Question of the Day - 20 February 2022

It’ll always be McCarraran 

It’ll always be McCarran to me just like Cook county hospital will never be Stroger hospital.

Note how 9/10 of the Strip is in the two higher fare zones, and downtown doesn't have a zone at all.

If South Point brought back their free airport shuttle, that's yet another reason to stay there. Save $54 compared to a cab ride to and from the Strip.

Remember when most of the Strip megatoilets had free airport shuttles? Remember when Gray Line could get you there for $8? Remember when you could visit Vegas without taking out a second mortgage and selling a kidney?

Doesn’t downtown have a rate / zone?

https://southpointcasino.com/hotel/airport-shuttle

SP does have their shuttle running.

Does having luggage or 2nd party in the car affect the rate.  They charge me $28 the other day to the MGM Park.  There was 2 of us imm the cab, both with luggage. 

Changing names is stupid because very few people will ever use the name.  Here in the East it's still National Airport (not Reagan National), the Triboro Bridge (not the RFK Bridge), and the Tappan Zee (not the Mario Cuomo Bridge).

Really? A question about cab fares generates mostly comments about the name of the airport? (I know, the questioner started it, but geez!) I'll never understand why people are so anal about the names of things. Actually, I don't understand why things need name changes OR to be named after people in the first place. 

I agree, airports etc. should be named after their location, less confusion. 

I like Larry Reid International 

Not like people don't change and names of things will change over time. No one calls JFK in New York Idlewild Airport anymore and I'm sure following generations will only know McCarran as Harry Reid Airport soon enough. Wait until T-Mobile's contract runs out at the arena, there will be another name for it to the highest bidder.

As other people have commented, I'd love to know why isn't there a zone for downtown?  

The D, Binions, Four Queens, etc. etc. all have a lot of traffic and they are all very close together, relative to the strip hotels.  It should be easy to set up a zone for this area.

LOL, I guess you could say I got long hauled by my cabs going both ways to the airport last Labor Day. They both charges me $ 28.00 from Imperial Palace (aka The Quad, aka The Linq) but it will always be IP to me.

I was wondering the same thing as tdikens.  I will be using a cab from McCarren soon and wondered about how much luggage is allowed before they might add a surcharge?  I'm talking 2 large suitcases and 3 carryons and 2 people.  Can't wait!

I think Downtown isn't included because that is within the City of Las Vegas limits and Clark County would have no jurisdiction to enact fare zones there.

No one mentioned shuttles run by private companies, like the old Beltrans.  Current ads say the top cost for the Strip is $18 and the top cost for Downtown is $25.  That's a bit cheaper than taxis.  Nobody mentioned casinos' own shuttles except for South Point.  I can tell you that the El Cortez has its own free shuttle TO the airport, I believe from 7am to 2pm, but for whatever reason, it doesn't appear to do the same for people going FROM the airport to the EC.  I don't know why.  AIRPORT NAME: I agree that the new name for Las Vegas' main airport is way worse than the old "McCarran", and that this is one thing they just should've left alone.  It seems that almost half of such changes are stupid or ridiculous.  So, what do we do?  Well, I will never say "Harry Reid International Airport"; too long & clunky, and too many people won't recognize it anyway.  I will just say "the airport"; I don't think anybody will get the location wrong.

When I was in Vegas in October, 2020, there was a sign in the taxi line area of the airport, and in the cab itself, which said there was a $1 fuel surcharge.  Gas prices haven't gone down since then, so that would probably explain tdikens $28 fare: $27 + $1 fuel surcharge.

For those that were charged more than the stated flat fee,  did you use a credit card? They charge you a fee to use a credit or debit card, and that could explain the bigger cost.