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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 10:01 am
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Originally Posted by Lux
A tight-wad might shoot up to the arrivals hall if not carrying too much luggage, and just hop in one of the taxis dropping off passengers. No need to pay the extra airport fee (well, sometimes 20B) and not getting ripped off by drivers refusing to use the meter.
This is also the fastest way to get to the city if you arrive during the 10-12 PM crunch hour when everybody and their aunt Tillie arrive and queue for taxis. Naturally the guys upstairs know this too, so you can forget about getting a taxi to turn on his meter, but you can get ~200-300B flat fares easily enough (the delta depending on where exactly you want to go and who pays the tolls along the way).
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