Luton Airport drop off charge

abacab

dealsearcher wrote: »

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.

Yeah,mobile phones are a wonderful thing.Just wait round the corner,wait for them to bell you when through customs and pick them up out front.
Stuff the charges.

wallbash

Just wait round the corner,wait for them to bell you when through customs and pick them up out front.
Stuff the charges.

But which corner the approach road , towards the roundabout . is fairly fast, not suitable to stop on. Can see chaos. When picking up , I use to window shop at B&Q ( yes very sad) til i got the call on the mobo. Short sprint, pick up and go.

But I said earlier. system will break down and barrier will be always up!

abacab

There are one or two access roads nearby,usually wait at a quiet spot there,keeping an eye open for traffic bods.
Talking about Stansted here btw.

hoxtonbabe

spiro wrote: »

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.

I would hardly call transfering a tin of lip balm and handcream into another plastic a delay for those who comply, it only takes a few secs :rolleyes:

Smi1er

We use Luton a fair bit, and when collecting I do outstay my 10 mins:p

So drop off is £1.... or a bus ride. What happens when I have to collect or drop of my In-laws, of which one of them suffers from chest problems and can't walk far but doesn't have a disabled badge as not resident in UK?

Perhaps it will end up like IKEA in Edmonton... £1 to get out of car park... problem was half the people simply said they didn't have £1 but could go to the ATM but then there was the slight problem of all the cars behind them... so they were let out free.

dealsearcher

Has this started yet?

Beaker99

for me, the worst bit* about Luton is the £30 per day short stay!! It used to be the nice thing about Luton was you could park in the massive carpark next door to the terminal at a decent rate and wander across. last month I had to go to my manager with a £90 car parking bill for two days away! - that's unreasonable in my view - especially for such a poorly maintained carpark.

As for plastic bags, the £1 is obviously a 'fine' for not being arsed to read the t&c's. Considering the hold ups that causes, I'm suprised it's only £1.

And the drop off zone charging £1? That's a rip-off Ryanair-style in the extreme. Appalling.

*I know Heathrow short stay is £45 per day, but that's a special case in my view!

pinkcandyflossprincess

they do this at birmingham

fifeken

hoxtonbabe wrote: »

I would hardly call transfering a tin of lip balm and handcream into another plastic a delay for those who comply, it only takes a few secs :rolleyes:

Same could be said of not taking off your coat before getting to the security check or not putting your phone/keys/coins somewhere sensible. One individual might not cause a huge delay but multiply it up and it makes a difference. It's inconsiderate and bad manners to do otherwise.

PolishBigSpender

Smi1er wrote: »

So drop off is £1.... or a bus ride. What happens when I have to collect or drop of my In-laws, of which one of them suffers from chest problems and can't walk far but doesn't have a disabled badge as not resident in UK?

They have to treat EU blue badges as being equal to the UK one.

If they aren't EU resident, then you'll just have to pay up - or make them walk. Quite frankly, if you'd make your in laws walk over the sake of a pound - then you should be ashamed of yourself.

You can always get them to fly into another airport.

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

What are you babbling about? Your bag didn't comply with the requiements (which are freely available before travel!) - so you had to change it. If you had complied with the requirements, then there would be no issue.

The fact that you would have to pay for a bag if yours didn't comply is neither here nor there - you could go elsewhere and buy a bag for cheaper if you so desired.

apt wrote:

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.

Why do they discriminate? Those unable to walk can presumably get an EU blue badge which will grant them free access to the chargable area - so there's no issue there. As for the elderly - if they can't walk, they can get a blue badge. Or they can walk and cannot obtain one and thus much pay the charge.

All this talk of 'discrimination' is ridiculous.