NYCRachel

I find that LGA is almost always cheaper. Sometimes I get lucky with the Brooklyn location. My employer has a corporate contract with National, so I usually get a pretty good rate.

Funny enough, booking through Chase UR portal ended up being even cheaper than the corporate rate this time around.

salut0

Lyft new partnership offers 3x DL miles earned on trips to/from airports. They decide what constitutes an airport. Anyone know if they're flexible with pickup location from LGA central terminal? I'd like the miles but not at the time expense of a long trek out to the stupid parking lot where Lyft and Uber pick up now. And does that parking lot count for the DL miles promo anyway, even if I did trek out there?

Blumie

Beginning tonight at 10pm, for-hire vehicles (other than taxis) will pick up at the departures (upstairs) level between 10pm and 6am, rather than at the remote lot. From 6am to 10pm, for hire vehicles will continue to pick up at the remote lot.

http://laguardiaairport.com/news/fhv-pick-up/

NYCRachel

Did this and took the bus up Junction Blvd. It was rush hour so the bus took forever to get to LGA (25/30 min). I'd recommend this route, but just not during rush hour.

KENNECTED

My recent experience.

Last Thursday I took the M60 to LGA for an 8am flight. Left my house at 6:15am and was at LGA in about 35/40 minutes.

On Sunday evening, I departed and there was some bunching with several lines. I think I missed an M60, but 5 min later a bus with 2 people arrived. This bus had 2 passengers when it arrived at the central terminal. I went around to the Delta terminal they exited and less than 10 people boarded.

This was the first time I've seen so few passengers on the M60.

NYCRachel

I have a 6AM flight tomorrow on Jetblue out of LGA. No bags, Precheck and taking Uber. I'm usually 15 min to LGA no traffic (in North Brooklyn). Any tips on when to leave?

cestmoi123

At that hour, 4:45AM should be fine, 4:30 if you want to be really cautious. If you leave at 4:30, you'll probably be sitting at your gate by 5.

Blumie

I concur. I'd leave at 4:30, and I'd end up at the gate way too early.

Analise

6am tomorrow? At that hour, construction traffic at LGA will be nil so leave as you would if there were no construction.

NYCRachel

Thanks all. Left at 4:35. At the airport at 4:50 - no traffic. Of course precheck wasn't open, so took 15/20 minutes to get through security.

zux85

Ive heard about the travel woes at LGA.

Are things just as bad when landing at LGA and trying to get out of the airport?

Im considering taking an AA flight into LGA landing at 740 pm on a Sunday evening.
It is just 2 adults with luggage and would be looking to catch an uber/taxi to JFK for an international (First class if that matters) flight departing at 11 pm.
We are limited to this flight due to the departure time and would not be able to take a flight direct to JFK.

Is this do-able? Are we better off with an uber, taxi or other and how long should we expect things to take to get out of the airport?

Blumie

So a LGA-JFK transfer with luggage and kids is always a hassle, but it's totally doable, even with the construction situation, especially given how much time you have. If you land on time and things go relatively smoothly, I'd expect you to be at JFK by 9:00, even with the wait for checked bags and dealing with taxi lines and the like. This gives you a nice buffer to deal with flight delays and transportation issues.

Taxi is your best bet if you're arriving into the Central Terminal (Terminal B), which serves UA, B6, and some AA flights, among others, since Uber is not permitted to serve Terminal B directly; if you want to use Uber from Terminal B, you have to take a shuttle bus to a remote parking area. If you are flying DL into Terminal A, C or D, or one of the AA flights that uses Terminal C, using Uber is an easier option. All of that said, while I'm a big fan of the app-based car services, taking taxis can be easier because you just get in line until it's your turn, whereas as you may know locating your uber car can be a bit frustrating at an unfamiliar and crowded airport.

Here is my recommendation: If you are flying into Terminal B, after retrieving your luggage, go have a look at the taxi line. If it looks unbearably long, go back into the terminal, take the escalator upstairs to the departures level, and exit the terminal there. Once outside, look for taxis dropping off departing passengers, and hail one there. It is technically illegal for the taxi drivers to pick you up upstairs, as opposed to having to wait in line and pick you up from the taxi queue downstairs, but most will be happy to do it. (And note that the risk is theirs and not yours.)

If you are arriving into one of the other terminals, I would get into the taxi queue after retrieving your luggage. If the line is long, you can then log into uber and see how long it would take for them to get you. Stay in the taxi line, though, until you have an uber withing striking distance.

All this said, as I noted you should have plenty of time, and I see no reason to be unduly stressed about the situation.

zux85

Wow. Thank you! This is very helpful.
We would be arriving in B- central terminal.
Another question... I just realized that I'll be flying international first class on an an airline that will give give us a free chauffeur to JFK. If i have them picking us up... Where in terminal B would they pick us up? Id like to think they are able to pick me up from the terminal?

Blumie

Unfortunately the limo cannot pick you up at Terminal B. You need to take a shuttle bus to the remote pickup area. Follow this link for the details.

zux85

Thank you!