Is a $100+ UberX each way excessive? I live far from the Airport (much further than my home office to the airport) and I'm trying to figure out if I should just drive. Don't own a car...

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Not your problem.. 100+ is reasonable. My most sep expensive uber was $250 to date

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I commute 34 miles to the airport and expense that mileage and pay for parking in lieu of Uber/Taxi which I’ve priced to be more expensive. Should I not be expensing mileage since I live 45 miles from the home office?

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Nah not crazy. Also just imagine if it was a black car which is usually in policy 😀

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You can spend a lot less than $500/month on a car. It's transportation, doesn't have to be a status symbol also.

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Just think of it this way. Would have been double if it were a cab

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Denver Airport - and I live about 70 miles from the airport for reasons out of my control (just moved here). A1, it's not that insane, I took 100 dollar cab rides from Midtown to EWR but that was to and from the client.

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Damn... they let you live 70 miles from the airport? How far are you from the office? Are you staff level (assuming due to question)?

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How else would you get to airport if you don’t own a car?

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How do you get around living in the burbs without a car??

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What airport and where do you live?

What on earth. Yeah that’s insane. My Uber’s are like $45-65 to the closest airport

D1 - Yep. I'd be screwed if I were put on a local gig.

P1 - Was considering buying one for commuting to the airport among other reasons. However, if I can uber it diminishes the urgency of having to buy one.

When can you move op? That’s the real answer.

Ha I just moved here! Not for a while. Honestly not that bad, at 4 am 70 miles is 45 minutes in Colorado. Took me an hour to go 12 miles in my last city.

I live in the Denver area too. How do you not have a car? That said, I regularly expense car service to the airport for ~ $100.

DD2 not really the suburbs, but SO has a car so I want to see how that works. I REALLY want a car because I like to drive but I can't stomach shelling out 500 dollars every month (with gas and insurance) for something I don't really need.

45 min commute in consulting is not sustainable. Pray you stay traveling.

Definitely something I've thought about, that said I know plenty of folks that do hour+ commutes daily from New Jersey / Long Island to Manhattan.

What would it cost for you to drive? Mileage + Tolls + Parking? If it is close to the Uber cost don’t worry. If Uber is a lot more then I would ask your seniors for guidance

P1 as far as I am aware, driving is much cheaper. since policy dictates that I can only expense mileage in excess of what my commute to my home office is (since I live equally far from both its basically a wash). I'd only expense parking and tolls (~100 dollars per week vs 200+ per week using Uber).

H1 the car I was considering is fairly reasonable. 500 is a rough estimate all in. 280 car payment + 150 insurance + 70 in gas = 500 in a month.

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