Brisbane Airport Taxi Departure

[QF WP]

You and Sequel have an interesting suggestion. What's wrong is that no cabs will go to the airport after about 7:30 to 8 pm at night. Because no driver is going to risk being out of pocket by missing a fare off the rank. Remember that last plane lands and if you don't pick up that's it. Long drive back to the nearest suburb and then a long wait on a rank for a job, and you paid $3 for the pleasure.

Definitely the risk of trying to pick up a late night job from the airport is all the cabbies. They generally drive back to Toombul Centro (as it's the closest place to find a fare) or up to the pub on Buckland Road. Then most would then go to Chermside Shopping Centre.

 

[medhead]

Definitely the risk of trying to pick up a late night job from the airport is all the cabbies. They generally drive back to Toombul Centro (as it's the closest place to find a fare) or up to the pub on Buckland Road. Then most would then go to Chermside Shopping Centre.

Yep, that's right missing a fare is a risk. There are a few close options, like toombul, hendra, clayfield way. But it is a Looong drive down the airport road and that can throw out the KPI on cents per km. To add to that insult the driver would also have to pay the $3 to leave the airport even if they miss a fare. When the first version of the boomgate was installed at least they could avoid the fee by reversing out of the rank. Even then there were drivers who stopped going to the airport. I'm not sure that's an option and it is only going to be the new (dumb) drivers, who haven't worked out how they earn their money yet, that will risk a long drive, 2 hours waiting and a $3 fee only to end up with no cash.

 

[Sequel]

From my experience, late at night it is people waiting at the taxi rank for cabs to turn up, rather than an abundance of cabs sitting at the holding area with no passengers.

 

[medhead]

No doubt the lack of cabs being due to the $3 fee as proposed. The feeder rank usually takes at least an hour to clear. So roughly cabs have stopped going to the airport 1 to 1.5 hours before the late at night experience of rare taxis.

 

[2muchplastic]

Yes, I am growing tired of having cabbies who not only do not know my (well-known) suburb but even query where "western suburbs" are.......

We must live pretty close then jayr, I live in the western suburbs, and had one cabbie tell me "Western suburbs? That's further than I go on my bloody holidays!"

I've had my fair share of cabbies that I've had to direct all the way to my house. Just what you want after a 12 or 14 hour flight.

 

[QF WP]

Yes, I can definitely relate to those experiences. Used to live at Moggill (up to the late 80's), so most of them admitted they hadn't been past Kenmore and could I guide them

 

[Groundfeeder]

When I say "The Gap please" our cabbie friends from Mumbai hastily start poking the TomTom. Older and wiser cabbies just say "which way would you like to go?"

 

[medhead]

Older and wiser cabbies just say "which way would you like to go?"

The young and wise cabbies also know tht trick. Much more profitable to let the passenger take you their "quick" way

 

[serfty]

The young and wise cabbies also know tht trick. Much more profitable to let the passenger take you their "quick" way

I often get a look when I tell a driver to take "The Nudgee Road" between BNE and the city. This simple tactic saves a minimum $3 off the fare when cpared to travelling via the freeway and doing the Links ave loop.

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[markis10]

Yes, I can definitely relate to those experiences. Used to live at Moggill (up to the late 80's), so most of them admitted they hadn't been past Kenmore and could I guide them

Thats nothing, I had almost 100% success rate with having to direct Sydney cabs on how to get to my place at Earlwood after getting back from O/S, you could actually see my home from the airport cab rank

 

[Groundfeeder]

I often get a look when I tell a driver to take "The Nudgee Road" between BNE and the city.

I've had 2 instances where the Mumbai boys cruised straight past my favoured Nudgee Rd route despite the independant urging from TomTom and pointed fingers from an increasingly frustrated passenger.
It's then a case of "turn the meter off until you get me back to where I wanted to go".:evil:

 

[medhead]

I've had 2 instances where the Mumbai boys cruised straight past my favoured Nudgee Rd route despite the independant urging from TomTom and pointed fingers from an increasingly frustrated passenger.
It's then a case of "turn the meter off until you get me back to where I wanted to go".:evil:

Nudgee Rd is probably my preferred option as well. But I'd probably prefer to go through hendra and ascot to come out on Kingsford smith drive at Cooksley St. This gets into the argument of fastest vs shortest route. My old man had the absolute shortest routes mapped out from Tarragindi to city or BNE, but I'm sure they added at least 10 minutes to the travel time, more to BNE. Plus people then start throwing around meaningless terms like rat running.

BTW the meter I used couldn't be turned off and on like that, because when turned off, it'd clear the fare once the vehicle travelled more then 10 metres. So in that case you have to just remember the difference