jerry a. laska

A better question for the National forum probably. In any event, I believe the free days can be used for one-way rentals.
See this recent thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/natio...ay-expire.html

Nancy Colson

Will be flying into LGB, staying at the Westin South Coast Plaza. Any suggestions on how to get from one to the other would be appreciated. Cabs? A reasonable local airport car services? Lyft? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

DrRodneyMcKay

I'll be flying in on a Friday afternoon, so let's just get this out of the way: yes, I'll probably be stuck in hellish rush hour + beginning of the weekend traffic; can't be helped. I also have zero desire to rent a car and deal with said traffic after spending 8 hours flying, so, what are my best options for getting from the airport to the city (Beverly Hills, specifically)?

I know there are some shuttles that run from the airport to the city. Are they a good value proposition, and which one would you recommend?

Is a taxi going to break the bank? What about Lyft, especially if I do the Lyft Line option and share the ride?

EDIT: my hotel the first night is actually in Beverly Hills; I had a brain freeze moment and wrote Hollywood at first.
Thanks in advance for the help.

bzcat

Flyaway bus has direct service to Hollywood but it only runs once per hour so may not work out for your schedule. But if you happen to catch it in time, this is your best bet.

If your arrival time doesn't match the Hollywood Flyaway, you can take the Union Station Flyaway which runs up to 4 times per hour, and then transfer to Metro red line subway at Union Station.

Buy your Flyaway ticket online and use your phone to board at the terminals or on the bus. Buy your Metro TAP card once you get to Union Station.

More info can be found in the Los Angeles forum

https://www.lawa.org/flyaway

https://media.metro.net/documents/b4...8dbca1e7e9.pdf

chgoeditor

Moving to our LA forum.

chgoeditor
co-moderator, Info Desk

MADPhil

I have used SuperShuttle terminal to door and you can cost and buy the trip on their web site. They were reliable both times that I used them but only a helicopter will get you out of the traffic!

UAPremExecflyer

Consolidated "Getting to/from _____ in the Los Angeles area" thread

chrisl137

Thursday traffic is actually worse than Friday, so at least you have that going...

Shuttles are generally ok, but things like supershuttle make multiple stops, so even if traffic isn't bad, you'll spend more time in it. They often also have a few locations that are discounted and are likely to stop first at (universities, big hotels, convention centers). I took a Lyft from LAX to Altadena once and I think it was reasonable, given the 35 mile distance- maybe in the $65 range. I think you can look up estimates online, and in an Uber or Lyft the driver will be able to use carpool lanes if there are any on your route.

TWA884

The last time that I took SuperShuttle home from LAX, the driver took me around the loop twice in search of additional passengers. That took an extra half an hour. The next few times that I did not have a car at the airport, I took Uber or Lyft (whichever had the shortest time estimate to get to my location). Those were much faster and did not cost much more than the shared van (in the low $40 range for a 27 miles ride).

OskiBear

If you are on the west end of Beverly Hills, you can consider taking the LAX Flyaway bus to Westwood: https://www.lawa.org/flyaway
Then you can use Uber/Lyft to get to your hotel.

JBD

I saw your post in the SPG Forum's SLS thread. If the SLS is your Beverly Hills hotel where you're spending your first night, know that it's on BH's far eastern edge, on La Cienega.

If you go by cab/Lyft/Uber I'd tell the driver to "take La Cienega" and avoid the freeway. (Pronounced La See-en-eh-ga)

DrRodneyMcKay

Thanks all. I ended up taking a Lyft line and since I was carpooling with other passengers, the ride came to $20, which must be a record for getting from LAX to the city. Took a while due to traffic, but I had a driver who was really good at taking shortcuts to avoid it.

aresef

I just realized there are just four Metrolinks on Sunday on the Orange County line. Let's say I miss the last one just before 7 and need to get back into LA with all my stuff. Is there a transit plan B or am I gonna have to Lyft?

cbn42

Plan B is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner. It runs the same route, stops at most of the same stations (but skips a few), comes more frequently, and is more expensive.

aresef

For some reason, I had it on my head that run way less often. Thanks.