At 09:40 AM 9/16/2004, Kyle Cassidy wrote:How does everybody get to the airport from w. philly? Typically I call a cab
and pay the $20, but I'm thinking that might not be the cheapest and most
effective way. I took the train to 30th once, but it wasn't appreciably
cheaper for the more round-about way of getting home.
I take Lady Liberty which costs $8 from University City. They pick you up at your place but give yourself extra time as you may not be the last pick up.
As always, the tradeoff is dollars vs time.
A cab ride is without question the fastest and most efficient method of getting to or from the airport in anything resembling a timely fashion. This is always true going OR returning. It is door-to-door service that leaves when you are ready. However, it is not the cheapest.
As long as time is not a concern, any limousine service (like Lady Liberty) is cheaper than a cab ride. The problem is that you have no idea if your trip will take twenty minutes or an hour and twenty minutes. It's a pure crap-shoot, unless you are going to the same hotel as the airline crew. Also, you frequently have to wait an extended period of time for the limo to "fill-up" at the airport on the return trip. What you save in dollars, you expend in time.
Conning a relative, friend, or neighbor to drive you down and drop you off using their car is the cheapest. And, as long as they pay for the parking, getting them to pick you up is also cheapest. (If you pay for the parking, it may still be the cheapest, but that advantage completely disappears after the first 30 minutes.)
Septa (the train) can be a "fun" way to go, but unless you are returning to 30th Street or Suburban Station, it is only one leg of the trip. You could take the "train to the plane" to the University City Station, walk two blocks and get the 42 in front of CHOP/HUP. Or, if you want the 21 or a trolly, go to 30th street and walk the 3 or 1 blocks (the Trolly is only 1 block, the 21 three.)
In the end, it's like "taking the red-eye" ... Yes, it's a cheaper flight, but you get what you pay for.
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