Westfield Shepherds Bush £5 parking - customers only?

thrifty_pete

Has anyone used the £5 parking offer at Westfield?
http://uk.westfield.com/london/offers-events/offers/5-parking
It says "Offer applies to customers who park at Westfield London." but does that include a £1 can of coke from Waitrose? Do they check receipts or anything? Also a bit strange how the car park is open 24/7 but the Shopping centre shuts at 10 pm (OK a resturant might be open 'til midnight).
Might give it a try, it not like with 4200 spaces it will ever be full!

Pete

londonTiger

From my little experience there, no they don't check receipts, they give you a coin when you enter and then you insert your coin into the machine as you leave.

They measure the time, ususally 2 hours or less is free, then the price is tiered based on your time. I'm guessing with the £5 promo, that's the max they'll charge.

I don't think they use the term "customers" in the strict sense of the word. They just mean visitors I think.

londonTiger

They're not like supermarkets, they don't police your spend too much. I guess the reason for this could be becase it's so time consuming to park your car in westfields car park and then leave the complex to go elsewhere. Also because when you have a westfields you pretty much have everything there, it's a self contained building with all the amenities you could want. So majority of people who go there just to exploit the car park do end up shopping. I've done that many times.

wealdroam

And the offer does not include a can of Coke.

If you want a can of Coke, you'll have to buy that separately.

thrifty_pete

londonTiger wrote: »

From my little experience there, no they don't check receipts, they give you a coin when you enter and then you insert your coin into the machine as you leave.

Went on Friday - no sign of any coins! It was the iphone 5 day, so was fairly busy. Got back to the car 11 pm, place was still open even though all the shops seemed to be closed (but there were a few workers setting up a sale in one of the shops).
Came up for £5 on the pay machine, perfect!

Pete