Jan 30, 2017, 8:41 am
Last edit by: chrisl137
Parking @ LAX: https://book.flylax.com/book/LAX/Parking or LAX Official Airport Parking
Recommendations for selecting booking times and total booking periods: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/34711926-post186.html
Note also that for booking close-in and and around holiday peaks, some of the off airport lots may offer advance rates that are very competitive with the LAX operated lots.
Interactive map of LAX on-airport (Central Terminal Area) parking status is linked here (includes links to nearby off airport parking if you scroll down)
Economy and Budget Lot Shuttle Tracker (bottom link, light blue) (as of 10/25/23 it seems to mostly show Budget Lot shuttles and some Economy Lot shuttles don't show up on the tracker)
Note that parking rates in the CTA structures increased on 10/19/21.
Economy Parking (structure in part of the old lot C location) opened 10/19/21.
Prebooking is available at substantial discounts for the CTA ($22 vs $50/day) and Economy ($15 vs $25/day) parking at this link
See most recent posts in thread for prebooking discount codes offered for airport operated parking lots.
For prebooking, you must book at least 6 hours before your arrival.
For the Economy Lot, your QR code becomes active 4 hours prior to your booked arrival time
For CTA lots, the QR code becomes active 2 hours prior to your booked arrival time.
Note that access to the Economy Lot is only via Westchester Pkwy to Jetway Bl - there doesn't appear to be any shortcut via 96th.
Fly LAX Official Twitter Feed with general information.
Fly LAX Stats Official Twitter feed with parking lot occupancy and time to T1 from points outside the airport and time through the U on the upper and lower levels.
Park 'N Fly @ Park One and LAX Lot C are permanently closed.
Lot E is permanently closed as of 7/26/21
With the limited availability of parking at LAX as travel picks back up, Van Nuys or Union Station+Flyaway bus may be a reasonable alternative:
Union Station Parking (at Patsouras Plaza) is $8/day. Make sure you're in Union Station East (the underground facility) and fill out and drop off the downloadable form if you'll be there longer than 3 days.
The Consolidated "LAX Flyaway Bus" Thread (2014 - Date) has up to date information on taking the flyaway bus; parking is $5 a day.
Older posts on this topic may contain relevant information and can be found in this thread:
Recommendations for selecting booking times and total booking periods: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/34711926-post186.html
Note also that for booking close-in and and around holiday peaks, some of the off airport lots may offer advance rates that are very competitive with the LAX operated lots.
Interactive map of LAX on-airport (Central Terminal Area) parking status is linked here (includes links to nearby off airport parking if you scroll down)
Economy and Budget Lot Shuttle Tracker (bottom link, light blue) (as of 10/25/23 it seems to mostly show Budget Lot shuttles and some Economy Lot shuttles don't show up on the tracker)
Note that parking rates in the CTA structures increased on 10/19/21.
Economy Parking (structure in part of the old lot C location) opened 10/19/21.
Prebooking is available at substantial discounts for the CTA ($22 vs $50/day) and Economy ($15 vs $25/day) parking at this link
See most recent posts in thread for prebooking discount codes offered for airport operated parking lots.
For prebooking, you must book at least 6 hours before your arrival.
For the Economy Lot, your QR code becomes active 4 hours prior to your booked arrival time
For CTA lots, the QR code becomes active 2 hours prior to your booked arrival time.
Note that access to the Economy Lot is only via Westchester Pkwy to Jetway Bl - there doesn't appear to be any shortcut via 96th.
Fly LAX Official Twitter Feed with general information.
Fly LAX Stats Official Twitter feed with parking lot occupancy and time to T1 from points outside the airport and time through the U on the upper and lower levels.
Park 'N Fly @ Park One and LAX Lot C are permanently closed.
Lot E is permanently closed as of 7/26/21
With the limited availability of parking at LAX as travel picks back up, Van Nuys or Union Station+Flyaway bus may be a reasonable alternative:
Union Station Parking (at Patsouras Plaza) is $8/day. Make sure you're in Union Station East (the underground facility) and fill out and drop off the downloadable form if you'll be there longer than 3 days.
The Consolidated "LAX Flyaway Bus" Thread (2014 - Date) has up to date information on taking the flyaway bus; parking is $5 a day.
