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Originally Posted by davephan
Next time use Uber instead. Uber has a much larger staff of drivers, you’re not totally dependent on just one person, who may have issues, or is unreliable. We add one hour to the normal travel time to the airport, in case there is a problem with the individual Uber driver or the roads. For example, if we need to be at the airport two hours before the flight, we add the normal travel time, then add an extra hour. That’s the time we schedule to be picked up by Uber. It’s happened before where two different Uber drivers could not find our location, and the ride was handed off to the third Uber driver who could find our home. We also have Global Entry, which eliminates the long security lines at the airports. Global Entry allows you to use the very short TSA Precheck security lines, and saves a lot of time. If an extra hour buffer isn’t enough time, add more time. It’s better to be a little early, than to run across an airport terminal. Done that, never again!
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Uber is the worst for Airport transportation in my opinion, if it's a fairly long trip to the airport. For the last 10 years I've flown back & forth Boston-Tampa, once a month. I can't tell you how many times an Uber driver showed up and then refused to make the trip, when he found out how far it was. Unless something has changed recently, an Uber driver doesn't know where a trip is scheduled to go (unless it's over 100 miles), until he reaches the pickup destination.
Global Entry and/or TSA Pre-Check doesn't work with all airlines and all countries. AerLingus doesn't participate in the TSA Pre-Check program and the implementation of GlobalEntry is spotty. It doesn't always work for pre-clearance at Shannon Airport.