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I almost always use Northside Car Service to and from Williamsburg to any local airport, though it's usually JFK.
Yesterday, i called Northside 15 minutes before I wanted picked up. I got put on hold for 15 minutes and was starting to freak out as I had an international flight. It was raining and not a cab in site. A relative tried to get thru on her phone but it was busy.
Close to panicking now, I hit the Uber App. Surge pricing, for the first time ever for me after about 3 years. My $42 normal ride was $187. 3.5 times the Uber rate of $53 based on time & distance. By this time I was totally out of options, other than missing my flight, which was international.
In the past I called at night to order a car for the morning and Northside always said, "Just call us 10-15 minutes early and we will have a car there in 5-10 minutes. I didn't even think of booking online but you can bet I will never again rely on calling them for a car. My sisters were visiting last week and used Northside every where they went. And were thrilled with the great service.
Just a heads up for you car service users. And Uber users.
I generally always take mass transit to the airports which has thus far proven to be remarkably reliable. However, I know the issue if you have too much luggage. I tend to pack pretty light in relative to most people, so my experiences might be a bit biased.
I live 10 minutes from LGA by livery cab. So far cab is most reliable. It would take me 2 hours to get to LGA by bus via m60 to the terminal. However 2.50 vs 40.00 is a huge price difference. You get what you pay for.
To JFK airport. It takes 30 minutes by livery cab on a traffic free day. Rush hour to JFK is a nightmare. Instead I opt for for subway to air train which takes 90 minutes to JFK terminals.
I used Uber Line just a week ago to get from uptown Manhattan to Laguardia. It was 5:30am on a nice morning. We had to pick someone else up along the way. It cost me $17.
If I have a trip that will cause me to go to the airport during a busy time, I pre book Carmelo or Dial 7 the day before and always upgrade one car up (then you get a clean car and nice driver and it only costs $5 more than the **** house). I have never had any trouble.
In Queens, the local car service companies usually do a good job for a decent price getting me or any of my guests to either JFK or LGA. When it is an early morning flight, I also book/reserve the car the prior night before I go to sleep.
When my brother & his daughters visited last summer and I went to meet them (using public transportation) at JFK. Going to Queens we decided to take a metered yellow cab for the 4 of us as it would be equivalent to paying for the Airtrain + subway for 4 people. My brother checked Uber and the estimate was higher than the metered yellow taxicab fare.
Sounds like poor planning on your part. You should have made your reservation the day before. Every time, i need to go to the airport for a personal or business trip i schedule my transportation needs the day before. It's either SuperShuttle or Carmel. 2hr before pick up i call Carmel to make sure the driver didn't cancel or they don't have drivers available.
You live and learn but big tiddays always win!!!!!
I almost always use Northside Car Service to and from Williamsburg to any local airport, though it's usually JFK.
Yesterday, i called Northside 15 minutes before I wanted picked up. I got put on hold for 15 minutes and was starting to freak out as I had an international flight. It was raining and not a cab in site. A relative tried to get thru on her phone but it was busy.
Close to panicking now, I hit the Uber App. Surge pricing, for the first time ever for me after about 3 years. My $42 normal ride was $187. 3.5 times the Uber rate of $53 based on time & distance. By this time I was totally out of options, other than missing my flight, which was international.
In the past I called at night to order a car for the morning and Northside always said, "Just call us 10-15 minutes early and we will have a car there in 5-10 minutes. I didn't even think of booking online but you can bet I will never again rely on calling them for a car. My sisters were visiting last week and used Northside every where they went. And were thrilled with the great service.
Just a heads up for you car service users. And Uber users.
You book the day before. Whatever idiot told you to call 15 minutes before for an international flight.....was an idiot.
When you need to get to the airport you either put up $ or shut up.
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