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that was for a different ride. The comparison was with 113$.

>>> ”I got in the Uber to go to JFK. I was on my phone so I wasn’t paying attention. When I got to JFK, I looked to see what the price was to see what I’d tip. I saw $113. I was shocked. I was annoyed,” she told The Post Wednesday.

Also, PSA: Not sure it is still uptodate but years ago, official taxicab had set prices (~60$) to all NYC airports (JFK,LAG).

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Yes I was going to bring this up. The NYC airport taxi fares are fixed price ($70). There are additional smaller fees applied based on time of day, tolls, etc, but a ride to/from Manhattan to JFK shouldn't be more than $85 or so inclusive of tip.

JFK/EWR have the flat rate, but LGA does not. However, it winds up costing about the same to get to any airport from midtown since LGA is closer but you don't get the flat rate.

My understanding is that EWR doesn't have the flat rate because it is outside of NYC (and is also so far away that I cannot imagine how much a cab would be for that destination)

Yeah they seem to have diferent fares based on the street you go to. https://www.newarkairport.com/to-from-airport/taxi-car-and-v...

EWR is actually faster to get to from certain parts of manhattan over JFK.

Thanks, I didn't realize that. Good to know!

JFK is usually a speedy trip. Take the LIRR from Grand Central or Penn Station and it's 22 minutes to Jamaica, then about 10 minutes to the terminals.

If it's rush hour, the train pretty much always beats driving. Off hours, consider the $70 to be home in 10 minutes.

Yeah, I wish LGA would get the subway connection because the LIRR to JFK is usually faster and much cheaper than a taxi during rush hour to LGA.

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