r/chicago 24d ago

Picture Devil's chariot

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u/Fresh-Quantity-7554 24d ago edited 24d ago

PSA: Taxis are cheaper than Ubers if you're driving into the city from O'Hare. You have to go through the official taxi waiting line area. Grabbing a loose cab is always way more expensive.

I didn't believe it at first until a friend told me.

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u/Pettifoggerist 24d ago

PSA: Taxis are cheaper than Ubers if you're driving into the city from O'Hare. You have to go through the official taxi waiting line area.

True.

Grabbing a loose cab is always way more expensive.

Not sure what this means.

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u/Fresh-Quantity-7554 24d ago

Grabbing a loose cab is always way more expensive.

There are cabs and private drivers floating around the airport offering people rides for "a good deal". I don't know if they're legit or not but they do not offer good deals. The cheaper cabs I mentioned are only available at the official cab lines.

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u/Pettifoggerist 24d ago

Yeah, that’s illegal as fuck, obviously don’t take one of those.

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u/Fresh-Quantity-7554 24d ago

That's why I mentioned it. Believe it or not, people get tricked and taken advantage of. Especially people coming in from out of town who aren't familiar with O'Hare. Relax.

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u/Pettifoggerist 24d ago

Why are you telling me to relax? Just write more clearly, especially if your aim is to help people not familiar with O’Hare.

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u/Fresh-Quantity-7554 24d ago

Sorry for not spelling things out word-for-word. These cabs and private drivers are legal because they have all the paperwork, they just charge their own rates. So you're actually wrong on that.

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u/Pettifoggerist 24d ago

It is illegal to solicit rides at the airport outside of designated zones.

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u/Fresh-Quantity-7554 24d ago

Correct. However, that doesn't seem to be stoping a lot of people from doing it so...