Bahtbus 20 baht ?

[BruceMangosteen]

10 hours ago, ThaiBob said:

It's been established already that is not correct. I also paid the standard 10 baht recently. Feb 1st could be a different story. 

Curious, was that paying with a ten Baht coin or did you actually get change back from a 20/100/500 Baht note? Thanks and God Bless You,

[balo]

Can anyone report tomorrow ? 

 

Try to hand over 10 baht and see what happens.  

 

 

[Jingthing]

2 minutes ago, balo said:

Can anyone report tomorrow ? 

 

Try to hand over 10 baht and see what happens.  

 

 

Where did you hear it was going to 20? Bar chatter?

[balo]

Nope, just in case the green banner had something to do with it.  

 

But my guess is it will still be 10 baht. 

 

[Jingthing]

Not even clear the banner was about baht buses and didn't see any numbers on it. Were there numbers? 

[champers]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Not even clear the banner was about baht buses and didn't see any numbers on it. Were there numbers? 

Bottom right -  1337 Pattaya Contact Center. I agree the message displayed is not crystal clear in it's meaning.

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, champers said:

Bottom right -  1337 Pattaya Contact Center. I agree the message displayed is not crystal clear in it's meaning.

Nothing about fares. I don't understand why anyone thinks the fares are changing tomorrow. Did someone have a hallucination? 

[BruceMangosteen]

7 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Nothing about fares. I don't understand why anyone thinks the fares are changing tomorrow. Did someone have a hallucination? 

According to my sources, which are farangs on the ground at View Talay 2, it's 20 Baht now to come over the hill into Pattaya South and likewise the return trip. This as of January 1st and not just a rouge crooked thieving driver. Across the Soi's. And remember, The Baht Bus business is controlled by the Thai mafia and you don't really want to mess with them. 

[pegman]

36 minutes ago, BruceMangosteen said:

According to my sources, which are farangs on the ground at View Talay 2, it's 20 Baht now to come over the hill into Pattaya South and likewise the return trip. This as of January 1st and not just a rouge crooked thieving driver. Across the Soi's. And remember, The Baht Bus business is controlled by the Thai mafia and you don't really want to mess with them. 

Jerry, tell American buddies of yours they have been getting ripped off.

[Jingthing]

6 hours ago, pegman said:

Jerry, tell American buddies of yours they have been getting ripped off.

Yep. Suckers!

I'll let y'all know if/when such a fare rise gets real. 

[JayBird]

Does this mean if you are only doing the 'circuit' in central pattaya (south/north/central/beach/second/third) it's only 10THB? 

 

 

[Jingthing]

2 minutes ago, JayBird said:

Does this mean if you are only doing the 'circuit' in central pattaya (south/north/central/beach/second/third) it's only 10THB? 

 

 

The fare has not changed so yes, it's 10 baht.

We'll know if there has been an official fare rise.

Coming from Jomtien, it hasn't been raised either. 

It's 10 baht as far as Pattaya Klang. 

For some weird reason, people think today is significant so watch reports about that.

Edited February 1, 2017 by Jingthing

[JayBird]

10 THB good... doubling up, not so good (esp. as I may take it 4x/day).

 

For what its worth, its still 7THB today in Bangkok.

[Jingthing]

If you want to test the 20 baht from Jomtien theory, try this.

Go from inner Jomtien to Pattaya Tai for five rides with five different drivers.

If the majority of drivers demand 20 baht for that, then the fare has gone up coming from Jomtien.

If one or two even does, that would be a strong sign that something is happening.

It's not a fair test to go as far as Central because you will get some rogue drivers demanding 20 for that.

Even more rogue drivers demanding 20 as far as Pattaya Klang.

I have suggested for years now that people should pay 20 going further than Klang from Jomtien, such as to Central Marina, although you can still pay 10 sometimes, the incidence of pushback will be high enough throughout the year to conclude the real fare for that is 20. 

The incidence of rogue drivers spikes every year during high season ... so be careful about jumping to final conclusions based on a few random anecdotal incidents. 

Edited February 1, 2017 by Jingthing

[ThaiBob]

23 hours ago, BruceMangosteen said:

Curious, was that paying with a ten Baht coin or did you actually get change back from a 20/100/500 Baht note? Thanks and God Bless You,

I always have exact change never give a 20 baht note unless paying for two people. 

[Jingthing]

Yes, if you really want to test this, do always pay with exact change.

If you hand over 20 when it's 10 and they don't offer change, it proves nothing. 

[digbeth]

I thought with the recent 'new' route maps, there were plenty of opportunity to unofficially raise fare to 20 baht, like by 'terminating' the service at Klang junction,

if you want to go further north, all change. or pay another 10 baht to stay on the bus; and with the official route forcing some south bound beach road routes to detour along Klang all the way up to Sukhumvit and back down, plenty of people would want to change anyway 

 

Anyway, saw lots of military presence checking baht bus on Klang/2nd road this lunchtime, checking drivers and even talking to passengers.. maybe private hire crackdown

[TaaSaparot]

It was widely reported when the new routes were unveiled, that the Military said that all fares would be 10 baht.

 

There is only one place discussing a rise to 20 baht and that is this website.

[balo]

Still 10 baht then , we can all relax.