[filvdg]

As a European I lived in Argentina for a year. At one point I took an official looking city cab at the airport and quickly realised that the driver had other intentions than getting me to my apartment. He dropped me off in another part of town after emptying all my pockets, keeping my luggage as ransom. It does not need to be a complex kidnapping for you to feel unsafe.

[conanbatt]

I'm really surprised by this, there is an official cab office right outside ezeiza, which gives it some legitimacy. How did you pick a cab? (i want to know which ones are actually unsafe)

[dep_b]

Use Uber, call a radio taxi, use an app that is used by a local radio taxi or when you are actually at Ezeiza just go to one of the many stands that are right after the scanners before you go out into the main hall.

I am really careful at the points where you will find a lot of tourists like Ezeiza and the central bus station. We've got screwed by a "tapper" once, paid much more for the ride than was actually supposed because he rigged the meter. This happened just outside the bus station where they're waiting for victims from out of town that don't know the tariffs, distances etcetera.

Hailing on the street never went wrong.

[conanbatt]

I'm argentinian, I've never had issues coming from the airport, thats why i'm asking. Uber works from the airport? thats pretty sweet..

[dep_b]

I actually never used Uber! I assumed they were working in the greater Buenos Aires area not just the center. I'd personally take a remise over Uber any day.

[filvdg]

It looked like a city cab, yellow and black and was front in the line of all city cabs waiting in Ezeiza. Looking back at it it was a Peugeot that was too old to be running every day. It had the back seat door handles and window levers removed, something you only see when you are already in the car. In the end i was happy that he let me go. It cost me 200 USD ... it could have been worse.