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Luxor Switches Gears on Leasing,
Imposes Credit Card Surcharge

Luxor Cab seems to have abandoned its plan to go to long-term shift leasing. The announced starting date of Sept. 1 came and went without a peep from management.
Maybe that’s because the same scheme has proven unsuccessful at Yellow Cab. Relatively few drivers have signed the new Yellow leases, which require payment of gates by the month in advance, plus a security deposit.
Instead, Luxor has recently increased the number of medallions operating under conventional long-term leases. As a result, some drivers have lost shifts.
The company is reportedly surcharging drivers working for long-term lease holders five percent on credit card charges. That’s a violation of Police Code Section 1135(d), which reads:
“It shall be unlawful for any taxicab operator or taxicab dispatch service to levy an administrative fee, service charge, processing fee, or other surcharge on drivers of taxicabs for trips paid with scrip, credit cards or other non-cash tender.”
Both Luxor and Yellow are still charging drivers an average gate of $92.50 a shift, $1 more than the gate cap allows.