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Re: Uber
« Reply #680 on: March 12, 2015, 08:07:36 AM »
Just check in the app.
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Re: Uber
« Reply #681 on: March 12, 2015, 11:17:55 AM »
Could I order an uber ride from JFK to Lakewood?

If so how much will it cost?


Uber I believe cannot pick up at JFK, you would have to shuttle off site to a hotel etc.

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Re: Uber
« Reply #682 on: March 12, 2015, 11:19:37 AM »
Uber I believe cannot pick up at JFK, you would have to shuttle off site to a hotel etc.

They have picked me up from JFK numerous times.
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Re: Uber
« Reply #683 on: March 12, 2015, 11:30:51 AM »
Uber I believe cannot pick up at JFK, you would have to shuttle off site to a hotel etc.

I've had pick up in JFK before and just last week as well
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Re: Uber
« Reply #684 on: March 12, 2015, 11:35:14 AM »
I've had pick up in JFK before and just last week as well
Officially?

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Re: Uber
« Reply #685 on: March 12, 2015, 11:37:04 AM »
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Re: Uber
« Reply #686 on: March 12, 2015, 11:53:52 AM »
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Re: Uber
« Reply #687 on: March 12, 2015, 06:30:19 PM »
Yes.
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Re: Uber
« Reply #688 on: March 12, 2015, 07:10:16 PM »
Just got over 1k SPG points for some uber rides over the past few days :) They post in under a day, btw.


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Re: Uber
« Reply #689 on: March 12, 2015, 07:16:18 PM »
Uber in Boston tacks 8.75 onto any ride to or from the airport.  But doesn't tell you about it in the app--only in what they term the "fine print" on their website https://www.uber.com/cities/boston

By comparison taxis charge a 2.75 fee for the airport.

I don't think I like Uber.

ETA: Actually, taxis don't pay anything. The 2.75 is the tolls, while Uber's 8.75 is exclusive of tolls.
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Re: Uber
« Reply #690 on: March 12, 2015, 07:21:45 PM »
Uber in Boston tacks 8.75 onto any ride to or from the airport.  But doesn't tell you about it in the app--only in what they term the "fine print" on their website https://www.uber.com/cities/boston

By comparison taxis charge a 2.75 fee for the airport.

I don't think I like Uber.

ETA: Actually, taxis don't pay anything. The 2.75 is the tolls, while Uber's 8.75 is exclusive of tolls.

Which is more expensive? And I'm surprised you don't get a pop up message in teh app when it notices you are in the airport. That's what I usually get when there's something like that.

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Re: Uber
« Reply #691 on: March 12, 2015, 07:27:52 PM »
Which is more expensive? And I'm surprised you don't get a pop up message in teh app when it notices you are in the airport. That's what I usually get when there's something like that.

No pop up message.  But I might have driven and parked already at that price.

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Re: Uber
« Reply #692 on: March 12, 2015, 07:28:44 PM »
That's often the case. You taxi/uber for the convenience. was it more expensive than taxi?

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Re: Uber
« Reply #693 on: March 12, 2015, 07:36:19 PM »
Also available in LA: "RoyalRideLA"

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Re: Uber
« Reply #694 on: March 12, 2015, 07:53:43 PM »
Just got over 1k SPG points for some uber rides over the past few days :) They post in under a day, btw.
Am I missing something or u really spent 1000$ in uber in the past few days...

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Re: Uber
« Reply #695 on: March 12, 2015, 08:19:53 PM »
Also available in LA: "RoyalRideLA"
Where is this service available?

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Re: Uber
« Reply #696 on: March 12, 2015, 09:53:40 PM »
That's often the case. You taxi/uber for the convenience. was it more expensive than taxi?

I don't think so.  However, at even 1.4x it likely would have been.  In Boston, it usually is at least that. 

But the point was not whether I could have gotten a better deal with a taxi, it was that they are hiding very large fees.

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Re: Uber
« Reply #697 on: March 13, 2015, 01:43:13 AM »
I don't think so.  However, at even 1.4x it likely would have been.  In Boston, it usually is at least that. 

But the point was not whether I could have gotten a better deal with a taxi, it was that they are hiding very large fees.
How I work is I always look at the estimate.

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Re: Uber
« Reply #698 on: March 13, 2015, 01:47:19 AM »
How I work is I always look at the estimate.

How convenient.

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Re: Uber
« Reply #699 on: March 13, 2015, 01:54:23 AM »
How convenient.
O give me a brake it's a total of 3 sec!