Originally Posted by
wahoonc
I have a deal with one of the local cab companies here, we are just outside the zone pricing from the airport, they could legally charge me by the mile, it would cost me ~$75 to get to the local airport. However they offered me the regular zone price of $30 + a $7.50 "service" charge
. There are taxis and there are car services. When I travel to my corporate office I use a car service and have used one a couple of times from the larger airport that is just over an hour from my house. It is usually cheaper than a regular by the mile (or fraction thereof) cab service.
Aaron
Another thing cabbies have told me reminds me of your situation a bit: Railroad companies sometimes use cabs to transport work crews who have been "stranded" at the end of a train run. I guess sometimes these cab rides can be a couple hundred miles or more. But they must be cheaper or more convenient than paying somebody to drive a company car all those miles to pick up a crew.