Stansted parking rip off

photome

mcfisco wrote: »

It is when the drive up rate is £16


Have you tried querying with the airport?

Not according to this link.

drive up rate for up to 24 hours in the long stay is £25.

So not a rip off

photome

mrs_lds wrote: »

Just poke to stansted airport parking and they said cheaper to NOT pre pay. It is £18 in mid stay as opposed to £25 in long stay same duration GO figure

It does indeed seem that it costs more to prebook for your time period

shaun_from_Africa

photome wrote: »

Not according to this link.

drive up rate for up to 24 hours in the long stay is £25.

So not a rip off

That £25 per day rate starts at midnight tonight.

(from 00:01 18 June 2013)
The drive-up price is:
Up to 24 hours £25.00

Up until a few hours ago, the drive up rate was still showing as £16 per day which is what the OP should have been charged.
http://web.archive.org/web/20130127221537/http://www.stanstedairport.com/transport-and-directions/stansted-airport-parking/long-stay-parking

Bob_the_Saver

I'll keep taking the bus, right to the front door.

GlennTheBaker

OP: Why did you park for a short stay in the long stay car park?

alwaysskint96

GlennTheBaker wrote: »

OP: Why did you park for a short stay in the long stay car park?

it was always cheapest before

George_Michael

OP: Why did you park for a short stay in the long stay car park?

Up until a couple of months ago, I used to fly from Gatwick to Aberdeen, departing early morning and returning in the evening.
If I parked in the short term carpark it would have cost around £30 for the day but only about £11 in the long term parking.

There is generally a fairly hefty premium for the short term parking for a number of reasons,
It's normally within a couple of minutes walking distance from the terminals,
It's usually covered,
The operators can get away with charging a fairly high hourly rate as they know that people will generally pay it and not too many people would stay more than an hour or two so won't be paying a large amount.

phatbear

really they should re-name parking to

close
further away
even further away

the length of stay in any of the car parks is irrelevant really you are merely paying a premium for being closer to the airport.

Oh and when i drove past the long stay (even further away) in the wee small hours of today im sure the tariff was still displayed prior to going through the gates so if you dont like it dont park there, simple really

Takecareofthepennies

I guess this explains it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22965391

An "error" according to the airport operator ...

paulofessex

Takecareofthepennies wrote: »

I guess this explains it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-22965391

An "error" according to the airport operator ...

It does appear that the price will be rising at some point in the future.

Would suggest people check out flights from Southend on Sea instead they are adding new destinations on a regular basis. Thompson and First Choice are operating from there next year

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