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AngryParent, on 2012-05-03 17:39:28, said:

The amount of racism and hatred on this forum is staggering. You would think think a forum about Thailand, based IN Thailand, would bring together people who either live here or appreciate what Thailand has to offer.
Instead it's a forum full of haters.
Mostly bitter, old men, I presume.

FFS. This is about import of used CARPARTS. Not used cars !

Common guys and girls - you have the part about First & Business travel and expedited immigration all wrong - that is part of the travel when you pay 4 times the price for that class of travel.

Darn right I am privileged when I pay for 1st and business class and I consider it fairly simple minded to for anyone to think otherwise.

That class of service is all found - its not just in the air - its the entire airport and aircraft experience - private car pick-up - lounge access - while others who $ave have screaming babies and rude people shouting at each other.

Removing the 1st & Business lines for immigration will be a serious problem for anyone accustomed to or paying for this class of travel - they will not remove the "Fast-track" lines - they will selectively run people through them - that's all.

Those simpleminded statements are just another mouthing by Thai immigration officials trying to impress others they are thinking - mark my words - the airline carriers will not let them remove "Fast-Track" - no way.

Nisa, on 2012-03-13 12:02:00, said:

Thats actually incorrect. The airport receives a larger sum per passenger for travellers in business and first from the airlines over passengers in economy. Therefore the business and first travellers do indirectly provide the airport with larger revenue per capita than economy passengers. The lower numbers also means less resources are required to process them through immigration, baggage handling, toilet cleaning etc.

I have no problem with a reasonable rate increase for BKK taxi drivers/rates...

But if they're going to do that, the authorities ought to consider some other issues as well:

--Among the taxi numbers they cite, I'd sure like to know how many of them are the variety that sit like vultures outside hotels and similar places all over town and refuse any metered business for anything, doesn't matter if you're a farang or Thai customer. They'll only go for a fixed, inflated price, or they won't go.

I like on a Sukhumvit soi with a variety of mostly small to medium size hotels, and my soi is filled with those kinds of taxis... They're only interested in trips to the airport or out-of-town travel or quoting 300 to 500 baht trips to tourists that with a meter taxi might cost 100 baht. If they're going to raise the raise, they should at least stop letting these kinds of vultures appear to be the same as meter taxis.

--Most of the time, my Thai wife and I use BKK taxis with no problem. But last Friday, we were going out for the evening and were trying to hail a taxi on Suk Road for maybe a 1 km trip... I let my wife hail and talk to the taxi drivers... We stopped three separate taxis each with their available light on, and three in a row refused the trip... So we ended up taking BTS instead. If they're going to raise the rates, they ought to do something about trip refusals.

--Most people posting here seem to support the increase from the reasonable presumption that a lot of BKK taxi drivers work long hours for low pay... But if the taxi companies are able to raise the daily rental rates without regulation at the same time as a fare increase, then the companies will end up making more profit but little or none of it might end up with the drivers. If they're going to raise the rates, they ought to do something to ensure the drivers share in the revenue hike.

alexakap, on 2012-03-12 13:29:27, said:

That's a narrow and simplistic view of the issue.    

Bkk taxi drivers have not received a flagfall or kilometre rise for many years.  Fuel prices and cost of living has increased over that time.  I think the taxis are dirt cheap now and I think a price rise is more than fair.