Originally Posted by susanita3333
Just last week in Delhi was pleasantly surprised to see an AVIS desk at the domestic terminal, which was only too happy to send me with a car and driver to international, for 500 rupees (about $12)...as mentioned its about a 20 minute drive at night with no traffic, and definitely worth the extra money for the service of being picked up and dropped off exactly where you want...
There's also a pre-paid taxi option which is usually quite a bit cheaper; but the upside with the Avis thing is that it's far less likely there will be an issue with the car or driver. Were you able to get any mileage credit for the car+driver hile? Did you have to pay in cash, or was paying by credit card an option? (I'm certainly not suggesting paying by credit card for such an amount but am curious about that possibility for such a short hire.)
Originally Posted by susanita3333
another tip...make sure you know which entrance (1-4) your international flight departs from as the lines are quite long outside to enter the terminal (make sure to have a copy of your ticket in hand) and the inside of the terminal is quite crowded and hard to manuever through with a lot of luggage...
What you experienced can definitely be an issue from time to time. (I usually try to look into the window of the terminal and at the entrances as the driver slowly takes me by the outside departure unloading area at DEL international to get a sense of what's coming up and what to do.)
At DEL international it generally doesn't matter which entrance you go into. So I'd go for the entrance that had the shortest or no line; and then, if with checked luggage, go to the most open baggage x-ray and get that done and then head to the check-in desks. It's usually easier and faster that way then going into the listed "appropriate" gate. Going into the "appropriate" gate could well mean more of a mess than going in the other open "less-appropriate" gates. Unfortunately it can be somewhat of a gamble on what works.
