ABZ introducing drop off charges
Oct 30, 2014, 1:23 pm
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ABZ introducing drop off charges
per this report http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news...rport-1.655285
Frequent BA flyers and other register displeasure at @abz_airport #ripoff
Frequent BA flyers and other register displeasure at @abz_airport #ripoff
Oct 30, 2014, 1:28 pm
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Lots already have but the reply came back from the ABZ twitter lot that ABZ isn't the first airport to do it and it certainly won't be the last.
Minor inconvenience - yes. End of the world - no.
Minor inconvenience - yes. End of the world - no.
Oct 30, 2014, 1:34 pm
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Aha! This will be the new owners, the Ferrovial and Macquarie Group Consortium exclaiming, at ABZ we are a provincial facility and proud. Same goes for EDI.
Oct 30, 2014, 3:32 pm
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It's not the amount it's the hassle factor. I know NCL has this but I've never dropped someone off so don't know how it works.
Do you need a pound coin? If they take cards is it a simple tap on a contactless reader on the barrier or do you need to use a chip & PIN pay station?
Whichever way you look at it it's a pain.
Just like rail station pay toilets. I'd have less against them if the London ones had Oyster readers on the barriers.
Do you need a pound coin? If they take cards is it a simple tap on a contactless reader on the barrier or do you need to use a chip & PIN pay station?
Whichever way you look at it it's a pain.
Just like rail station pay toilets. I'd have less against them if the London ones had Oyster readers on the barriers.
Oct 30, 2014, 3:42 pm
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“As part of this review, a free option is being made available within the Long Stay car park with a free rapid shuttle service taking customer directly to the main terminal entrance.“
But that’s really not the issue, is it? The issue is airport operators engineering revenue streams which rely on making the passenger experience as miserable as possible - forcing passengers to pay out in order to receive what they will currently tolerate for free. You may not be familiar with Aberdeenshire - it is very much a car orientated region with very few public transport alternatives.
Oct 30, 2014, 3:45 pm
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Indeed, which has been taken care of…
“As part of this review, a free option is being made available within the Long Stay car park with a free rapid shuttle service taking customer directly to the main terminal entrance.“
But that’s really not the issue, is it? The issue is airport operators engineering revenue streams which rely on making the passenger experience as miserable as possible - forcing passengers to pay out in order to receive what they will currently tolerate for free. You may not be familiar with Aberdeenshire - it is very much a car orientated region with very few public transport alternatives.
Oct 30, 2014, 3:55 pm
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The route from the long stay car park isn't very pedestrian friendly but I suppose most motorists will attempt to drop off friends/family at the roundabout at Brent Road which is much closer.
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Oct 30, 2014, 4:08 pm
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ABZ airport could be so much better. There isn't even a bus to Dyce station at the weekends and the Aberdeen to Inverness bus no longer stops, either, which is a real pain for those of us trying to head up to Morayshire.
I have no objection to airports charging a user fee, but these irritating additional fees...... (!)
I have no objection to airports charging a user fee, but these irritating additional fees...... (!)