FlightMan

Gotta catch a cab from JFK to Manhattan approx 20-00 tomorrow evening.
Anyone know approx cost and what cabs are "genuine"?

Working at LHR I know the problems with rogue taxi drivers around here, and dont want to get ripped off. A foreign collegue got charged £56 from Terminal 3 to Egham last week!

Thanks.

Freak

in the region of $40 from JFK--> midtown from what i have read (going to nyc myself soon)

Daryl

You can't miss them, they're big and yellow! Leg room is crap, thanks to the huge divider behind the front bench

You'll probably get approached by people trying to hustle you into a private hire type thingy, just say no thanks and wait in line for a yellow cab. About $30-40 is right, but they will expect a tip, as does everyone else who provides a service! 15% is about right.

class_A

Look for a uniformed taxi despatcher in arrivals, they will sort you out with a licensed cab.

jamin

Flew into there last week, theres a taxi rank outside the front you can tell whos genuine not only by their yellow cabs but also the fact they dont ask you if you want to get in!

Tiggs

JFK to the city is a fixed price. (if you use a rouge....i did once.....you dont que, they drive at 100mph and get you there fast!!!.....cost twice as much but as $1 is about 4p right now who cares!)

ALi-B

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What Class A said...at JFK the taxi rank has a "yellow medallion" cab dispatcher. Suited up, usually quite a friendly fellow

Genuine yellow cabs, are...wait for it yellow and have some medallion thingy rivited on the bonnet (nearside I think). Most are Ford Crown Victorias, or chevy Caprice's, but sometimes you do get the odd station wagon or 4x4. You will pay the going rate, they are all metered.

However, a little warning, Taxi drivers in NY is often the 1st step on the career ladder for immigrants. Although they maybe legal and legit. If your unlucky, you'll get a driver who can't speak English and has very questionable driving skills - so put your seat belt on!

But that's no different to the mini-cabs round where I live in the UK, so i'm used to it

jasey

I must be really unlucky - All the Taxis I've been in (In New York) are driven by people matching your description. And one was an absolute spitting Image of Osama Bin Laden - He was good fun though .

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Fair point Most are like that. But there are some really bad ones out there.

Still - I got a free cab ride the once, as compensation for him running to the back of another cab

Ian_S

fixed price of $35 last year but i believe it may have risen to $45

MartinM

Why use a cab? - the buses are fine ... and a lot cheaper too, if that's important

Jay m A

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It was a fixed price of $32 summer 2003

Johnny50

Still is a fixed price from JFK to anywhere in Manhatten.

It was around $40.

homerdog

I tried this once, never again!

Jay m A

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Yup, speaking from experience getting a bus from JFK isn't the best way to start a romantic weekend LOL

the moose

Getting BACK to the airport, book a fixed-price limo - managed to get stung for $100 once when traffic was horrendous. For $50 or so you'll get a pimpmobile and not feel out of place doing so.

AndrewC

What's wrong with the good ol' 8th Avenue Express (the A line) ?

$2 gets you anywhere in the city!

Andrew...

jasey

If you're on holiday get a stretch limo.

If you're working get a cab.

If you're seeking asylum get the bus.

class_A

Anyone got a number/website of a limo firm they use? I'd like to treat us to this when we go for girlfriend's birthday.

the moose

Just get your hotel to find one when you're there.

248SPG

It was $49 fixed rate from JFK to anywhere in Manhatten when I was there about 6 weeks ago.

Jerome

Don't NY cabs still give receipts? I thought they were pretty rip-off free. Probably because the roads are a grid, it would be easier to spot if you were going round the houses to get somewhere. I found NY yellow cabs were cheaper and less prone to ripping you off than London black cabs.

Make sure you have the perpendicular road name of the place you're going as well. Rather than just 12345 Broadway, it would be 12345 Broadway and 7th Street, for example.

jasey

http://www.nylimos.com/

Are the guys we used when we last went.

There's lots to choose from - No guarantees - But they did turn up at the airport when we arrived and at the Hotel to take us back .

Tell Herb (I think that was his Name) that Jason sent you and I'm sure he'll say "Who ?" .