The cab from my apartment on Upper Market, in SF to SFO was $65 before 'tip'. 13 miles.
The FLIGHT from SFO to LAX was $99. https://i.imgur.com/uXCj3MR.png
After this, I had several Black Cars that I made contacts with the drivers - and would call them for rides to SFO (I flew out every sunday morning at 7am - and it was a nightmare getting cabs (I was banned by several taxi companies in SF because I would call three diff taxi services and 2 out of 3 would never show up... but apparently they shared dispatching info because the dispatchers knew that my number was calling multiple taxis... and the guy told me "your banned for calling multiple cabs!" to which I replied "because you never show up and I need to get to the airport (said in a George Costanza voice))
Then Uber was born...