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do i mail in the form with the receipts

yah brah

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

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

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?

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?

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

$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.

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.

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.

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

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

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!"

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