[jacurtis]

I've started taking taxis from Airports instead of Ubers. There is often a line of idle taxis waiting for rides, and then a bunch of people on their phones in the corner refreshing Uber/Lyft competing over the same handful of drivers.

People have the impression that Taxis are more expensive than Ubers, but that's actually rarely the case. I've found they are pretty close most of the time. I find that Uber/Lyft is cheaper for short trips (< $10) and Taxis are cheaper for longer trips ($10-50).

Also, LPT for everyone. Many/Most airports actually have flat taxi rates between the airport and the city. Be sure to ask about this. A lot of big cities will have a flat price for taxies of like $20 or $30 between the airport and city. I really like this. Also, all taxis nowadays take cards and most take ApplePay too.

[pxx]

Do they really, though? Because even pre-Uber most taxis took cards but their machine was always conveniently broken.

[jacurtis]

I usually enter the car saying "I don't have any cash, only card. Is that ok?"

And i've been turned down once or twice. I use cabs a lot, so I could call those experiences extreme outliars.