Car service to Laguardia Airport at 4:30AM on Wednesday

I live in Crown Heights a few blocks away from the Brooklyn Museum of Art , I don't know if thats near where you live , and we paid $30 from my apartment to LaGuardia using Eastern Car Service.My husband tipped him $5.

Yellow cab , I have no clue.

We pay $28 to LGA... I know they charge more during rush hour in the mornings, but I don't know how much (maybe this is where the $30 comes from?).

re: JFK... it all depends on how they take you. I tell them to take North Conduit to Atlantic to Vanderbilt, which usually runs me about $30-ish (before tip). Though, when I first moved here (and obviously didn't know how to go), a yellow cab driver took some crazy way and it was about $50.

Wow. $50 to/from JFK is WAY too much. Ditto Veggie Queen's suggestion -- don't let them take you on the Belt. Atlantic seems to be a bit slower than Atlantic, however, so I usually tell them Conduit - Atlantic - Eastern Parkway, but I'm sure it's a toss-up, depending on your location within PH.

Whatever car service you end up with, make sure you take their card so when you get back into NY you don't get stuck with the vultures that hover around the airport trying to charge you 10 times as much to get you back home. Last time I was at JFK, two different car service guys tried to charge me $65 to get to Park Slope. What?!?! So I call my local guys and they had someone out to meet me in 10 minutes. $35 dollars later I was home relaxing.

Subject: Re: Car service to Laguardia Airport at 4:30AM on Wednesday

SirSterling wrote: Hi al,

I need some advice, I have a 7 AM flight out of LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday. What is the standard rate from our neighborhood to the airport? I called Aribica, they wanted $30, is this fair? How much do you usually tip?

Also, how much does a yello cab normally run from LaGuardia back to Prospect Heights? Last time I took a cab from Kennedy, it was $50!

Thanks so much

I just did this last Tuesday (also 7am) -- Evelyn on Vanderbilt was $25 to LGA, and the cab ride home was a little over $30 (i go BQE to the Tillary exit and up Flatbush). I usually tip $5, but I think 10-15% is normal. Evelyn back from JFK was $35.

alafairnadia wrote: if you get out at the exit before tillary - I think it's kent - you can just head south on washington or vanderbilt or wherever you live, instead of having to go all the way to tillary and then all the way back on flatbush.

yup, kent/wythe -- thanks for the tip!

OnEasternParkway wrote: Wow. $50 to/from JFK is WAY too much. Ditto Veggie Queen's suggestion -- don't let them take you on the Belt. Atlantic seems to be a bit slower than Atlantic, however, so I usually tell them Conduit - Atlantic - Eastern Parkway, but I'm sure it's a toss-up, depending on your location within PH.

the only problem here is that they still don't know how to find conduit or pretend not to and lie - totally not fun.

Mamacita wrote: Whatever car service you end up with, make sure you take their card so when you get back into NY you don't get stuck with the vultures

-- wait, you can do this?! and they actually find you?

thanks, mamacita! next week i will be go to SF and when i return, i get in at 5am... not a fun time to be taking the bus or fussing over which highway the yellow cab didn't take me on!