JohnK
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I am going to contact Bolt when I'm back in Australia. Bolt were giving me a 75baht discount on each of these 2 trips which went to waste when the best price was 1100 baht instead of 925baht.These rideshare issues boil up the blood and is not limited to Bolt or Thailand. They do tend to be more prevalent when an airport is involved.
I never answer the phone after making a booking and always report drivers that try any of this. I figure the company would want to know that their platform is being used by leeches to capture customers phone numbers.
They need to have a better system so drivers can't accept a job, and then cancel if they don't like the fare and/or call to make a deal that's worse for the customer.
The whole idea of Bolt and Grab was to try and counter the Thai taxi Mafia but looks like the Thai taxi Mafia have found ways around them.
Another example is Motorcycle taxis. For a long-time it has been 40 baht for short trips and 60 baht for longer trips. I was sitting in front of hotel and saw a Grab motorcycle taxi pull up and fare was 33 baht. Driver was stuffing around looking for change and passenger ended up giving 27 baht tip.
Taxis cost too much in Thailand.