Perth Airport increases parking fees ... again

[oz_mark]

Perth Airport increases parking fees ... again : thewest.com.au

Perth Airport has jacked up car parking fees less than a year after it increased them by as much as 47 per cent.

The privately owned airport announced it had increased shortterm and long-term parking fees at the international and domestic airports from Saturday.

...and for a justification (if you call it that)

“We want to ensure that our shortterm parking is not so cheap that people use it to park long-term.”

[ejb]

Perth airport is the new Sydney Airport in terms of ripoffs.

Their "Business Quick Park" (or whatever they call it) is $40 per day or part thereof. That I believe is the same price as Valet parking in Sydney.

The business plan seems to be "gouge at every chance, screw the passenger".

ejb

[bambbbam2]

People need to start using the old 'short-term' parking trick they used to do at SYD..

i don't want to spoil the scam by describing it..

[StevePER]

Originally Posted by bambbbam2

People need to start using the old 'short-term' parking trick they used to do at SYD..

i don't want to spoil the scam by describing it..

If it's what I imagine then that's a very clever trick.

[SeaWolf]

Rats. The one time I'm about to use the Long Term parking cause I can't get a ride to the airport and they go and hike up the prices!

I'm fairly sure I know what the Short Term parking trick is, but I'm curious about how they put a stop to it at Sydney.

[JohnK]

Originally Posted by ejb

The business plan seems to be "gouge at every chance, screw the passenger".

I thought this was the business plan of any company/business involving air travel and this includes retail shops at airports.

[yo yo ma]

Originally Posted by bambbbam2

i don't want to spoil the scam by describing it..

Park for a week in the short term... say you have lost your ticket when exiting and get charged for only 24 hours?

[straitman]

Originally Posted by SeaWolf

I'm fairly sure I know what the Short Term parking trick is, but I'm curious about how they put a stop to it at Sydney.

Like SeaWolf I'm interested to know how they put a stop to the trick in Sydney.

[markis10]

Originally Posted by straitman

Like SeaWolf I'm interested to know how they put a stop to the trick in Sydney.

In Brisbane they put a different coloured dot sticker on your window during the early hours of the morning, bet a few people wondered how the gate attendant knew what day they actually came in

Before the reorg in Sydney years ago I used to exit via the rent a car exit opposite the Qantas arrivals area, its closed now but I had a valid excuse, I was driving a rent a car, it was just that it was on a mini lease from hertz or avis and parked in the normal area. It was great when they had 1000 points a day rental promotions, three months of a mini lease resulted in a J class trip to Singapore for around $3K in total rental charges, with free parking at the airport thrown in.