Heathrow Terminal 5 passenger pick-up
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at 22:27 by HongKongLady.
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MartynSinclairParticipantAs a warning, Terminal 5 have introduced new passenger pick up rules.. (not sure whether they have been published or just being implemented)…
Signs now direct cars to the new pick up area, inside the car park with associated parking charges. My system for collection is to call my driver who will meet me by a designated door number, I jump in & off we go.
Monday evening… a PC (got nothing better to do at 9pm at an empty drop off zone))… threatened to fine him £40 and was extremely aggressive about this new revenue opportunity.
You will see that the airport have now blocked off with barriers, part of the drop off zone.
So it appears Terminal 5 is going the way of T3…. perhaps there will be drop off charges soon as well.
I would still favour a drop off/pick up area, with 10 minutes free, then a charges of double the car park rate… that will get people to move on…
28 Jan 2015
at 08:41
andrew.gillParticipantHi
I don’t believe this is new, it’s just that it’s become custom and practice for some drivers to use the drop off area at level 5 (departures) rather than to wait for the passengers in the arrivals hall, and then walk together to the car
andrew
29 Jan 2015
at 13:27
MartynSinclairParticipantAndrew… why not make ‘drop offs’ pay too….?
Most pax with hand luggage, do not need to be met… just arrange a very quick pick up…
29 Jan 2015
at 13:43
andrew.gillParticipantHi
This is a topic we’ll have to agree to disagree on
For me, it’s fine. When I get dropped off it’s a fairly fast and simple process : we arrive, I get out of the car and they go
Getting picked up, more often than not involves a period of waiting, and this is why we have car parks.
I can take a free bus services that takes me from the airport out to Bath Road or Hounslow but after a long flight, I really like the idea of seeing a friendly welcoming face in the Arrivals area.
andrew
29 Jan 2015
at 16:16
MartynSinclairParticipantThe system should either allow free drop off and pick up or charge for both.. a fast pick up system could easily be implemented..
I believe in maximising revenue, but not taking advantages of the punters….
29 Jan 2015
at 18:24
LadyLlondonParticipantI currently am able to work round these charges. But if one day they become unavoidable then I shall simply stop using Heathrow. It’s the biggest Welcome to Britain ripoff scam I know.
Sick and tired of the ripoff culture the government does nothing to stop in this country. Some of us are lucky enough to have our fees paid but what about most normal people? Not everyone who flies is wealthy. The ripoffs connected with anything to do with air transport in this country just keep multiplying.
30 Jan 2015
at 03:48
stevescootsParticipantwhy not use the pods to the long term parking, then get picked up at the entrance to that?
13 Feb 2015
at 00:46
K1ngstonParticipant+1 LadyLondon I totally agree with you, Heathrow T5 is a rip off from the moment you arrive, to the way you are made to feel going through security in the terminal, and till the moment you are bussed to some remote stand to start your journey… I have always had one question WHY???????
13 Feb 2015
at 00:53
TerryMcManus24ParticipantUsually Just buy a Times/Telegraph/Morning Star newspaper and relax for an hour or so in the front section of a Piccadilly line tube on my way to Oakwood….. using my Freedom Pass…Easy …and hassle free.
13 Feb 2015
at 01:19
MartynSinclairParticipantMy mini cab driver was hassled by the uniformed jobsworth at T5 yesterday…. and he was dropping me off!!
It does beg the question, why don’t the airport authorities provide a drop off / pick up lane for LICENSED mini cab drivers, in a similar way to Black Cabs… It seems to me that the number of licensed mini cabs driving to and from the airport is rising, predominantly because:
1. licensed mini cabs are more cost effective than black cabs
2. black cabs only operate around central London
By all means charge licensed mini cabs for using the airport, but it seems very unfair for the passenger that a licensed form of commercial transport are just shoved into the car park to pick passengers up, which ultimately dramatically increases charges for passengers and inconveniences them at the same time, whilst another form of licensed commercial transport have an easier life at the airport.
Passengers mode of transport changes, why should black cabs have an easier life at London Airport and licensed mini cabs just get hassled, fined and inconvenience the passenger….
6 Mar 2015
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