More expensive per mile than Concorde was ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/tr...ht-MALAGA.html

In message , at
04:41:31 on Fri, 28 Nov 2014, CJB remarked:
More expensive per mile than Concorde was ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/tr...ess-tops-list-
tickets-cost-return-flight-MALAGA.html

I think you'll find a taxi is even more expensive.
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Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at
04:41:31 on Fri, 28 Nov 2014, CJB remarked:
More expensive per mile than Concorde was ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/tr...ess-tops-list-
tickets-cost-return-flight-MALAGA.html

I think you'll find a taxi is even more expensive.

and I think they meant the "EU" as Oslo is even more expensive

tim

On 2014-11-28 19:13:55 +0000, tim..... said:

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at
04:41:31 on Fri, 28 Nov 2014, CJB remarked:
More expensive per mile than Concorde was ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/tr...ess-tops-list-

tickets-cost-return-flight-MALAGA.html

I think you'll find a taxi is even more expensive.

and I think they meant the "EU" as Oslo is even more expensive

Arlanda (Stockholm) is about £22 one way, a pound more than HEX. I've
forked out for this a few times.

E.

If you're travelling alone. If you share the taxi - and the cost- with other
people, the cost per person is quite reasonable for the door-to-door
convenience.

I'm always surprised when I see entire families travelling to and from airports
by public transport.

In message , at 09:46:45 on Sat, 29
Nov 2014, Robin9 remarked:

Roland Perry;145904 Wrote:
In message , at
04:41:31 on Fri, 28 Nov 2014, CJB remarked:-
More expensive per mile than Concorde was ...

http://tinyurl.com/kt2kplh
tickets-cost-return-flight-MALAGA.html-

I think you'll find a taxi is even more expensive.

If you're travelling alone. If you share the taxi - and the cost- with
other people, the cost per person is quite reasonable for the
door-to-door convenience.

A taxi can also be cheaper than a week's parking at many airports.

I'm always surprised when I see entire families travelling to and from
airports by public transport.

Force of habit, perhaps.


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Roland Perry

On 29/11/2014 10:32, Roland Perry wrote:

Robin9 remarked:
Roland Perry;145904 Wrote:
CJB remarked:-

More expensive per mile than Concorde was ...

http://tinyurl.com/kt2kplh
tickets-cost-return-flight-MALAGA.html-

I think you'll find a taxi is even more expensive.

If you're travelling alone. If you share the taxi - and the cost- with
other people, the cost per person is quite reasonable for the
door-to-door convenience.

A taxi can also be cheaper than a week's parking at many airports.

You usually have to be living fairly close to the airport (and certainly
around its nominal names town or city) for that to be the case. I live
over 70m from Heathrow. There is no way that a taxi (both ways) can
compete with parking at the airport. At least, not just in cost.

"JNugent" wrote

I think you'll find a taxi is even more expensive.

If you're travelling alone. If you share the taxi - and the cost- with
other people, the cost per person is quite reasonable for the
door-to-door convenience.

A taxi can also be cheaper than a week's parking at many airports.

You usually have to be living fairly close to the airport (and certainly
around its nominal names town or city) for that to be the case. I live
over 70m from Heathrow. There is no way that a taxi (both ways) can
compete with parking at the airport. At least, not just in cost.


Perhaps we need a optimiser ?

Cheap parking at the airport often needs an extra car to shuttle bus
interchange.

So near-to-airport parking plus taxi is worth pricing as is long-term hotel
parking included in the overnight rate.

And does anyone offer a valet to drive your car from hotel to airport when
you leave and park it afterwards ?


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Mike D

On 2014-11-29 08:46:45 +0000, Robin9 said:

I'm always surprised when I see entire families travelling to and from
airports
by public transport.

There are other reasons - for instance, in some areas taxi drivers are
very unreliable, drive dangerously or both. If you make the comparison
with a premium airport car service instead, sometimes the balance may
well tip in favour of public transport, particularly coach or if Family
Railcards are applicable.

Neil
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Neil Williams
Put my first name before the @ to reply.

I assume - please correct me if I'm wrong - that you're referring to some
minicab drivers. Certainly it is the case that there are some really awful
minicab drivers in London who drive dangerously, are rude and/or unhelpful,
overcharge and keep neither their cars not themselves clean.

Almost every minicab firm in the London area has at least some drivers who do
not fit the above description. The prudent customer, when booking the cab,
asks that "a nice driver" is allocated to them. If the cab firm is any good, the
controller will understand what the customer is worrying about and will provide
a decent driver.