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Luton Airport charges a passenger drop-off fee
Want to be a good sport and drop off a friend at London Luton? It's gonna cost you.Luton's really starting to nickel and dime passengers. First, there was the £1 trolley (cart) usage fee. That seems pretty reasonable; I've been running around checking cart coin slots for quarters since I was a kid. But they also charge £1 for clear plastic bags, should you need one to get your deodorant through security.
So ... is there any way around the fee? According to the BBC News: "The airport said passengers could be dropped off at the mid-term car park to catch a shuttle bus to avoid the fee."
Hassle much? Like you want to lug all your worldly belongings onto a shuttle bus -- which you probably have to wait for -- after your friend already drove you there!
There's also a ten minute drop-off time limit. Why not just make people pay £1 for every minute over 10 minutes they spend, unless the passenger being dropped off has special needs?
The company which runs Luton, Abertis, also operates airports in Belfast and Cardiff. Watch out!
Filed under: United Kingdom, Airports, News
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Wesley Huston Apr 29th 2009 7:29AM
This "drop off fee" is now typical in the UK afterall where did it originate in no other country but the money grabbing USA...even now "LIP" O'Leary of RyanAir is at it...Money Money Money,its so F*****g disgusting. What has happened to the word "HELP"
p.s. i worked in civil aviation @ Belfast Apt for 35yrs and the only money that exchanged hands was what was given to the Porters by way of tips