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Originally Posted by mtdjed
Cost Perspective
We took our son to MCO last night in our new Hybrid. Round Trip was total 136 Miles and we used 3 Gallons of gas @ $2.76/gal = $8.28 round trip.
Son got luggage buggy to take in bags. Cost $7 at terminal C. I get buggy for a quarter at Aldi's and even get my quarter back.
(I know I have not included tolls and use of car depreciation)
Two points - Hybrid autos can be a good investment option. Airport buggies are far better.
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As a kid between high school and college, I spent the summer working for Continental Airlines. I worked at night in the baggage claim area of LAX. After a bit, one could discern the patterns of flights and know when it was going to be busy with the plane from Honolulu or when it would be dead for a couple hours.
I would spend those couple hours out in the parking structures hustling the luggage carts. Since so many people would forgo returning the carts to the terminal for the 25-cent deposit return. In a good shift, I would leave with my pockets heavy in quarters, about $15-$20 worth. On a bad shift, maybe only $7 or so. Since I was being paid something like $4 an hour, it was pretty good bank.
Of course the biggest perk was that I was a temporary Continental employee, not a third party contractor. So me and another guy got to fly to Hawaii standby for free! Of course, we upgraded to First Class for $10 each way. Best flight of my life
