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travel reimbursement

Post by umichman » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:17 am

do i mail in the form with the receipts

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:21 am

yah brah

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:26 am

I think I got ripped off on a cab ride from the LaGuardia to Manhattan... Embarrassed to turn in my receipt...

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by cookiejar1 » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:32 am

Anonymous User wrote:I think I got ripped off on a cab ride from the LaGuardia to Manhattan... Embarrassed to turn in my receipt...
lol, shouldn't it be a flat fare

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by Tiago Splitter » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:32 am

cookiejar1 wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:I think I got ripped off on a cab ride from the LaGuardia to Manhattan... Embarrassed to turn in my receipt...
lol, shouldn't it be a flat fare
not from laguardia. How much was it?

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:42 am

Tiago Splitter wrote:
cookiejar1 wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:I think I got ripped off on a cab ride from the LaGuardia to Manhattan... Embarrassed to turn in my receipt...
lol, shouldn't it be a flat fare
not from laguardia. How much was it?
It was a flat fare... uh oh. This guy holding an uber sign tried to charge me 75$ so I moved along. I asked someone waiting if she was in the cab line, and she said no, and then asked me where I was going. When I said Manhattan she pointed me over to a line of black cars and said "those are the cabs that take you to manhattan." So it was a 65$ flat fee... oops.

Also, I will be needing to get back to the airport soon... Uber? Yellow Cab?

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by Tiago Splitter » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:57 am

$65 is high but not terrible. Going back either uber or yellow cab is fine. Yellow cab should be $30-40 before tip.

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:00 pm

Tiago Splitter wrote:$65 is high but not terrible. Going back either uber or yellow cab is fine. Yellow cab should be $30-40 before tip.
thanks for this. One the way back it was $50 (w/ a very generous tip included). Oh well, you live and you learn.

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:11 pm

Are you going to submit the receipt? Same exact thing just happened to me haha

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by 5ky » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:14 pm

you should always submit your receipts.

don't listen to anybody hawking something at you for a cab, though. just follow the signs to the yellow cabs.

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:18 pm

Anonymous User wrote:Are you going to submit the receipt? Same exact thing just happened to me haha
Yeah, I figure the worst thing that can happen is they ask me what happened (I'm not even going to try to explain it because I'm hoping they just won't notice), and I'll explain.
5ky wrote:you should always submit your receipts.

don't listen to anybody hawking something at you for a cab, though. just follow the signs to the yellow cabs.
Yeah, I definitely should have known better. All I saw was black cars, so I sort of assumed that was some weird NY airport cab system... I'm headed back there soon, so I will look for signs next time.

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:19 pm

I got cab to Midtown Manhattan it was 55+ 5.5 in tolls + 20% tip (I wanted to tip 15% but it wasn't available on the screen) so it was around 75 bucks total for JFK to midtown (18 miles total). This was in a legit yellow cab too flat fare was $52. Taxis are expensive bro.

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by 5ky » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:22 pm

$65 isn't even that high, as tiago mentioned earlier. a cab from LGA to downtown manhattan could easily be $60 with tip and traffic.

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:23 pm

Anonymous User wrote:I got cab to Midtown Manhattan it was 55+ 5.5 in tolls + 20% tip (I wanted to tip 15% but it wasn't available on the screen) so it was around 75 bucks total for JFK to midtown (18 miles total). This was in a legit yellow cab too flat fare was $52. Taxis are expensive bro.
AHH, yes I ran into the 20% tip being the lowest option too, on top of my 65$ flat fee. So then I felt double scammed... Life in the big city man, I tell ya.

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by 5ky » Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:23 pm

Anonymous User wrote:I got cab to Midtown Manhattan it was 55+ 5.5 in tolls + 20% tip (I wanted to tip 15% but it wasn't available on the screen) so it was around 75 bucks total for JFK to midtown (18 miles total). This was in a legit yellow cab too flat fare was $52. Taxis are expensive bro.
JFK is a good bit further away so it'll be more expensive. Also, those buttons for tipping are just there to goad you into tipping a lot. You can enter whatever amount you want when prompted.

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by Ken Kesey » Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:27 am

Uber LGA to downtown is 40-50 bucks, don't have to tip.

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by dixiecupdrinking » Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:51 am

Always tip generously on the firms dime. It's a small robin hood moment in a life of being the sheriff.

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by dixiecupdrinking » Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:56 am

Desert Fox wrote:
dixiecupdrinking wrote:Always tip generously on the firms dime. It's a small robin hood moment in a life of being the sheriff.
I tip 25 into 35, my dinner budget all the time and nobody has said anything.
Would love to hear that convo. "We give you that budget so you can get two extra desserts, not to give it to some guy busting his ass and getting paid under the table!"

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Re: travel reimbursement

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Aug 20, 2015 11:07 pm

Does anyone get subway fare reimbursed or is that just stingy?

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