Just wondering what people's preferences are with regard to private parking at LAX? I guess major criteria would be:

- Price (and coupons or other discounts)
- Shuttle frequency
- Location
- Indoor/outdoor

Any thoughts? I used to use Mega Park. They're quite cheap, but their shuttle service is unimpressive.

WallyPark:

A little bit on the pricey side, but has valet and self-park options. Shuttle service is the most excellent I have found at LAX but has declined a wee bit since 9/11. I had to call for pickup this Sunday for the first time in two years of using them - but it was still pretty fast. I love the wash and service options.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cnk:
Just wondering what people's preferences are with regard to private parking at LAX? I guess major criteria would be:

- Price (and coupons or other discounts)
- Shuttle frequency
- Location
- Indoor/outdoor

Any thoughts? I used to use Mega Park. They're quite cheap, but their shuttle service is unimpressive.</font>

A major factor might be which terminal you're going to. For flyers of Southwest and some other airlines that are in Terminal 1, ParkOne makes the question of shuttle service irrelevant, because (although they have one) it's so easy to take the couple-minute walk from ParkOne to Terminal 1 (which they're right next to) that it beats any shuttle I could conceive of from anywhere!

But it is outdoor and more expensive than most others, so it's probably not as good a benefits/cost ratio if you're going to a faraway terminal (where you'll need a shuttle anyway) or if you'll need to spend extra time getting a carwash negating all the time you saved parking close outdoors, or if you're parking. http://www.flyertalk.com/airports/ftairports_forum/smile.gif

The only other private parking I've used is the indoor one (multiple confusing names, so I don't know what to call it) that's on the north side of Century Blvd a few blocks before the airport with a sign saying how it's $8ish or whatever for AAA members (which I am). It's shuttle service was fine last Thanksgiving morning when all the public lots were full, but when I got back late in the evening a few days later they had no shuttles running at all and I couldn't figure out how to contact them (I knew what color shuttle to look for and I remembered the name on the shuttle but that didn't match the name of the parking lot!), so I had to walk blocks and blocks searching for them visually. Ugh!!!

I used to use public Lot B because it was the cheapest, and shuttles do run 24 hours without you having to call anywhere. But right now I understand only Lot C is public longterm, and a mess. I have used it once since the 11th (when ParkOne was still closed), and I walked rather than waiting around for a shuttle but again I only have to go to Terminal 1 (which is the closest to Lot C).


[This message has been edited by Stefan Daystrom (edited 10-13-2001).]