Question: ATL F Concourse Taxi Into City
Mar 26, 2015, 9:52 pm
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Question: ATL F Concourse Taxi Into City
Sorry if this is answered elsewhere, but I've searched FT and the ATL Airport site and cannot find it...
Are there taxis available at the International Terminal exit, or do you need to ride the shuttle to the Domestic side to catch a cab? I just realized I've always either left my car or arranged for a friend/relative to pick me up. This will be my first time using a taxi. If taking the shuttle is necessary, I'll probably just arrange for a limo, but I'd need to do that within the next couple hours. So just to be sure, limos can pick you up from the International Terminal, right? I swear I've seen people holding signs, but can't remember ever seeing a taxi line.
Thanks in advance for the info.
Are there taxis available at the International Terminal exit, or do you need to ride the shuttle to the Domestic side to catch a cab? I just realized I've always either left my car or arranged for a friend/relative to pick me up. This will be my first time using a taxi. If taking the shuttle is necessary, I'll probably just arrange for a limo, but I'd need to do that within the next couple hours. So just to be sure, limos can pick you up from the International Terminal, right? I swear I've seen people holding signs, but can't remember ever seeing a taxi line.
Thanks in advance for the info.
Mar 27, 2015, 12:26 am
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Thanks. I'm booking a car right now.
Rant Alert: MARTA on a weekend turns a 12 minute drive into an hour plus trip. Between waiting for the train to leave ATL, waiting for the transfer from Red/Orange to Blue, hoping to find a cab at the station and the ride from there to my house.
Someday, Atlanta might actually get public transportation. Until then, anyone with options will choose something other than MARTA, with the exception of those very few who are going from the airport to a destination directly on the Red or Orange Lines. Public transportation is my choice in NYC, Philly, Chicago, Boston, Washington, Montreal, Amsterdam, Paris, Prague, Bangkok, Hong Kong and several other cities. If only our city/state leaders would visit one of those places and see how public transportation is supposed to work we might have a chance. Instead, we get the absolute, complete, unqualified failure the is MARTA, coupled with the new streetcar to nowhere. (It's as though city leaders thought The Simpson's monorail episode was a cast study to be followed.)
Rant Alert: MARTA on a weekend turns a 12 minute drive into an hour plus trip. Between waiting for the train to leave ATL, waiting for the transfer from Red/Orange to Blue, hoping to find a cab at the station and the ride from there to my house.
Someday, Atlanta might actually get public transportation. Until then, anyone with options will choose something other than MARTA, with the exception of those very few who are going from the airport to a destination directly on the Red or Orange Lines. Public transportation is my choice in NYC, Philly, Chicago, Boston, Washington, Montreal, Amsterdam, Paris, Prague, Bangkok, Hong Kong and several other cities. If only our city/state leaders would visit one of those places and see how public transportation is supposed to work we might have a chance. Instead, we get the absolute, complete, unqualified failure the is MARTA, coupled with the new streetcar to nowhere. (It's as though city leaders thought The Simpson's monorail episode was a cast study to be followed.)
Mar 27, 2015, 5:57 am
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Take the Internal train
Sorry if this is answered elsewhere, but I've searched FT and the ATL Airport site and cannot find it...
Are there taxis available at the International Terminal exit, or do you need to ride the shuttle to the Domestic side to catch a cab? I just realized I've always either left my car or arranged for a friend/relative to pick me up. This will be my first time using a taxi. If taking the shuttle is necessary, I'll probably just arrange for a limo, but I'd need to do that within the next couple hours. So just to be sure, limos can pick you up from the International Terminal, right? I swear I've seen people holding signs, but can't remember ever seeing a taxi line.
Thanks in advance for the info.
Are there taxis available at the International Terminal exit, or do you need to ride the shuttle to the Domestic side to catch a cab? I just realized I've always either left my car or arranged for a friend/relative to pick me up. This will be my first time using a taxi. If taking the shuttle is necessary, I'll probably just arrange for a limo, but I'd need to do that within the next couple hours. So just to be sure, limos can pick you up from the International Terminal, right? I swear I've seen people holding signs, but can't remember ever seeing a taxi line.
Thanks in advance for the info.
Last edited by Flyer from Orlando; Mar 27, 2015 at 6:00 am Reason: more info
Mar 27, 2015, 6:25 am
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At F - there is no commercial transport. After baggage claim - take the "connecting flight" option and take the train to the main terminal where you will find taxis and shuttles. If you depart customs into terminal F - you will have a 35 minute wait/shuttle back to the main terminal -or-----6 minutes by train.
Uber can and will pick up at the ATL airport. Your driver may call you and ask you to go to a specific door/area, but that is more for convenience of finding you/traffic congestion than anything. You may have to use Uber Black for this as they are actual licensed livery cars with airport permits (I don't use UberX in any case, so I'm not sure if they are possible either way).
Mar 27, 2015, 6:37 am
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Except you cannot do this after collecting checked bags as you need to reclear TSA security.
Uber can and will pick up at the ATL airport. Your driver may call you and ask you to go to a specific door/area, but that is more for convenience of finding you/traffic congestion than anything. You may have to use Uber Black for this as they are actual licensed livery cars with airport permits (I don't use UberX in any case, so I'm not sure if they are possible either way).
