njhorseman

As already noted, hotels in the LAX area have shuttles from the airport to the hotel, but no hotel has a shuttle to Long Beach. Take an Uber from any hotel in the LAX area to Long Beach. Likely price is in the $50 to $60 range.

In addition to what others have said, it appears to me that the $150 price quote is for an Uber Black. An UberX or Uber Comfort from LAX to the Long Beach Cruise terminal will be in the $50-$60 range.

I answered your question on a different thread.

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They're the parking operator for the Manhattan Cruise Terminal. It doesn't matter what cruise line you're on.

The point is that being represented by a maritime union doesn't mean you're not a government employee. I also checked job openings on the Washington State Ferry. Again they are state employees but may be represented by various unions. You are correct...we have gone far afield from the original question, but that often happens .

There's a job opening on nyc.gov as a marine oiler for the Staten Island ferry. The job description clearly states that the person will be an employee of the City of New York.

The privately-owned water taxis and ferries in NY City can't exist with the approval of their franchise by the city government. None would be allowed to directly compete with the Staten Island Ferry. In any event I am not talking about for-profit corporations. I'm strictly addressing the politically unacceptable scenario of government-owned operations such as the Staten Island Ferry operating foreign-flagged vessels crewed by citizens of other countries. The media outlets are going to feast on stories like "Mayor Adams Plans to Replace XXX New Yorkers Who Work on the Staten island Ferry with Panamanians" Maritime unions may be weak, but not unions representing government employees. You may not be aware of the influence that union leaders in this area of the country have. My son happens to be president of a union representing several thousand government employees in this county. He has the ear of every politician from our town's council and mayor to the county executive to our state legislators to the governor. He and his union worked on their behalf to help them get elected. Believe me if his rank and file were in danger of losing their jobs to citizens of other countries those politicians would be instantaneously reminded of how many votes that would cost them the next election. BTW, the Staten Island Ferry is already free, so foreign-flagging isn't going to reduce the fare.

The bad optics and negative publicity generated by a government agency operating foreign-flagged and foreign-crewed ships could be a political nightmare costing politicians their jobs. Unions representing the ferry workers would campaign against this.

Chief, while as always I appreciate and respect your knowledge and experience, I think you may be exaggerating the likelihood of government owned and operated ferry systems such as the Staten Island Ferry and Washington State Ferries reflagging to a foreign country such as Panama. Certainly the comment about not having to pay corporate taxes to the US is not accurate because as government agencies they don't pay corporate taxes. The Circle Line sightseeing boats are a different story as they are owned and operated by a for-profit corporation, not a government agency.

You were the one who reopened the inactive thread.

Then why is it still here?

I'm curious why you reopened a thread that has been inactive for over 7 months.

I was agreeing with your assertion. I said that while we have received small credits for decreases we've never been charged for an increase in taxes/fees despite it being contractually permissible to be charged.

We've received a small downward adjustment as a matter of customer courtesy in the form of an onboard credit once or twice in years past. I can't say if it's been done recently. We've never been charged for a tax/fee increase while on board, although it would be allowed under the terms of the Guest Ticket Contract: 3. Terms of Fare (a) Items Included in Fare "...If governmental or quasi-governmental action results in any element of such taxes and fees exceeding the estimates used by Carrier for purposes of computing the quoted amount, Carrier reserves the right to pass through the extra amount."