Every Fee on a Toronto Airport Limo Fare, Explained Line by Line

The rate card, in one place

Every fare starts from two numbers attached to the vehicle you choose: a per-kilometre rate and a minimum fare. On the Sedan those are $1.98 per kilometre and an $85 minimum. Each of the other five vehicles — Premium Sedan, SUV, Premium SUV, Sprinter Van, Stretch Limousine — carries its own pair, and the instant quote prices all six side by side.

Four percentages then apply. Gratuity is 15%. A fuel surcharge of 5% applies to every vehicle except the Sedan, which does not carry one. HST is 13%. A card fee of 2% applies last.

Three flat fees can enter the calculation. An airport pickup fee of $15.27 applies whenever the airport is the pickup point on the Sedan, Premium Sedan, SUV or Premium SUV — at every airport, not just Pearson — while the Sprinter Van and Stretch Limousine carry $35. An extra stop is a flat fee per stop, $15 on the Sedan and varying by vehicle. Meet and greet is $65. Child seats are free, installed on request.

• Sedan: $1.98 per km, $85 minimum fare (each vehicle has its own pair)
• Gratuity 15% · Fuel 5% on every vehicle except the Sedan · HST 13% · Card fee 2%
• Airport pickup fee: $15.27 (Sedan, Premium Sedan, SUV, Premium SUV); $35 (Sprinter Van, Stretch)
• Extra stop $15 on the Sedan · Meet and greet $65 · Child seats free

The order the numbers go on

Order matters, because percentages applied to different bases produce different totals. First, the distance fare: your kilometres multiplied by the vehicle's per-kilometre rate, or the vehicle's minimum, whichever is higher. Second, the flat fees join it — the airport pickup fee and any extra-stop fees — producing the trip fare.

Third, gratuity and the fuel surcharge are both calculated on that trip fare and added, giving a subtotal — which means gratuity and fuel apply to the airport pickup fee and to stop fees as well as to the driving, because those fees sit inside the trip fare. Fourth, 13% HST is calculated on the subtotal. Fifth, the 2% card fee is calculated on the post-tax figure, producing the all-in total. Meet and greet is the one exception to the sequence, and it gets its own section below.

• 1. Distance fare = km × per-km rate, or the minimum, whichever is higher
• 2. Add the airport pickup fee and any stop fees → the trip fare
• 3. Add 15% gratuity and 5% fuel (where applicable) on the trip fare → subtotal
• 4. Add 13% HST, then the 2% card fee on the post-tax figure → all-in total

Three real fares, built from zero

Start with the simplest case: a sedan from Etobicoke to Pearson, a drop-off of about eight kilometres. Eight kilometres at $1.98 is well under the $85 minimum, so the minimum governs and the trip fare is $85.00. Gratuity at 15% is $12.75, and the Sedan carries no fuel surcharge, so the subtotal is $97.75. HST at 13% is $12.71, bringing it to $110.46. The card fee at 2% is $2.21. Total: $112.67 — exactly what the quote shows for that run.

Now reverse it. The same trip as a Pearson pickup adds the $15.27 airport fee to the $85 minimum, so the trip fare is $100.27. Gratuity $15.04, subtotal $115.31, HST $14.99, running total $130.30, card fee $2.61 — a final $132.91. The $20.24 difference between the two directions is what a $15.27 fee costs once the percentages have been applied to it.

Finally, one where distance beats the minimum: Kitchener to Pearson, 87.33 kilometres. At $1.98 that is a $172.91 trip fare. Gratuity $25.94, subtotal $198.85, HST $25.85, running total $224.70, card fee $4.49 — $229.19 all in. Coming the other way, the pickup fee pushes the same trip to $249.44.

• Etobicoke → Pearson (sedan): $85.00 + $12.75 + $12.71 + $2.21 = $112.67
• Pearson → Etobicoke (sedan): $100.27 + $15.04 + $14.99 + $2.61 = $132.91
• Kitchener → Pearson (sedan, 87.33 km): $172.91 + $25.94 + $25.85 + $4.49 = $229.19

The airport pickup fee, and the direction that escapes it

The most misunderstood line on the card applies in one direction only. Being collected at a terminal carries the fee; being dropped at one does not. That is the whole reason a ride to the airport prices below the same ride from it, and the gap is consistent per vehicle: $20.24 on a sedan, $21.12 on an SUV, $48.41 on a Sprinter Van, because each vehicle's own surcharge mix is applied to its own fee.

The second is that it is not a Pearson-specific charge. The same $15.27 applies at Billy Bishop, Hamilton and Buffalo on the Sedan, Premium Sedan, SUV and Premium SUV, while the Sprinter Van and Stretch carry $35 at every airport. There is no separate terminal fee, parking charge or curbside levy on top of it, and nothing is collected later.

• Charged only when the airport is the pickup point — never on drop-offs
• Final-bill impact: $20.24 on a sedan, $21.12 on an SUV, $48.41 on a Sprinter Van
• Applies at every airport served — Pearson, Billy Bishop, Hamilton, Buffalo

Stops, meet and greet, child seats: the three optional lines

An extra stop behaves like the airport fee — it joins the trip fare, so the percentages apply to it. On a sedan the $15 stop fee reaches the final bill as $19.88: $15.00 plus $2.25 gratuity, $2.24 HST and $0.39 card fee. Larger vehicles carry their own stop fee. Separately, if the detour adds real distance, those kilometres are repriced into the fare — though on a short trip already sitting at the minimum, they often add nothing at all.

Meet and greet is the exception to the system. At $65 it is a flat, tax-inclusive add-on: no gratuity, no fuel, no HST and no card fee are calculated on top of it, so it lands on your total as exactly $65.00 and not a cent more. It is available on airport pickups only, and it buys the chauffeur waiting inside the arrivals hall with a name sign rather than kerbside. Child seats are the shortest line to explain: free, installed, requested when you book.

• Extra stop on a sedan: $15 flat → $19.88 in the all-in total
• Meet and greet: $65 exactly — the one line no percentage touches
• Child seats: free, installed, requested at booking

What never appears on the bill

The absences are as much a part of the rate card as the entries. There is no surge multiplier, no peak-hour rate and no holiday premium — the date and the hour are not inputs, so a 3 a.m. New Year's pickup and a Tuesday lunchtime run price identically. There is no waiting meter on a delayed flight either: the flight number on an airport pickup times the car to the real landing.

There are no discounts, promo codes, round-trip deals or loyalty programmes, which is worth stating plainly because it means nobody is quoting an inflated number in the hope you will hunt for a code. There is no second gratuity at the end of the ride either — the 15% is already in the total and already paid. The Sedan's missing fuel surcharge is a real absence rather than an oversight, and no toll line appears on a standard quote, because standard routing does not use the 407.

The last thing not on the bill is a surprise. Whatever the quote says at /ride/ is what the emailed receipt says afterwards, and if you would rather have it explained by a person, (416) 200-5070 is answered around the clock.

• No surge, no peak-hour rate, no holiday premium
• No waiting meter on delayed flights — pickups follow the actual landing
• No discounts, promo codes, round-trip deals or loyalty schemes
• No second gratuity at the end — the 15% is already inside the total