I show up on NWA around midnight all the time, no problem with getting a meter taxi. There is a meter taxi desk outside at the curb. Ignore all of the touts selling rides into town. The meter taxi desk (if I remember correctly) is kind of dirty white and grey, there is two of them one around door 2 the other nearer door 7. Sometimes one has a line and the other doesn't (new travelers only think there is one.)

You tell the taxi clerk where you want to go, he or she write it on a receipt. The taxi guy tells the driver where you want to go. Keep the receipt it has the taxi number on it and a telephone number to call to report any problems.

You pay a 50 baht fee and the meter fare at the hotel when you arrive there. Any tolls you pay when you pass through. Price is easy to see, probably one for 40 baht and one for 25 baht. Meter starts at 35 baht and sometimes the drivers inflate the fare and put something in front of it to block your view. Most of the prices are between 330 baht and 400 baht (including surcharge) for the half hour ride. Don't over tip the driver it makes cheapies like me look bad! Have small bills available to pay the taxi fare. Driver may claim to not have any change for a 500 baht bill hoping you will say "keep the change!"

The Skytrain is pretty good in town. Get a hotel near the route so you can use it to get around town. I usually stay in the Sukhumvit area.


Good luck.