Uber can and will pick up at the ATL airport. Your driver may call you and ask you to go to a specific door/area, but that is more for convenience of finding you/traffic congestion than anything. You may have to use Uber Black for this as they are actual licensed livery cars with airport permits (I don't use UberX in any case, so I'm not sure if they are possible either way).
Mar 27, 2015, 7:29 am
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At F - there is no commercial transport. After baggage claim - take the "connecting flight" option and take the train to the main terminal where you will find taxis and shuttles. If you depart customs into terminal F - you will have a 35 minute wait/shuttle back to the main terminal -or-----6 minutes by train.
This Atlanta Airport map shows a ground transportation exit:
http://atlanta-airport.com/docs/terminal/f.pdf
Mar 27, 2015, 7:41 am
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Thanks. I'm booking a car right now.
Rant Alert: MARTA on a weekend turns a 12 minute drive into an hour plus trip. Between waiting for the train to leave ATL, waiting for the transfer from Red/Orange to Blue, hoping to find a cab at the station and the ride from there to my house.
Someday, Atlanta might actually get public transportation. Until then, anyone with options will choose something other than MARTA, with the exception of those very few who are going from the airport to a destination directly on the Red or Orange Lines. Public transportation is my choice in NYC, Philly, Chicago, Boston, Washington, Montreal, Amsterdam, Paris, Prague, Bangkok, Hong Kong and several other cities. If only our city/state leaders would visit one of those places and see how public transportation is supposed to work we might have a chance. Instead, we get the absolute, complete, unqualified failure the is MARTA, coupled with the new streetcar to nowhere. (It's as though city leaders thought The Simpson's monorail episode was a cast study to be followed.)
Rant Alert: MARTA on a weekend turns a 12 minute drive into an hour plus trip. Between waiting for the train to leave ATL, waiting for the transfer from Red/Orange to Blue, hoping to find a cab at the station and the ride from there to my house.
Someday, Atlanta might actually get public transportation. Until then, anyone with options will choose something other than MARTA, with the exception of those very few who are going from the airport to a destination directly on the Red or Orange Lines. Public transportation is my choice in NYC, Philly, Chicago, Boston, Washington, Montreal, Amsterdam, Paris, Prague, Bangkok, Hong Kong and several other cities. If only our city/state leaders would visit one of those places and see how public transportation is supposed to work we might have a chance. Instead, we get the absolute, complete, unqualified failure the is MARTA, coupled with the new streetcar to nowhere. (It's as though city leaders thought The Simpson's monorail episode was a cast study to be followed.)
Mar 27, 2015, 7:44 am
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We took a cab home from the F terminal about a year & a half ago. Perhaps something has changed since then.
This Atlanta Airport map shows a ground transportation exit:
http://atlanta-airport.com/docs/terminal/f.pdf
This Atlanta Airport map shows a ground transportation exit:
http://atlanta-airport.com/docs/terminal/f.pdf
I land at 730a on Wednesday into F and will be hoping there is a cab there to take me to the office. (Otherwise, I guess I can just use Uber).
Mar 27, 2015, 8:32 am
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Lyft is another option along the lines of Uber. I know Uber X is geo-locked at the Domestic terminal, but Lyft is not. I've also found Lyft to generally be a bit cheaper, especially Lyft Plus compared to Uber XL.
Taking the SkyTrain to the Marriott Gateway is another easy way around the geo-lock of Uber X. I can't speak to the specifics of the International Terminal.
Taking the SkyTrain to the Marriott Gateway is another easy way around the geo-lock of Uber X. I can't speak to the specifics of the International Terminal.
Mar 27, 2015, 9:51 am
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Thanks. I'm booking a car right now.
Rant Alert: MARTA on a weekend turns a 12 minute drive into an hour plus trip. Between waiting for the train to leave ATL, waiting for the transfer from Red/Orange to Blue, hoping to find a cab at the station and the ride from there to my house.
Someday, Atlanta might actually get public transportation. Until then, anyone with options will choose something other than MARTA, with the exception of those very few who are going from the airport to a destination directly on the Red or Orange Lines. Public transportation is my choice in NYC, Philly, Chicago, Boston, Washington, Montreal, Amsterdam, Paris, Prague, Bangkok, Hong Kong and several other cities. If only our city/state leaders would visit one of those places and see how public transportation is supposed to work we might have a chance. Instead, we get the absolute, complete, unqualified failure the is MARTA, coupled with the new streetcar to nowhere. (It's as though city leaders thought The Simpson's monorail episode was a cast study to be followed.)
Rant Alert: MARTA on a weekend turns a 12 minute drive into an hour plus trip. Between waiting for the train to leave ATL, waiting for the transfer from Red/Orange to Blue, hoping to find a cab at the station and the ride from there to my house.
Someday, Atlanta might actually get public transportation. Until then, anyone with options will choose something other than MARTA, with the exception of those very few who are going from the airport to a destination directly on the Red or Orange Lines. Public transportation is my choice in NYC, Philly, Chicago, Boston, Washington, Montreal, Amsterdam, Paris, Prague, Bangkok, Hong Kong and several other cities. If only our city/state leaders would visit one of those places and see how public transportation is supposed to work we might have a chance. Instead, we get the absolute, complete, unqualified failure the is MARTA, coupled with the new streetcar to nowhere. (It's as though city leaders thought The Simpson's monorail episode was a cast study to be followed.)
I guess that I am lucky that my only use of Marta has been from the airport to hotels in the Peach Tree Center area.
