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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 1:44 pm
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Originally Posted by VolFanDave
Returning home last night from NYC(W 39th), driver took the (I think)Midtown Tunnel to 495 then to LGA. When we got to LGA, the fare was $26.80 which I thought was a little low but I'd not noticed him adding the toll to the extras amount on the meter as we passed through the toll plaza at the end of the tunnel. As he was helping us with our luggage, he told me "add $5 to the amount-I forgot to add the tunnel toll." I paid $31.80 along with a 20% tip in cash-should I have used a credit card and paid the $26.80 + tip and let him eat the toll charge since he didn't add it?
If you took a tunnel, it was the Midtown Tunnel.

That said, if you saw the EZ Pass amount added to the meter and the cabbie asked you for more, if I were you, I would not have paid the extra amount.
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