Originally Posted by
jpatokal
I commuted to Bangkok near-weekly for almost a year, and have taken public taxis from the ranks dozens of times. In all that time, I have never had a cabbie even attempt to ask for a flat fare. From arrivals, yes; from hotels, yes; from the street, yes; but from the ranks at either airport, no.
Out of the 10 times I took a taxi from the taxi stand downstairs at Don Muang, most of them tried to say flat rate only. Hopefully they've cleaned them up at the new airport. I got tired of that, and the 50 baht surcharge, so changed to just picking a cab up on arrivals, which was 100% of them trying to get flat rate. I would say, "Meter?" before even getting in, of course.