July 28 Update: Uber has agreement to serve Syracuse airport. See
https://uberpeople.net/threads/airport-drop-offs-warning.179536/#post-2810732
Lyft appears better than Uber at airport documentation and possibly airport coverage in Upstate-NY. Look here.
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At the moment, only Lyft (not Uber) can transport passengers to and from the airport. Lyft reached an agreement with the airport to pay $2 every time it picks up or drops off passengers there, on top of a one-time fee of $2,500. - June 29, 2017 - Lauren Long of UpStateNewYork
Warning: Even without an agreement, Uber may send you to the airport with a passenger. Uber has done this in the past with Connecticut drivers who received $1500 fines at Westchester County Airport when caught. Uber offered no support to these distressed "independent contractors" beyond "Would you like the name of a good lawyer?"
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Lyft to pay Syracuse airport $2 for each pick-up, drop-off
Syracuse.com - June 23, 2017 By Patrick Lohmann
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The ride-booking app Lyft will pay the Syracuse airport $2 every time it picks up or drops off a passenger at the airport, executive director Christina Callahan said Friday.
The app will also pay a one-time fee of $2,500 to the airport to be used for signs and other "logistics" for designating an area for the ride-booking app to use on airport property, Callahan said.
She could not provide an estimate of how much money the airport would make off of Lyft a year, saying the airport would wait and see how much passengers actually use the app.
"We're not sure yet," she said. "That's something we're going to monitor."
An identical contract was offered to Lyft's competitor, Uber, but the airport has not yet heard back, Callahan said. Unless Uber responds and agrees to the contract, it will not be able to pick up passengers at the airport.
"As of today, Lyft has signed an agreement. Uber has not," Callahan said.
On Thursday, five young Uber staff members in black t-shirts sat behind Macbooks at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Syracuse.
The apps are arriving in Upstate New York on Thursday after they were legalized to operate here in the state budget passed in April. At the moment, New York City is the only place in the state where they operate.
In Buffalo, the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority agreed Thursday evening it would charge a $3.50 fee per ride in addition to a $5,000 "permit" fee to Lyft to allow it to pick up or drop off passengers, according to the Buffalo News.
https://uberpeople.net/threads/airport-drop-offs-warning.179536/#post-2810732
Lyft appears better than Uber at airport documentation and possibly airport coverage in Upstate-NY. Look here.
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At the moment, only Lyft (not Uber) can transport passengers to and from the airport. Lyft reached an agreement with the airport to pay $2 every time it picks up or drops off passengers there, on top of a one-time fee of $2,500. - June 29, 2017 - Lauren Long of UpStateNewYork
Warning: Even without an agreement, Uber may send you to the airport with a passenger. Uber has done this in the past with Connecticut drivers who received $1500 fines at Westchester County Airport when caught. Uber offered no support to these distressed "independent contractors" beyond "Would you like the name of a good lawyer?"
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Lyft to pay Syracuse airport $2 for each pick-up, drop-off
Syracuse.com - June 23, 2017 By Patrick Lohmann
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The ride-booking app Lyft will pay the Syracuse airport $2 every time it picks up or drops off a passenger at the airport, executive director Christina Callahan said Friday.
The app will also pay a one-time fee of $2,500 to the airport to be used for signs and other "logistics" for designating an area for the ride-booking app to use on airport property, Callahan said.
She could not provide an estimate of how much money the airport would make off of Lyft a year, saying the airport would wait and see how much passengers actually use the app.
"We're not sure yet," she said. "That's something we're going to monitor."
An identical contract was offered to Lyft's competitor, Uber, but the airport has not yet heard back, Callahan said. Unless Uber responds and agrees to the contract, it will not be able to pick up passengers at the airport.
"As of today, Lyft has signed an agreement. Uber has not," Callahan said.
On Thursday, five young Uber staff members in black t-shirts sat behind Macbooks at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Syracuse.
The apps are arriving in Upstate New York on Thursday after they were legalized to operate here in the state budget passed in April. At the moment, New York City is the only place in the state where they operate.
In Buffalo, the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority agreed Thursday evening it would charge a $3.50 fee per ride in addition to a $5,000 "permit" fee to Lyft to allow it to pick up or drop off passengers, according to the Buffalo News.