No love from the airports. New “kiss and drop” fees popping up around the world.
An airport in England has started charging airline passengers to “kiss and drop” zone outside its main terminal.
All drivers, including taxis, will have to fork out STG1 ($A2.07) for spending up to 10 minutes in the drop-off zone at Luton Airport, north of London. It’s the first of it’s kind in England, but isn’t likely to be the last. This comes after the airport recently introduced other charges, ranging from baggage trollies to the ability to jump security queues and needing plastic bags for your liquids in your carry ons.
As you can imagine, these new fees haven’t been all that popular, but the airport has defended the fees as something it needs to do to keep the airport running smoothly and within its budget constraints. Not everyone needs to pay these fees though. While the charge to “kiss and drop” isn’t excessive, it can be avoided altogether – the free carpark is only a two minute bus ride away. With that in mind, is this fee really a money making scheme, or just another luxury that a passenger can pay for?
After all, we don’t all need to fly first class. Do we?
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I understand about the drop-off zone.. but for the trolleys???
We should be provided one at least. Geez!
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I read about this too. It makes me crazy when they nickel and dime. I have to carry around five pounds of coins just to pay for parking at the grocery store. As for the trolleys, we have to pay for them in the States, so I was astounded that they were free to use here.
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