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Airport parking LPT: never pay again
Posted on 11/12/17 at 8:40 pm
Posted on 11/12/17 at 8:40 pm
Interested in what you guys think about this...
90% of the flying I do is work related and a business expense. The times I fly for personal/vacation, I normally just get family to drop me off at the airport.
Why? Because dropping $100 on parking for 7-10 days is ridiculous.
However, my buddy tonight told me he hasn't paid for parking in years.
He parks at a nearby hotel, jumps on the free shuttle and leaves his car at the hotel.
Who has tried this method?
Upvote for genius. Downvote for dumb Alabama redneck idea.
90% of the flying I do is work related and a business expense. The times I fly for personal/vacation, I normally just get family to drop me off at the airport.
Why? Because dropping $100 on parking for 7-10 days is ridiculous.
However, my buddy tonight told me he hasn't paid for parking in years.
He parks at a nearby hotel, jumps on the free shuttle and leaves his car at the hotel.
Who has tried this method?
Upvote for genius. Downvote for dumb Alabama redneck idea.
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Posted on 11/12/17 at 8:41 pm to I Love Bama
Works great until hotel has you towed.
Posted on 11/12/17 at 8:42 pm to I Love Bama
Try it at the Airport Hilton at MSY...let me know how it works out for you.
Posted on 11/12/17 at 8:42 pm to I Love Bama
Most airport hotels give you a tag to show you are supposed to be there.
Guess you can always chance a few hundred dollar tow and storage fee.
Guess you can always chance a few hundred dollar tow and storage fee.
Posted on 11/12/17 at 8:42 pm to I Love Bama
Great idea until you come back to your vehicle sitting on cinder blocks with the rims gone. Or towed to an impound lot cause the hotel manager notices it's been sitting there for a week and doesn't belong to a guest.
Posted on 11/12/17 at 8:42 pm to I Love Bama
Uber from your house. Problem solved.
This post was edited on 11/12/17 at 8:43 pm
Posted on 11/12/17 at 8:42 pm to I Love Bama
Genius until your car gets towed. Likelihood is low but could still happen I suppose.
Posted on 11/12/17 at 8:43 pm to birdieman
Text me your number bro. Lost it.
Posted on 11/12/17 at 8:43 pm to I Love Bama
If parking is less than an Uber, I park.
If parking is more than an Uber, I Uber.
If parking is more than an Uber, I Uber.
Posted on 11/12/17 at 8:44 pm to fightin tigers
I've stayed at 100s of hotels next to airports and have never had anything like that.
Posted on 11/12/17 at 8:44 pm to I Love Bama
Probably depends on how busy the hotel is and how long you'll be gone
Posted on 11/12/17 at 8:50 pm to I Love Bama
I was flying to Afghanistan in on a kind of last minute thing and had not arranged a place to keep my car. My car wasn't that great so I parked it at a Wal-Mart in atlanta. 6 months later I fly back and my car was sitting right where I had left it.
Posted on 11/12/17 at 8:53 pm to I Love Bama
I usually just spend the $40 or so for uber from my house to the airport
Posted on 11/12/17 at 9:20 pm to I Love Bama
In Chicago and St Louis the entrance gate is a good distance from the exit station. I have always wondered if you can just walk up to the entrance gate and punch a new ticket to use. I am sure technology would prevent this somehow but I have wondered.
Posted on 11/12/17 at 9:28 pm to ShermanTxTiger
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I am sure technology would prevent this somehow but I have wondered.
Yeah, I'd expect there to be a sensor like the ones in the road at some red lights that can tell if there's a car or motorcycle above it. It would keep it from printing a ticket unless there's a car about to go into the lot.
This post was edited on 11/12/17 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 11/12/17 at 9:41 pm to TigerstuckinMS
It reads your license plate.
Posted on 11/12/17 at 9:58 pm to White Roach
Well, that's way fricking simpler.
Posted on 11/13/17 at 12:23 am to I Love Bama
I did this for a few years in New Orleans when I lived in BR at the radisson that had free parking and free shuttle, this was about 10 years ago though. Probably wouldn’t try it now unless it was a small town
This post was edited on 11/13/17 at 12:26 am
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