To answer Buzzard, the "dedicated" airport/downtown buses depart from level 1 at the right hand or furthest end of the airport main terminal. They are now refered to as Airport Express buses and are numbered AE1, 2, 3 and 4 and end up in the same place more or less as from Don Muang. Infact they are the same buses but have been repainted pinkish. The price is the same at Bht150. But of course the routes are longer. For example, if you take AE3, it runs down via Bangna and crawls along Sukumvit going west, whereas from Don Muang, AB3 used to come off the expressway at Ploenchit and nip along Sukumvit going east.
If you have a carry-on bag only, then quicker and easier and cheaper to take the white shuttle bus (free) from level 2(arrivals) and go direct to the Bus Terminal and then take bus 551 (Bht35) to Victory Monument passing Asok (Praram 9 underground station). It uses initialy Chonburi-Bangkok motorway and is generaly very fast with almost no stops. There is also a new bus route from the bus terminal direct to Pattaya for Bht90..leaving at 9am, 1pm and 5pm.
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