Bangkok Thailand - 15 to 17 May 2016 | Taking a Cab from DMK Airport

Took the AirAsia flight from Terminal 1 Changi Airport to Don Muaeng International Airport. The thing about AirAsia being self-service was that the printed boarding pass that I had, was in a wrong format and the bar code can't be scanned. -_-'

So ended up, having to reprint at the airport. The AirAsia mobile app was even worse. It didn't capture the flight booking nor details, much less have a barcode after web check-in. -_-''

The flight was delayed for about 15 minutes or so, as it was late to open its gate for boarding. Once onboard, had time to check-out the in-flight menu and was quite intrigued to find water drop cake (yamanashi mochi) in it. Flight was pretty packed and seemed like many were travelling to Bangkok on a Sunday.

Yamanashi Mochi via selected AirAsia flight

First time arriving at DMK. After getting off the plane, followed the crowd and boarded the shuttle bus for a short ride back to the airport arrival area.

After immigration, headed towards Gate 8 to find a cab to the hotel. Lots of cab waiting.

towards Gate 8

Show the address to the person at the counter and she will pass you a slip of paper and one will follow the cab driver to his vehicle. Keep this slip of paper as it contained the cab details and it contains telephone number for you to make an official complaint, if ever required.

taxi slip

The cab driver will ask if you prefer to use the highway. If yes, do prepare the small notes as the toll fees are payable directly by the passenger. Also, if there are 3 different tolls that you'll be passing, the driver will get the toll fees from you each time and return you the change (if any). He will not keep your notes for the next toll. The total toll fees that we passed to get to Thonglor area was about ฿145.

passing by a highway toll

The ride was smooth and pleasant as it was a weekend. The only English that the driver had spoken thus far was, "Highway?"

When he looked abit lost, I asked if he'd like to call the hotel. He nodded his head, and I passed him my phone after pressing on the 'call' button. Agoda app has the 'taxi helper' function, which displayed the address in local language and a button to contact the hotel. So useful!

Agoda app - taxi helper feature

The 4G AIS traveller's simcard has free talk time so, it was all good. Located the hotel soon after and the total taxi fare was ฿395 (฿145 highway fees + ฿200 + ฿50 surcharge).