tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post6191743340408045511..comments2024-01-09T00:39:13.955+00:00Comments on Oh what NOW!: Bloody thievesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-57357790663557423012011-08-03T10:20:26.141+01:002011-08-03T10:20:26.141+01:00Just part of rip-off Britain!Just part of rip-off Britain!Dark Lochnagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09086636653505467565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-45625631123643032312011-08-02T23:40:47.623+01:002011-08-02T23:40:47.623+01:00I've just remembered that you used to be able ...I've just remembered that you used to be able to send a text message to a certain number with the airport and flight number in the format "LHR QF001" and you'd get a text message back in a minute or two with the current status of the flight and either ETA if it's still airborne or the time it landed. They're probably ripping the arse out of the SMS costs instead but still going to be cheaper than airport parking.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-77336585773533232272011-08-02T21:52:27.523+01:002011-08-02T21:52:27.523+01:00I have a similar arrangement to Joe Public but it ...I have a similar arrangement to Joe Public but it still costs £1, or perhaps it is £2 now, to drive in and pick them up, less than 5 minutes in the car park.<br /><br />It is even worse than NHS hospital parking charges and they are extortionate.Old Codgernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-54175693483806662862011-08-02T17:44:53.311+01:002011-08-02T17:44:53.311+01:00When I have relatives to collect from the airport,...When I have relatives to collect from the airport, I wait outside the boundary & the arrangement is that they ring me once they're land-side with all their baggage.Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-3429168147083356052011-08-02T15:19:10.369+01:002011-08-02T15:19:10.369+01:00Melbourne Tullamarine is $3 for 20 minutes - sorry...Melbourne Tullamarine is $3 for 20 minutes - sorry, like your experience FE, it's "only" $3. Which is "only" equivalent to about two litres of fuel. After that the short stay is $6 for 20-40 and $12 for 40-60. Then it's $20 for 1-2 hours, $28 for 2-3, $36 for 3-4 and $52 for over 4 hours and up to a day. And they wonder why the free car park in McDonalds is always busy even when Macca's isn't, and why the Tullamarine Freeway always has cars parked illegally on the verge and hard shoulder for about a mile or so approaching the airport slip road. The government bitch about it and recognise that the problem is the airport ripping the arse out of the parking fees (helped hugely by the fact there's no nearby train or tram connection), but they've not yet worked out that the obvious solution is to encourage someone else to build a car park near enough to give the airport some much needed competition.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-37082399967819515282011-08-02T06:12:47.916+01:002011-08-02T06:12:47.916+01:00Edinburgh airport is £1 for 10 minute, thereafter ...Edinburgh airport is £1 for 10 minute, thereafter similar to your list. Thieves!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com