Originally Posted by techgirl
One, a cab will cost you more than the rental car by the time you factor idle time. (I used to work north of DFW about four miles west of Frys - or about half the distance you will go in the cab) and cab would routinely run me $20 to $25 one way to drop me at my building.
Even without idle - that would be $40-$50 roundtrip - not worth it when the rental is roundabout the same money, but gives me a place to store my carry-on in the trunk, much more flexibility and 500 miles on either LH, KL or Asiamiles. So thanks a lot for the perspective - I had no idea a cab would be that expensive.
Two, time - rental car pick up/drop off is not uber-convenient and will add a good hour to your overall time vs. hopping in a cab.
Hmmm, I could use either Avis Preferred or Hertz Gold - that should reduce time considerably, wouldn't it? Aren't those two close to/inside the terminal?
That said, with five hours, I would rent the car so I'm not paying for someone to idle outside of Frys (and calling a cab to come back and pick you up could have you waiting 30 or more minutes - we just don't do cabs much in Dallas).
Seems indeed the best thing to do - thanks a lot.
Besides, I suspect you will want to take your time and enjoy that Frys - it is one of the nicest in the whole chain. If you see the 30-ish young redhead and brunette wandering around the store together, wave at your fellow FTers - that would be PeachesBB and I - we've been in there several times a week over the past couple of months and know a lot of the salespeople in the various departments by name.
Actually this one is going to be the eleventh Fry's I am going to - been to Freemont, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Anaheim, Fountain Valley, Downer's Grove, Las Vegas, Duluth, Phoenix and Tempe - so I'm looking forward to experience a new one...;-)! And all except Downer's Grove were very nice - so if this is one of the nicest, I certainly have something to look forward to.
I certainly will look out for the two of you - I always enjoy meeting other FT'ers and have a chat...but now everything depends on AA to let me standby for the direct CLE-DFW instead of going CLE-ORD-DFW as I booked. If they do I stop by that store on my way back home from the CLE-DO in August, for sure.
btw: Is there any way to check the store's ads online somewhere beforehand???
Greetings - Dirk