Displayed on the dashboard and each door inside the cabin, outside the vehicle on the passenger door too. Toll fee is about 25k IDR (no more than, i always forget the correct amount, because those are two tols to pay, and i use e-toll card, the deduction is automatic for me).Ĥ/ and once again do NOT hesitate to report both cases to the Blue Bird, especially if you have their corporate ID number. Very likely that the driver chose to ride via toll instead of beating his way through the city center although it seems like a detours it was logical and the only right decision.Īnd you did not specify your hotel location? Its hard to judge if 180k IDR was the right sum to travel there? Day and time of travel are always a factor too?ģ/ asking extra money from the customer on the way back was a TOTAL scam. We ( local people who drive their own card) rely not in the google maps or GPS, but on our own judgement based on the traffic situation, experience and knowledge of the transport flows in the particular day of travel. We were intending to give him 200.000 IDR but the fact that he wanted to scam us made me want to take back the money.Īnyway, so pls be alert and don't get scammed.ġ/ some taxi companies deliberately use blue Bird Fleet colors for their car to confuse travelers.Ģ/ if you are a first timer in JKT, you certainly can not judge which way to your hotel is the best.

Luckily, we asked him for the receipt and he gave up and took 200.000 IDR instead. He drove using the regular route, which only amounted to 130.000 IDR in meter BUT he demanded 300.000 IDR from us due to toll (we saw that the toll was 7,000 IDR). We had to take a blue bird back to the airport because it was difficult getting Grab drivers. I don't really understand the rationale behind this. We would understand that he wanted more money (we would tip), but he shouldn't go one big round just to increase the metered fare. He went one big round before reaching the hotel and the fare was more than 180.000 IDR.

First time writing here (created an account just to write it here) to warn anyone who's heading for Jakarta.ĭisclaimer: Taking blue bird taxi around town was an okay experience, and the taxi drivers didn't try to scam us.įrom the airport to the hotel, the taxi driver took a super long way to reach our hotel (we were observing via google maps).

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