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sugr_magnolia t1_jcf38pa wrote

Reply to comment by cpndff93 in Airport taxi drivers protest over pickup zone compromise by PROMETHEUS606

Yes, there is a flat rate. Not everyone knows this. Sometimes (especially if traffic on 95 is bad) they will try to run the meter on you despite the flat rate. I've gotten into an argument with a cab driver on more than one occasion because they've tried to pull this on me.

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Vague_Disclosure t1_jcf9549 wrote

provide garbage service for years.. act shocked and incredulous when someone innovates you out of a job

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tomyownrhythm t1_jcf8omn wrote

Or when I lived in south Philly and the flat rate was an overcharge and they would get pissy about a “short fare.” I get that my ride wasn’t the lucrative one, but asking “are you sure” when I give my home address is ludicrous. I used to carry an extra $10 to hand to drivers that didn’t try to gouge me after I expensed my max tip allowed by my company.

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sugr_magnolia t1_jcfr6h5 wrote

I live slightly south of South, so technically out of the "Center City" zone for a flat rate. Had one driver argue this point with me and said it allowed him to run the meter. I knew he was doing it because it was a high traffic time of day. I shut that down real quick by threatening to call the PPA while we were on 95. No fucking way are you charging me a higher rate for going a shorter distance than the CC zone.

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Sweaty-Inside t1_jcgxvu3 wrote

>I got into a taxi at the airport headed to the Italian market. The taxi got onto 76, took me all the way out to the zoo and then headed back into center city and down to south Philly and tried to charge me close to $100. PPA didn’t care. I filed a report and never heard anything back.

They moved the zone several years back. It goes down to Washington Ave. now.

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krissyface t1_jcgmb7p wrote

This is correct. They’ll refuse to run the flat rate. Or they’ll try to charge the flat rate if you’re not going far enough.

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