runnin.....

I bet they manage to change the location of the airport train terminal as well every 3 months

[smokie36]

As a weekly commuter, Ima gonna dance for joy when that train starts a runnin.....

I bet they manage to change the location of the airport train terminal as well every 3 months

Nah they just located it so you will still need to take a taxi into town.

If it ever opens of course.

[samran]

spoke to a cabby on the way home yesterday.

He mentioned that there is new airport management, who have so far managed a relative effective crack down on the 'taxi mafia' at the airport, with taxi's being exclusively downstairs as part of the arrangement. For him, proof in the pudding is that the average waiting time for him now is 1 hour versus the usual four hours, meaning that there really are less illegal taxis pinching his rides. Lets see how long this all lasts.

Also I note there are new signs at the baggage pick up point stating the options to get into town. AOT taxi, bus, and public taxi.

While I was confused about the new/old location, I found it well signposted. The new counters there make a nice change from the 1960's desks they used to have.

Edited October 27, 2009 by samran

[NanLaew]

I agree with Samran, the new public transport options are pretty well signposted with large decals IN YOUR FACE AT EYE LEVEL on each baggage carousel. Then multiple huge signs to direct you from each and every exit from baggage claim/customs.