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Dublin Airport to Belfast taxi fare leaves man 'shocked'

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A man couldn't believe his eyes when his taxi fare from Dublin Airport to Belfast amounted to more than €300.

David James Kerr arrived in Dublin Airport on Wednesday night after a business trip to Italy.

He arrived into the airport around midnight and was unable to get an aircoach so had to get a taxi.

Mr Kerr jumped into the first taxi he saw at the rank and asked to go to Belfast but didn't realise the meter would come to €328.20.

The 35-year-old told the Irish Mirror : "I was shocked to be honest, I expected about half that.

"I had tried to book the aircoach but wasn't able to get a return and at that hour had to just jump in a taxi.

"I jumped into it and asked to go to Belfast and he obviously thought this was Christmas, the metre just took off.

"We did get rerouted because of roadworks and it took about two and a bit hours to get there, I'm in East Belfast.

"I had a discussion when I got there that I thought it was very expensive and he did bring it down to €270 for me. The bus return is only about 25 quid.

"But never again will I do that, a lot of people have said since you could get a three night trip away for that money."

While an expensive journey compared to a bus, Transport for Ireland's official fare calculator says a trip from Dublin Airport to Belfast would cost about this much.

Their estimates from the 150km plus journey at a premium rate(the rate charged between 8pm and 8am) would be anywhere between €282.40 and €353.20.

This of course depends on traffic congestion and other factors which affect the distance and time.

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IDFIMH

people really do expect us to work for nothing

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

Works out at about £3.50 a mile. Nice work if you can get it.

Bet he wished he’d checked into a Dublin hotel.

Why didn’t he ask for a fixed price going that distance?

Why didn’t the driver ask for payment up front? Lucky to be paid €270 I think.

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Former taxi driver

journey was 150 km plus which is just under 100 miles so £243 paid and £295 on meter how does that equate to £3.50 a mile ?

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

Pretty sure said,”about”

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Former taxi driver

So metered at roughly £3/mile.

Yes, I'm sure if someone phones you for a quote on a 100 mile job you're quoting £300, Edders

Since when have airport taxis ever been good value for money?

The fare paid was the authorised rate on the meter. If the punter was that concerned he should have asked the driver before they left.

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IDFIMH

Yes I would quote much less BUT the punter got into a taxi sitting outside the terminal so it is a metered hire. It was also late at night so presumably night tariff !

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

Yes, I'm well aware of how it all works

But the point followed on from your initial comment as follows:


So now you're saying you *will* work for nothing?

Exaggeration aside, you're contradicting what you said initially.

Doesn’t really matter though, when a journey of about x is divided by an exchange rate of about x to reach a running mile rate of whatever you want it to be.

But if a punter jumped into your cab after midnight and said take me to Edinburgh, would you just set off without a second thought?

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Former taxi driver

I would say where is your card.

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IDFIMH

Its the euro they use so get the exchange rate first, so 328.20 e at todays rate that works out at £296.63