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Old Jul 7, 2006, 3:28 am
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mosburger
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Asia/Europe
Programs: CX, OZ, MU (+AY, DL), Shangri-La, Hilton
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One recent experience at Honqqiao airport I don't feel particularly proud about:

I arrived at the "official" taxi stand with a Shanghai associate. He calmly jumped the whole longish queue and negotiated my fixed price out to Suzhou down to 300 RMB from the orginal 400 that most drivers wanted. The driver who agreed then threw out the bags of an SE Asian gent probably on a smaller fare and off we went.
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