Older posts on this topic may contain relevant information and can be found in this thread:
The 2022 - 2023 LAX Parking Thread
Jun 29, 2022, 12:29 pm
#62
Join Date: Jul 2017
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New one just dropped: INDEPENDENCE22
- 10% off Economy General
- 10% off Economy EV
- 10% off CTA EV
- 10% off CTA Premium
- 15% off CTA Valet
- * Offer applies to new economy bookings only and expires at midnight July 11 2022. Discount is applied to all online parking rates for arrivals on or before July 11, 2022. Bookings must be made at least 6 hours before arrival. Overstay fees will be charged as normal upon exit. Savings compared to booking Economy General for weeklong stays. Promotion subject to availability. LAWA reserve the right to modify or withdraw this offer at any time
Jul 7, 2022, 1:45 pm
#64
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I just returned from a three days trip. I parked at the Economy Lot. I used the discount code posted above and received a slight additional EV discount, approx. 5%, for (I drive a plug-in hybrid). I left my car plugged in. Many charging points are covered and not yet operational. I was surprised to see that a significant percentage of vehicles parked in EV spots with functioning chargers were not plugged in (mostly Teslas). The EV discount was more than what I was charged for the electricity.
I prepaid for the parking. The gate opened as I drove in, however, when I left, apparently my license plate was not read and I had to search for the reservation confirmation email to retrieve the QR code so that I could scan it in order to exit the structure.
Due to the airport operated shuttle buses use of the restricted access inner roadway on the lower level, the ride to and from the Economy lot was much faster than I had experienced in the past with The Parking Spot or QuikPark. Also, the Economy Lot shuttles run much more frequently than the private parking facilities' shuttles.
Overall, a positive experience. I will very likely be parking there again.
I prepaid for the parking. The gate opened as I drove in, however, when I left, apparently my license plate was not read and I had to search for the reservation confirmation email to retrieve the QR code so that I could scan it in order to exit the structure.
Due to the airport operated shuttle buses use of the restricted access inner roadway on the lower level, the ride to and from the Economy lot was much faster than I had experienced in the past with The Parking Spot or QuikPark. Also, the Economy Lot shuttles run much more frequently than the private parking facilities' shuttles.
Overall, a positive experience. I will very likely be parking there again.
Jul 7, 2022, 2:06 pm
#65
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I just returned from a three days trip. I parked at the Economy Lot. I used the discount code posted above and received a slight additional EV discount, approx. 5%, for (I drive a plug-in hybrid). I left my car plugged in. Many charging points are covered and not yet operational. I was surprised to see that a significant percentage of vehicles parked in EV spots with functioning chargers were not plugged in (mostly Teslas). The EV discount was more than what I was charged for the electricity.
I prepaid for the parking. The gate opened as I drove in, however, when I left, apparently my license plate was not read and I had to search for the reservation confirmation email to retrieve the QR code so that I could scan it in order to exit the structure.
Due to the airport operated shuttle buses use of the restricted access inner roadway on the lower level, the ride to and from the Economy lot was much faster than I had experienced in the past with The Parking Spot or QuikPark. Also, the Economy Lot shuttles run much more frequently than the private parking facilities' shuttles.
Overall, a positive experience. I will very likely be parking there again.
I prepaid for the parking. The gate opened as I drove in, however, when I left, apparently my license plate was not read and I had to search for the reservation confirmation email to retrieve the QR code so that I could scan it in order to exit the structure.
Due to the airport operated shuttle buses use of the restricted access inner roadway on the lower level, the ride to and from the Economy lot was much faster than I had experienced in the past with The Parking Spot or QuikPark. Also, the Economy Lot shuttles run much more frequently than the private parking facilities' shuttles.
Overall, a positive experience. I will very likely be parking there again.
Jul 8, 2022, 12:36 am
#66
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I've used the Economy lot a bunch of times and my experience is that the shuttle frequency is very variable. I've gotten off a plane and gone to the curb and had the tracker show (accurately) that all the buses were at the lot, rather than distributed along the route. Other times it's very quick in both directions. I agree with everything else - it's a major improvement over Lot C and Lot E, and has been steadily improving.
Jul 8, 2022, 9:37 am
#67
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I've used the Economy lot a bunch of times and my experience is that the shuttle frequency is very variable. I've gotten off a plane and gone to the curb and had the tracker show (accurately) that all the buses were at the lot, rather than distributed along the route. Other times it's very quick in both directions. I agree with everything else - it's a major improvement over Lot C and Lot E, and has been steadily improving.
I used to park at the Parking Spot and take their shuttle regularly. It was not unusual to wait for 15-20 minutes for one to arrive (even when I called them for pickup as I got off the plane). QuikPark was better, but my wait for their shuttle was never as short as with my three experiences with the new economy lot shuttle. Plus, since they have their own dedicated traffic lanes, the ride through the horseshoe loop on the airport operated shuttles is much faster.
Jul 8, 2022, 9:51 am
#68
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Los Angeles California
Posts: 1,395
I just returned from a three days trip. I parked at the Economy Lot. I used the discount code posted above and received a slight additional EV discount, approx. 5%, for (I drive a plug-in hybrid). I left my car plugged in. Many charging points are covered and not yet operational. I was surprised to see that a significant percentage of vehicles parked in EV spots with functioning chargers were not plugged in (mostly Teslas). The EV discount was more than what I was charged for the electricity.
