Recent comments in /f/philadelphia

Brahette t1_jcgmncq wrote

I also love taking cabs from airports for the exact same reasons. I don't want to mess around requesting and waiting for Uber/Lyft. I literally walk out the door and into a taxi, and am on my way. It's a little more expensive for me in Manayunk, but WELL worth it in times like when I landed the day of the NFC Championship game. Rideshares were surging $80-$90 whereas my cab was my usual $45-$50. Pretty much any airport I fly into, I will use taxis if they are available.

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Leviathant t1_jcgikox wrote

Same. I gave up on rideshares from the airport years ago. Worth noting, the flat rate went up to $33 about a month ago. I accidentally came off like an asshole to a taxi driver a couple of weeks ago because he didn't have the meter running and did a couple of fast moves on the Curb device, and it wasn't the dollar value I was used to seeing.

He showed me on his machine that the flat rate is $33, and it occurred to me that those little posters they used to have - showing the boundaries of the flat rate area, and the cost - as well as taxi drivers licenses - aren't in taxis anymore, because none of the cars have those barriers between the front and the back anymore.

Anyway - Lyft to the airport, cab home from the airport. It's great.

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Leviathant t1_jcghv48 wrote

Flat rate from the airport was $28.50, post-tip was always $36 for me. They just bumped up the flat rate to $33 - first increase in decades. I'm also about 15 minutes away, and waiting 7 minutes for a Lyft or Uber to meander around the airport got old a few years ago. If I'm tightening the belt, I can wait, and if I want to be home in 15 minutes, I'll go to the line of taxis and jump right in.

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Leviathant t1_jcghb4x wrote

I used to take the R5 into the city for work, never had much use for taxis, but a bunch of my colleagues had stories about having to call the cops over paying their taxi fare. And early on, "machine doesn't work" was the norm, not the exception. Yes, taxis are regulated. No, having to invoke that regulation on the regular was not a better experience.

You know what I haven't had to do since the rideshare revolution? Argue over how much I'm paying or how I'm paying it. I take a cab home from the airport every time I'm flying home. They're now cleaner, friendlier, and all around better. The taxi system overplayed their hand for a long time, and now everyone in their industry is worse off for it, but customers are better off.

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ambiguator t1_jcgbjw8 wrote

Taxis to and from the airport are cheaper than uber lyft, most of the time.

Taxis to and from the airport are cheaper than uber lyft, most of the time.

Taxis to and from the airport are cheaper than uber lyft, most of the time.

Taxis to and from the airport are cheaper than uber lyft, most of the time.

Taxis to and from the airport are cheaper than uber lyft, most of the time.

Taxis to and from the airport are cheaper than uber lyft, most of the time.

Taxis to and from the airport are cheaper than uber lyft, most of the time.

Taxis to and from the airport are cheaper than uber lyft, most of the time.

Taxis to and from the airport are cheaper than uber lyft, most of the time.

Taxis to and from the airport are cheaper than uber lyft, most of the time.

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