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QuagmireGiggity 04-17-2018 02:56 PM
Originally Posted by Bruno82 (Post 2570916)
How difficult and costly is it to get from EWR to LGA?
There is a train that is cheapest. I never did it but it's there. $30 ish for Aeroporter. A lot more for cabs.

JulesWinfield 04-17-2018 04:21 PM
I am going to get a conversion van, put a bed in the back, and get a gym membership. I'll sleep in the van, wake up in the morning and go workout, shower, and shave, and then use it to Uber during the day.

nimslow 04-17-2018 05:47 PM
Originally Posted by Bruno82 (Post 2570916)
How difficult and costly is it to get from EWR to LGA?
Lyft was usually cheaper than Uber, but plan on between $65-$100 between EWR and LGA, it varies depending on both day of the week, and time of day. You can take the Airporter, but you will have to change busses at the Port Authority bus terminal in midtown, usually around 2-2.5 hours.

You can take the Q70 bus to the Jackson Heights station, and then take the E train to Pen station, or the next stop on the Q70 is the Woodside LIRR station, and then take the LIRR to Pen Station. From Pen, take the NJ transit train to the Newark Airport station, and then take the airtrain to the terminal.

The LIRR to the NJ train will be the fastest. The E train makes 12 or 14 stops, I don't remember exactly. The fastest I've ever made it was from Woodside to EWR in 90 minutes. In traffic, it can take over an hour for the Q70 to get from LGA to the train stations.

LIRR and the NJ transit both have apps, that will let you buy e tickets online, and show the schedules.

EWR is a huge PITA.

Bruno82 04-17-2018 05:57 PM
Originally Posted by nimslow (Post 2574547)
Lyft was usually cheaper than Uber, but plan on between $65-$100 between EWR and LGA, it varies depending on both day of the week, and time of day. You can take the Airporter, but you will have to change busses at the Port Authority bus terminal in midtown, usually around 2-2.5 hours.



You can take the Q70 bus to the Jackson Heights station, and then take the E train to Pen station, or the next stop on the Q70 is the Woodside LIRR station, and then take the LIRR to Pen Station. From Pen, take the NJ transit train to the Newark Airport station, and then take the airtrain to the terminal.



The LIRR to the NJ train will be the fastest. The E train makes 12 or 14 stops, I don't remember exactly. The fastest I've ever made it was from Woodside to EWR in 90 minutes. In traffic, it can take over an hour for the Q70 to get from LGA to the train stations.



LIRR and the NJ transit both have apps, that will let you buy e tickets online, and show the schedules.



EWR is a huge PITA.


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Vapor Lock 04-18-2018 07:01 PM
Originally Posted by JulesWinfield (Post 2574484)
I am going to get a conversion van, put a bed in the back, and get a gym membership. I'll sleep in the van, wake up in the morning and go workout, shower, and shave, and then use it to Uber during the day.
^^ this... totally gets it. 🤙

NoValueAviator 04-19-2018 03:05 AM
Originally Posted by Vapor Lock (Post 2575449)
^^ this... totally gets it. 🤙
Wait, people are serious about this?

I'd rather die than live like that, lol.

PowderFinger 04-19-2018 03:43 AM
Not sure it would be allowed now, but years ago (1990?) there was a PAA pilot had a small motor home in the LGA parking lot. Frequently he would be sitting on the roof in a lawn chair in shorts having a beer and would have a big cooler down below stocked full of cold beer for the airport employees getting off work.

I always enjoyed taking the bus or train when I had time ... You never knew what or who you would see on those modes of transportation ... Much less boring than cabs or vans ... I saw Roy Orbison a full 2 years after his reported death on the Q10 going to JFK once. R train was always entertaining as well.

Fun times. ;)

mojo6911 04-19-2018 05:15 AM
Originally Posted by NoValueAviator (Post 2575579)
Wait, people are serious about this?

I'd rather die than live like that, lol.
Beats the Kew crashpads I've seen.

highfarfast 04-19-2018 06:07 AM
Originally Posted by mojo6911 (Post 2575620)
Beats the Kew crashpads I've seen.
Yep. If I were in a situation where I needed a crashpad (I'm not), I'd get an old Roadtrek instead as long as airport parking allowed it*. You're own private space and your bed is always very close. If you buy it "used enough", when you get to where you don't need it, you can probably sell it for about what you paid. I see these parked in the north DFW employee lot so I know some people do it in DFW. Don't know about elsewhere.

*And by allowed, I mean a Roadrek would not be suitable for a parking garage due to the height of the vehicle. I don't know how they could ban a vehicle that only takes up a single parking space just because there is a bed in it.

Screw the uber **** though. I got better things to do... like waste time on internet forums making posts on things I'll never have to do. ;-)

Vapor Lock 04-19-2018 09:45 AM
Originally Posted by NoValueAviator (Post 2575579)
Wait, people are serious about this?

I'd rather die than live like that, lol.
Juleswinfield and I can Uber for your funeral. lol. Terminal pick up


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