I prepaid for the parking. The gate opened as I drove in, however, when I left, apparently my license plate was not read and I had to search for the reservation confirmation email to retrieve the QR code so that I could scan it in order to exit the structure.
Due to the airport operated shuttle buses use of the restricted access inner roadway on the lower level, the ride to and from the Economy lot was much faster than I had experienced in the past with The Parking Spot or QuikPark. Also, the Economy Lot shuttles run much more frequently than the private parking facilities' shuttles.
Overall, a positive experience. I will very likely be parking there again.
I prepaid for the parking. The gate opened as I drove in, however, when I left, apparently my license plate was not read and I had to search for the reservation confirmation email to retrieve the QR code so that I could scan it in order to exit the structure.
Due to the airport operated shuttle buses use of the restricted access inner roadway on the lower level, the ride to and from the Economy lot was much faster than I had experienced in the past with The Parking Spot or QuikPark. Also, the Economy Lot shuttles run much more frequently than the private parking facilities' shuttles.
Overall, a positive experience. I will very likely be parking there again.
I've used the Economy lot a bunch of times and my experience is that the shuttle frequency is very variable. I've gotten off a plane and gone to the curb and had the tracker show (accurately) that all the buses were at the lot, rather than distributed along the route. Other times it's very quick in both directions. I agree with everything else - it's a major improvement over Lot C and Lot E, and has been steadily improving.
Last edited by TWA884; Jul 8, 2022 at 10:16 am Reason: Merge consecutive posts by the same member; please use the multi-quote function. Thank you.
Jul 8, 2022, 10:17 am
#69
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Jul 9, 2022, 11:12 am
#70
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I just had another interesting dynamic pricing experience with the Economy lot.
I made a booking for the economy lot on 6/27 for 7/11 and it was $180 for the economy lot. That's the most expensive I've ever seen per day for Economy. I was updating my travel today after the departure date firmed up, and figured I'd check if I could get a little bit lower price with the INDEPENDENCE22 discount code. So I rebooked (now two days out) same dates, same times, and it's $85 cheaper, only about $24 of which was due to the discount code - it would have been cheaper ($118) to rebook the parking anyway. So it looks like it always pays to re-check the pricing occasionally.
Another useful thing that I haven't fully tested- it pays to have at least two different license plate numbers in your account If you have an existing booking and you have uncertain travel plans that overlap, it won't let you make two bookings for the same vehicle that overlap in time. Your pricing also gets updated (usually upward closer in) as if it's a new booking whenever you change your reservation, even if it falls completely inside the existing reservation, so you can't have travel booked ~1 month out and have two parking reservations for the same car. But it looks like you can book for two different cars (one of which can be fictional) and then once plans are firm, cancel one and change the remaining one to the vehicle that you're going to use, since there's no repricing if you keep the same dates and change the vehicle.
Jul 11, 2022, 11:48 am
#71
Join Date: Feb 2020
Location: LAX
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Lot full/blocked even with reservation
I recently had a reservation to park in the T-3 CTA lot but when I arrived, the entrance was blocked with cones with no employees present to move them and check reservations. Fortunately the T-4 lot was not blocked off and I was able to park there (though the QR code didn't work for either entry or exit). Has anyone else had a similar experience? Should I have just gotten out of my car and moved the cones in front of T-3?
Jul 27, 2022, 7:09 pm
#73
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Email from Los Angeles World Airports
Have you booked your summer vacation yet? If so, don't miss out on our summer parking promo, book now and get 20% off parking! Just use code SUMMER20 at the checkout.
Whether you're travelling for business or leisure, we've got parking options for all budgets and trip durations.
Don't forget, we offer free changes and cancellations before your booked arrival time, so book online today!
* Offer expires at midnight August 9 2022. Discount is applied to all online parking rates for arrivals on or before August 9, 2022. Bookings must be made at least 6 hours before arrival. Overstay fees will be charged as normal upon exit. Promotion subject to availability. LAWA reserve the right to modify or withdraw this offer at any time
Jul 29, 2022, 12:53 pm
#74
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I recently had a reservation to park in the T-3 CTA lot but when I arrived, the entrance was blocked with cones with no employees present to move them and check reservations. Fortunately the T-4 lot was not blocked off and I was able to park there (though the QR code didn't work for either entry or exit). Has anyone else had a similar experience? Should I have just gotten out of my car and moved the cones in front of T-3?
Aug 3, 2022, 11:44 am
#75
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Los Angeles California
Posts: 1,395
EV Experience
Had good experience parking my Tesla Model Y for 10 days. I plugged in the Powerflex cable and left as is until I came back. Hardly paid $2.65 for charging as my battery was 80% anyway when I left. Driving in the bar opened automatically after reading my license plate but going out it did not..so I had to scan the QR code and it all went well.