[TrongpaiExpat]

The new airport is scheduled to open in June/July so the travel time and cost may be slightly reduced.

Logical but not likely. The present airport adds a surcharge of 50B to all taxi/limo pick ups at the airport. It's common to add these surcharges and some Asian airports add a lot more. Thailand tends to copy.

I hope I am wrong, but I would not be surprised to see a huge surcharge to pay for the new airport. Nothing announced yet, and it could be phased in slowly and/or hidden but in the end, I just have a feeling that I will be paying for this new expensive airport.

[Fatman41]

As I recall, getting a taxi from the aiport (taxi touts as you leave arrivals/baggage area) cost me 2000 baht plus tolls going straight to Pattaya, although going out to the taxi rank you may find something cheaper. I have also done the trip from Silom to Pattaya and got a charge of 1500 baht for a prepaid taxi (including tolls) through A & F Tours on Silom Road (near soi 4 I think).

Also, I think some of the taxi's from the taxi rank at the airport going into bangkok have a metre which adds on a baht charge for using the expressway/freeway (whatever it's called) whilst some taxi's do not, and the taxi driver will ask you for change as you approach the couple of tolls.

It can all get a little confusing so you may need to ask whoever you order a taxi with exactly what you will end up paying. Whatever you do though, don't get a taxi from the taxi touts in the airport as they charge much more than anywhere else.

[Edith]

Whatever you do though, don't get a taxi from the taxi touts in the airport as they charge much more than anywhere else.

And, at that, may try to pack in three falang, all going to different hotels in three different directions.