Utter rip off do not use!!!
It's not possible to leave a zero star review so youre getting one!
We flew to Benidorm on the 8th of November and we used United taxis, the fare was £16 at 04:45 am which we thought was reasonable for that time, yesterday we came out of arrivals and saw a rank outside the airport and a guy with some yellow device booking the taxis in, I wondered why he was so chatty and friendly trying to get us into a streamline taxi, I asked him how much a 2 mile trip would be and was told they dont do fixed rates like united do, as its all metered and governed by the council etc. so we got in thinking maybe a tenner at most, the meter said £3 plus £3 so starting at £6 immediately after getting in the driver turned the meter off and it said tariff 1.
We got to hotel where we parked our car and asked how much the driver said £20, I said not a chance that was a 2 mile trip and was meant to be on the meter, he started telling me there is an airport charge of £5 and the fare was £15 which at 1pm isn't a reasonable charge, 5am yea, not 1pm!
So I said I wasn't paying that, I'll pay what I think is reasonable, he started getting a very aggressive then his card reader wouldn't get a signal anyway so I told him, you're having £10 and thats it, threw a tenner on the seat grabbed my case and put it in the car, he started swearing and shouting in the hotel car park in front of families at which point I told him if he didn't drive off things were going to go very badly for him, (I used a few different words to that, and he realised that he was going to need a few days off work if he didn't go away, but he got the message very quickly and drove off with his middle finger out of the window shouting and swearing in front of kids, (Arabic looking guy)
even while we were in the taxi he was driving whilst looking at his phone to type the destination in and other things,
Basically an absolute rip off firm, and I see from other reviews its FAR from a one off these cowboys are doing it to everyone, so hope you were happy with your tenner even though that was a bit more than I was happy to pay else hed have got the £6.80 that united charge.
Utter scumbags
USE UNITED FOLKS!!!
Never replied to the requested email! like I said cowboys
November 16, 2024
Unprompted review