Robbing b******s

[SonnyA85]

Glasgow airport used to have a free drop off area but a charge for picking up. So everyone just used the drop of area for picking up and dropping off. They have now made the paid for pick up area the drop off and pick up area. So now it's £2 for less than 10 minutes. Then increases exponentially after that.

There is no point in being early any more to pick someone up. Best thing to do now is wait until they have landed. Tell them to call you as soon as they are off the plane. Then you can leave the house after receiving their call.

[pvr]

There is no point in being early any more to pick someone up. Best thing to do now is wait until they have landed. Tell them to call you as soon as they are off the plane. Then you can leave the house after receiving their call.

The above has caused a lot of issues around Gatwick with taxis parking on the emergency lanes / slip roads etc. Then they parked at the petrol stations who have now installed cameras and "fine" anyone who takes longer than 10 minutes to finish their coffee they buy in there. Annoying as all they seem to be doing is blocking cars from going down roads (that are now empty as they are blocked) and forcing cars in paid car parks. I used to walk to the other side to go through the Virgin building underneath the the airport to be picked up there, but they have now blocked the stopping place for cars there now as well. Cat and mouse game, but I refuse to pay to get picked up ...

[Chris_D]

We use this service a lot, normally a couple of quid for the day and you can get dropped of/pickup to & from the airport. Around Heathrow there are free buses that take you into and out off the airport. Saves paying the rip off parking charges Chris, oh, and not been offered tea and cake yet

Ok, it sounds like any generic park&ride gig, but i was amused by the name- it sounds like one of those grassroots socialmedia-driven type things.

Not accessible to you Chris, the owners do not want to be left with oil stains and car parts that have dropped off on their drive ...

Nor I think accessible to dodgy-looking Dutch short-arses like you paul

[Chris_D]

There is no point in being early any more to pick someone up. Best thing to do now is wait until they have landed. Tell them to call you as soon as they are off the plane. Then you can leave the house after receiving their call.

The above has caused a lot of issues around Gatwick with taxis parking on the emergency lanes / slip roads etc. Then they parked at the petrol stations who have now installed cameras and "fine" anyone who takes longer than 10 minutes to finish their coffee they buy in there. Annoying as all they seem to be doing is blocking cars from going down roads (that are now empty as they are blocked) and forcing cars in paid car parks. I used to walk to the other side to go through the Virgin building underneath the the airport to be picked up there, but they have now blocked the stopping place for cars there now as well. Cat and mouse game, but I refuse to pay to get picked up ...

For once paul ,I agree with the whole avoiding to pay to pick up/dropoff atairports but i think from business perspective it makes a lot of sense for the airport authorities to exploit as far as possible peoples' sometimes unwarranted total dependance on their cars.
Each airport usually has excellent public transport links and for me there is no reason not to use them to get a couple of miles away from the airport to a predetemined dropoff/pickup point. there are too many 'i dont do buses/trains' types who complain about airport parking fees imo. get on the fekin bus people! theyre not the grubby, smelly, puke-stained conveyances you may think they are. well, most of them anyway.
i'm amazed schiphol hasnt caught on to the whole issue aafaik it's still free AND you can leave your car unattended for a limited time!

[Nictrix]

Glasgow airport used to have a free drop off area but a charge for picking up. So everyone just used the drop of area for picking up and dropping off. They have now made the paid for pick up area the drop off and pick up area. So now it's £2 for less than 10 minutes. Then increases exponentially after that.

There is no point in being early any more to pick someone up. Best thing to do now is wait until they have landed. Tell them to call you as soon as they are off the plane. Then you can leave the house after receiving their call.

Theoretically you could be stuck in a queue waiting to get out of the pick up area and go over your 10 minute time slot meaning you get charged more than the £2.
At Glasgow Airport all they had to do was stop the idiots double parking at the drop off area, instead they have found a way to make a ton of cash.

[SonnyA85]

Glasgow airport used to have a free drop off area but a charge for picking up. So everyone just used the drop of area for picking up and dropping off. They have now made the paid for pick up area the drop off and pick up area. So now it's £2 for less than 10 minutes. Then increases exponentially after that.

There is no point in being early any more to pick someone up. Best thing to do now is wait until they have landed. Tell them to call you as soon as they are off the plane. Then you can leave the house after receiving their call.

Theoretically you could be stuck in a queue waiting to get out of the pick up area and go over your 10 minute time slot meaning you get charged more than the £2.
At Glasgow Airport all they had to do was stop the idiots double parking at the drop off area, instead they have found a way to make a ton of cash.

There is a free shuttle bus every 10 mins from right outside the airport entrance to the long stay car park (5 minute journey) where you can park for free for 30 minutes. I also don't think there is anything stopping you from returning either, it's done by ticket rather than ANPR which the drop off and pick up area is.

[cj10jeeper]

Just to put a different perspective on it, unless airports charged very high prices for use of the drop off and pick up points then
1) they would simply not get the throughput of cars to pick up and drop off, not being intended to park up go in and wait. Taxis and Uber would also fill them and wait for rides if it were say just £5 an hour
2) business folks would just park in them for the day or 2, not being arsed to walk the 5 mins. from multi storey parks
From my own perspective on business I really don't care if I have to park if it's £30 for the day or £10. It has to go over £50 before I even think twice as clients paying the bills just don't care when viewed as a part of a day's consulting fees, usually a £300-£500 flight, taxis and expenses.

[firebobby]

Glasgow airport used to have a free drop off area but a charge for picking up. So everyone just used the drop of area for picking up and dropping off. They have now made the paid for pick up area the drop off and pick up area. So now it's £2 for less than 10 minutes. Then increases exponentially after that.

