Originally Posted by metcalve
Thanks all, for your input. I'm booked on Jetstar (bloody stingy companies paying only for that!) and am NOT looking forward to it at all.... (flying in from SIN)
Jetstar's not that bad as far as LCCs go -- new planes, assigned seating, tolerable pitch. It's only a two-hour flight anyway.
Anyway, are unmetered taxis still common? I know of tuk drivers who exhort (sp?)...
Unmetered taxis in Bangkok are extinct. You'll very, very occasionally see one from the provinces though -- I actually did a double-take the first time I saw a yellow-black "TAXI" as opposed to the ubiquitous yellow-green "TAXI-METER".