Luton Airport drop off charge

fifeken

From the BBC this morning.

Luton airport are to charge £1 to drop people off at the terminal. Alternative is to be dropped off at car park and bussed to terminal. This is in addition to £1 charge for trolley use and £1 charge for clear bags for liquids.

What will they think of next?

Teahfc

Its a tough call, but the Luton drop/collect zone can be a haven for 'longer then 10 minute' parking and stops the flow of traffic,there needs to be an overflow park somewhere locally but it seems there is not so you have to pay for convenience nowdays. Stansted charges for colection but not dropping off ) I think most places trolleys are free ( but they have to be bought and maintained see dont see why there is not a 'small' charge 20p ? and I have only heard of one place selling plastic bags for £1 for liquids and in fairness if you cannot organise yourself enough to read the T & C before departure then why should you not be charged ? it is so black and white .... liquids in a plastic bag measn exactley that

inspector_monkfish

fifeken wrote: »

From the BBC this morning.

Luton airport are to charge £1 to drop people off at the terminal. Alternative is to be dropped off at car park and bussed to terminal. This is in addition to £1 charge for trolley use and £1 charge for clear bags for liquids.

What will they think of next?

Apparantly the FA have said if Luton can raise £5million by end of the football season, they can have their 30pts back and remain in the Football League.

Thats where the all those £1's will be going....:cool:

apt

Bristol also charges for trolleys. Charging £1 for a small plastic bag that costs one or two pence is excessive in my opinion. I think there could be a case that some of these charges might be found illegal in that they discriminate against the elderly and disabled. They really have little choice to use the drop-off zone and/or trolleys whereas others can easily avoid the charges by using the bus and carrying their own luggage.

alared

£3 to jump the queue at security,fit £1 coin slots on the toilets,£2 to use the steps up to the plane,£2 for the free shuttle bus.

hoxtonbabe

Teahfc wrote: »

Its a tough call, but the Luton drop/collect zone can be a haven for 'longer then 10 minute' parking and stops the flow of traffic,there needs to be an overflow park somewhere locally but it seems there is not so you have to pay for convenience nowdays. Stansted charges for colection but not dropping off ) I think most places trolleys are free ( but they have to be bought and maintained see dont see why there is not a 'small' charge 20p ? and I have only heard of one place selling plastic bags for £1 for liquids and in fairness if you cannot organise yourself enough to read the T & C before departure then why should you not be charged ? it is so black and white .... liquids in a plastic bag measn exactley that

The problem with the plastic bag business though is that, even if you go along with a clear plastic bag, they then complain about the size. This happened to me in Stansted, it was totally clear, about half a size bigger than the ones they give out and they told me it was too big and put it in one of theres, now as it was free I didnt mind, but I'd be a little cheesed off to pay for a plastic bag even though my things were already in one that i provided

benjus

hoxtonbabe wrote: »

The problem with the plastic bag business though is that, even if you go along with a clear plastic bag, they then complain about the size. This happened to me in Stansted, it was totally clear, about half a size bigger than the ones they give out and they told me it was too big and put it in one of theres, now as it was free I didnt mind, but I'd be a little cheesed off to pay for a plastic bag even though my things were already in one that i provided

The best thing to do is, when you pass through an airport where they are freely available (e.g. Stansted), grab a handful and keep them in your cabin bag for the future...

hoxtonbabe

Oh dont worry, that is exactly what I intend to do

Last time I went away which was late last year there wasn't any of this charging for plastic bags nonsense or i think it was just one airport up North somewhere, so I only took one or two, just enough to get me there and back kind of thing, but now I will be collecting a good handful.

wallbash

zone can be a haven for 'longer then 10 minute'

If the barrier/ticket was always working.... which it never is:mad:
The 10 min rule would work.

When Luton started to charge £1 for a trolley , I posted here
DONT return your trolley to the designated area , then others could use it freely.

spiro

hoxtonbabe wrote: »

The problem with the plastic bag business though is that, even if you go along with a clear plastic bag, they then complain about the size. This happened to me in Stansted, it was totally clear, about half a size bigger than the ones they give out and they told me it was too big and put it in one of theres, now as it was free I didnt mind, but I'd be a little cheesed off to pay for a plastic bag even though my things were already in one that i provided

The maximum size of the clear bags is clear stated, if you turn up with one that is too big and have to pay for a new smaller one it will just teach people to get it right next time instead of delaying things at security for those of us that bother to comply in the first place.

dealsearcher

This charge is a recipe for traffic chaos. Passengers will just get dropped off at the roundabout or on the approach road. With many passengers travelling with Ryanair with just carry on bags it is as easy just to pull over to the side of the road having already said your goodbyes. Traffic chaos will ensue.

Stansted may charge for collection but if you know someone is waiting for you you can just pick them up at the dropoff point. That's what I have done.