There is no point in being early any more to pick someone up. Best thing to do now is wait until they have landed. Tell them to call you as soon as they are off the plane. Then you can leave the house after receiving their call.

Theoretically you could be stuck in a queue waiting to get out of the pick up area and go over your 10 minute time slot meaning you get charged more than the £2.
At Glasgow Airport all they had to do was stop the idiots double parking at the drop off area, instead they have found a way to make a ton of cash.

There is a free shuttle bus every 10 mins from right outside the airport entrance to the long stay car park (5 minute journey) where you can park for free for 30 minutes. I also don't think there is anything stopping you from returning either, it's done by ticket rather than ANPR which the drop off and pick up area is.

Much better way to collect

[buzyg]

Ok, it sounds like any generic park&ride gig, but i was amused by the name- it sounds like one of those grassroots socialmedia-driven type things.

Not accessible to you Chris, the owners do not want to be left with oil stains and car parts that have dropped off on their drive ...

BANG!!!!

You can park on our drive Chris. We're used to parts falling off our son's cars. And it's only 230 miles from Heathrow.

[Chris_D]

Not accessible to you Chris, the owners do not want to be left with oil stains and car parts that have dropped off on their drive ...

BANG!!!!

You can park on our drive Chris. We're used to parts falling off our son's cars. And it's only 230 miles from Heathrow.

'kin wiseguys. Lol

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[Nictrix]

Just to put a different perspective on it, unless airports charged very high prices for use of the drop off and pick up points then
1) they would simply not get the throughput of cars to pick up and drop off, not being intended to park up go in and wait. Taxis and Uber would also fill them and wait for rides if it were say just £5 an hour
2) business folks would just park in them for the day or 2, not being arsed to walk the 5 mins. from multi storey parks
From my own perspective on business I really don't care if I have to park if it's £30 for the day or £10. It has to go over £50 before I even think twice as clients paying the bills just don't care when viewed as a part of a day's consulting fees, usually a £300-£500 flight, taxis and expenses.

Years ago I sold my car and bought another bike for commuting as I refused to pay £5 a day to park outside my workplace.
No way would I pay £30 to park for a day.

[cj10jeeper]

I wouldn't pay it either on my tab, but was indicating how sections of the business community think and act

[SonnyA85]

Just to put a different perspective on it, unless airports charged very high prices for use of the drop off and pick up points then
1) they would simply not get the throughput of cars to pick up and drop off, not being intended to park up go in and wait. Taxis and Uber would also fill them and wait for rides if it were say just £5 an hour
2) business folks would just park in them for the day or 2, not being arsed to walk the 5 mins. from multi storey parks
From my own perspective on business I really don't care if I have to park if it's £30 for the day or £10. It has to go over £50 before I even think twice as clients paying the bills just don't care when viewed as a part of a day's consulting fees, usually a £300-£500 flight, taxis and expenses.

Years ago I sold my car and bought another bike for commuting as I refused to pay £5 a day to park outside my workplace.
No way would I pay £30 to park for a day.

i sometimes pay £7 a day to park at work. maybe say 3-5 times a month. yes it is expensive but it's a luxury i'm willing to pay for as i don't do it every day.

the alternative would be get out of bed an hour earlier. pay £5 to get the train. have to drive and park near the train station for free. and add at least 30 minutes onto the each way commute as i need to get 2 trains or walk for 15-20 mins (one way). so i would lose at least 2 hours of my time to save £7. when it's only 3-5 times a month i just pay for the luxury. if it was every day then sure i'd be getting the train.

otherwise i get dropped off and picked up every day as it's on the wife's commute it's just that she has 1 weekday off a week. so costs me literally nothing to get to work every other day. wife drives past my office on the way to her work.

[Nictrix]

Just to put a different perspective on it, unless airports charged very high prices for use of the drop off and pick up points then
1) they would simply not get the throughput of cars to pick up and drop off, not being intended to park up go in and wait. Taxis and Uber would also fill them and wait for rides if it were say just £5 an hour
2) business folks would just park in them for the day or 2, not being arsed to walk the 5 mins. from multi storey parks
From my own perspective on business I really don't care if I have to park if it's £30 for the day or £10. It has to go over £50 before I even think twice as clients paying the bills just don't care when viewed as a part of a day's consulting fees, usually a £300-£500 flight, taxis and expenses.

Years ago I sold my car and bought another bike for commuting as I refused to pay £5 a day to park outside my workplace.
No way would I pay £30 to park for a day.

i sometimes pay £7 a day to park at work. maybe say 3-5 times a month. yes it is expensive but it's a luxury i'm willing to pay for as i don't do it every day.

the alternative would be get out of bed an hour earlier. pay £5 to get the train. have to drive and park near the train station for free. and add at least 30 minutes onto the each way commute as i need to get 2 trains or walk for 15-20 mins (one way). so i would lose at least 2 hours of my time to save £7. when it's only 3-5 times a month i just pay for the luxury. if it was every day then sure i'd be getting the train.

otherwise i get dropped off and picked up every day as it's on the wife's commute it's just that she has 1 weekday off a week. so costs me literally nothing to get to work every other day. wife drives past my office on the way to her work.

Its kinda why I got another bike for commuting.
I could get to work faster, get home faster, park for free right outside my works front door and other than the cost of the bike save around £1300 a year.
If I was to use public transport I would have needed to get a bus to the train station, the train to Glasgow and then a 20 minute walk to get to work and would add a few hours to my day which I was not willing to do.
On the bike I could get from my house to work in 25 minutes even through rush hour traffic.