Originally Posted by
seacarl
If you come to JFK much, there's a 10-trip ticket on the airtrain for $25. It says it is only good for six months, but mine came on a Metrocard with expiration in 12 months, and it kept working for that long. So if you can use it more than six times in a year, the 10-trip card is worth it.
FWIW, I just read on the Port Authority web site that the 10 trip airtrain ticket is, in fact, good for 365 days. But I guess they print them on metro cards, which have a shorter expiration date when they aren't used for the 10-trip airtrain card.
I assumed I would just take a cab from the hotel to Penn Station; LIRR to Jamaica; then Airtrain. I have no idea which entrances/exits to/from the subway have escalators these days, and I sure don't want to get stuck carrying my bags up/down multiple flights of stairs. Anyway, we'll figure it out when we're there. It's not a big deal and certainly nothing to worry about.
-David