Airport Parking News

www.Parctel.com: After parking in a private Airport Parking lot near Oakland Airport Rajesh learnt a lesson that we all should take heed of. Rajesh wrote the following about his Airport Parking experience:

Yesterday, I had to go to Los Angeles for a day trip. I parked my car at Fast Track Airport Parking near Oakland Airport. This was a private parking lot where there were two options to park (covered at $12.20 and uncovered at $11.20 per day). I picked the covered spot and as I was getting down my car, I saw that one of the airport shuttles parked right behind me. The driver asked me to hop in and gave me a card where my parking lot # (E-40) was printed.

All I could say was “Great Service”

When I returned that evening, the shuttle driver asked me for that parking card and took me exactly to the spot where I had parked.

Again, all I could say was “Great Service”

When I had to pay to the cashier, I got a bill for $16.20. The extra money was various taxes and surcharges. About a 30% markup on the published prices.

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OAKLAND, California. (KCBS) -- Parking rates at Oakland International Airport are down as more passengers turn to alternative forms of transportation. Fliers who park at the airport will now pay $15 per day for economy parking and $19 per day for Valuepark.

About 14 million passengers fly in and out of Oakland’s airport each year. Spokeswoman Rosemary Barnes said that while officials encourage mass transit and other eco-friendly choices, they are working to make parking lots more efficient.

"We've determined that we have room to grow in terms of the number of passengers using our lots," she said.

Source: KCBS