when i return home i ride a taxi namn plate number UVV 205, pagsakay ko sabi ko bakit 138 ung taxi rate di binago ng driver umandar na po sya.sabi 300 daw po kc contrata po kc.imagine sumakay kana saka nila sabihin ganun.grabeh namn talaga talamak mga ganung klaseng taxi driver.
sana po meron namn bumasa at sumita sa mga ganung klaseng driver po.same company sila kc uvv pareho ung taxi code.pareho din ugali ng mga driver nila. what a bad day.lagi lagi po ako nagtaxi sila lng ung nasakyan ko na ganun.

On 14 sept 2011 at about 9.30am I arrived at NAIA terminal 1 from Singapore. At about 10am after meeting my friends at the departure hall. I saw that said taxi driver alighting Passengers and I then board his taxi and request to go to Pasay Victory liner bus station. While we just passed by Manila airport hotel, the taxi driver show me the list of fare from airport to Pasay which cost 580 peso and said that his taxi does not have a meter. I notice he had actually cover the meter with a cardboard. I told him how come it’s so expensive as normally fare from airport to Pasay is less than 300 peso if I were to hire a airport taxi and if were to go by meter will not cost more than 130 peso at the most. The driver just refuse to answer and keep diverting my questions. As I was in the rush and does not want to get myself into trouble as I am in a foreign country, I just complied and paid him the azking fare after alighting.

Under LTFRB rules, it’s an offense for a taxi driver to firstly refuse to operate his meter. Secondly he is asking too much for the taxi fare. Does it cost 580 peso for just 10-15 minute ride? That’s ridiculous and I find him a cheat. He could have told me of that fare before I boarded his taxi but he didn’t. Instead he take the opportunity to drove pass the airport hotel before naming the taxi fare.

I travel to Manila at least twice a year for the pass 5 years and I dun encounter much problem with taxi drivers. This is the first time I have had a very bad experience. NO doubt there are sone taxi driver does not use meter but their asking fare is quite reasonable to be. As for this is totally too much. What I know that such rate is normally the rate if we were to hire a taxi from hotels. But he’s is just a normal ordinary taxi.

I hope LTFRB takes the necessary action to deal with this taxi company and the driver or else it will only bring a very bad name to this lively country. I am expecting a reply from LTFRB.