If on cabin luggage only, I woiuld just take the ( well A/Ced and safe ) subway from Long Yang Lu to downtown. The transfer from the Maglev is easy and exposure to outside weather is minimized to a 10 meter stretch. If going to far away parts of town like Honqqiao taking a cab is still the better option. Call your office or hotel from the cab and let them speak to the driver for "finding the right address", then ask for the correct price in English from those people.
Originally Posted by GUWonder
MagLev/Long Yang station to the railway station closest to Heng Feng Rd (i.e., the railway station closest to the Holiday Inn Downtown Shanghai) for 320 CNY isn't a big rip-off? (It should be about 50 CNY, but certainly less than 75.) The MagLev station must have at least some bad cabbies working there, for I've heard about a few foreigners being fleeced for around the same amount with the same M.O. We happened to catch one in action. License plate DW3730 or something like that.
Most are completely honest, but there are a select group that do play games, expensive ones at that.