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JollyJapes
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New York cabbie picks up $5,000 fare to California « Posted: 24 April 2011 at 07:07 PM »
New York cabbie picks up $5,000 fare to California


New York taxi driver Mohammed Alam has picked up the fare of a lifetime - $5,000 (£3,000) to drive across the US to Los Angeles.  Investment banker John Belitsky said he and friend Dan Wuebben wanted to do something "magical".  They decided on a cab ride to LA and struck the deal with Mr Alam after finding him at LaGuardia Airport.

The 2,448-mile trip took six days and included a stop in Las Vegas where the friends won $2,000.

Mr Belitsky, of Leonia, New Jersey, and Mr Wuebben, of Queens, New York, haven't yet said how they intend to get back to the East Coast.  But Mr Alam says a friend will help him make the drive back home.  The epic trip has been documented by Mr Belitsky on his Twitter page.  On 22 April, after their winning streak in Las Vegas, he tweeted: "Woke up Alam to a shower of $100 bills at sunrise."

New York news blog NYU Local estimated that the trip would have cost $17,000 (£10,000) if the meter had been running for the whole trip.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13179413
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JollyJapes
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Re: New York cabbie picks up $5,000 fare to California « Reply #1 Posted: 24 April 2011 at 07:08 PM »
Nice trip for the cabbie - but wondering how much it actually cost him in terms of petrol and wear/tear! 
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