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https://www.economist.com/gulliver/2018/11/19/airports-have-been-hit-by-the-rise-of-uber-and-lyft
Airports have been hit by the rise of Uber and Lyft [Economist]
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I will double check when I have a minute because I have to remember the trip. If I am not mistaken (98% sure) ladt time I had a drop off I had 2.00 airport fee. I dont remember seeing it before but I never really looked. I will get back to you.
Dont airports get a fee for each ride in and out from Uberand Lyft?
Airports do make a lot of money off airport usage fees. Providence Airport tried to charged Uber $6.00 earlier this year.
https://ride.guru/lounge/p/how-do-i-take-an-uber-from-tf-green-airport-providence
Airports do seem to charge fees, however they do not appear to be very large and also appear to be different depending on the airport
On Lyft for example the Ride receipt will have a section called (Others Received) - which they describe as: Third-party fees are amounts that we're required to pay to someone else, like sales taxes and airport fees.
For example I dropped a passenger off at Philadelphia Airport on Friday night
Others Received Section listed $3.48,
Immediately after drop-off re-match feature sent me around to baggage claim to grab a passenger from the same airport
Others Received Section from the pick up listed $3.69
Then on Sunday I dropped a passenger off at Newark Airport
Others Received Section listed $0.50
Immediately after drop-off re-match feature sent me around to baggage claim to grab a passenger from the same airport
Others Received Section from the pick up listed $0.50
$0.50 appears in the Others Receive section of every (Airport and non airpo…
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Airports do seem to charge fees, however they do not appear to be very large and also appear to be different depending on the airport
On Lyft for example the Ride receipt will have a section called (Others Received) - which they describe as: Third-party fees are amounts that we're required to pay to someone else, like sales taxes and airport fees.
For example I dropped a passenger off at Philadelphia Airport on Friday night
Others Received Section listed $3.48,
Immediately after drop-off re-match feature sent me around to baggage claim to grab a passenger from the same airport
Others Received Section from the pick up listed $3.69
Then on Sunday I dropped a passenger off at Newark Airport
Others Received Section listed $0.50
Immediately after drop-off re-match feature sent me around to baggage claim to grab a passenger from the same airport
Others Received Section from the pick up listed $0.50
$0.50 appears in the Others Receive section of every (Airport and non airport ride I picked up in NJ) - perhaps Lyft and Uber paid a large sum of money to Newark Airport to operate there and the airport does not collect separate fees?
In PA it clearly looks like the Others Received Section charges much more for airport pickups and drop offs, as regular Philadelphia non-airport ride charges something like $0.18 in taxes per ride
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$2.75 at Boston Logan Airport. That isn't a small fee considering it's 10% of the fare on a $30 ride.
Airports make 100s of millions of dollars on "airport usage fees" or "pickup fees." It's such a big business that some airports have exclusive contracts with taxi dispatchers and sometimes have their own taxi workforce! (BWI Airport Taxi is an example)
Did you know an airport makes $19 per passenger for its usage? Yep. $19 out of your fare goes to them.