Originally Posted by
Katlor
When I was there in October I tried to use Uber to get from the airport to the hotel and it was a very weird situation. I typed in the information in the Uber app on my phone, and the app claimed that the car was coming, however the car never arrived at the "DropOff Zone" which is where the Uber app tells you to wait for the car. I watched the car move around the airport area for a while and then stall in various places. I started to wonder if it was some kind of strike situation (like someone was purposefully refusing to pick me up). Various taxi drivers near where I was standing (there are lots of tout taxi drivers trying to pick up fares) started to speak to me in threatening ways when they saw I was waiting for Uber. Eventually the situation got so uncomfortable that I walked to the Novotel hotel (it is in the airport) and had them call me a taxi to the Hyatt.
Using Uber getting from airport can be tricky if you hang around for more than 5 mins staring at your phone watching the car drive in circles.
Best if you go upstairs at arrival zone and specify on the app. door 2,there is place to specify this info when I arrived last week.
Cost was 65050 IDR ~5 usd including toll charge and parking fee.
I think Grand Hyatt wants 390000 IDR for pickup at airport
~28usd for a small minivan.
Another family member arrived much latter on the domestic side 130am and paid 175000 IDR for a normal taxi to GH.
There is a bank located within the GH property that's open 9am-6pm 7days a week with rates better than airport exchange but not as attractive as the local money changer.
Mosquitoes so far haven't been an issue.
YMMV