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Originally Posted by MDtR-Chicago
(Post 34619495)
Was just offered a discount again on the SFO official parking site. $16 off a booking for next week in Long Term Parking.
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Originally Posted by KE81
(Post 34603362)
To follow up on this—you CANNOT enter more than 4 hours before your scheduled start time. Found out the hard way today, but fortunately was able to cancel and rebook (albeit for the significantly higher rate).
The best I've found is an ongoing promo code that gives $10 off a booking regardless of duration. |
I entered about 45 minutes early but then a flight delay made me return a 1/2 day late and I had to pay $18 extra by CC at the exit gate. Now I know what happens when you go over your stay by a lot. I figured it might autfocharge my CC but this system makes sense.
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Originally Posted by emcampbe
(Post 34619608)
was this just on the website, or was it sent to you.
Originally Posted by econ
(Post 34620305)
Was this a result of the standard discount when booking on the website ($21/day) vs. drive-up rate ($25/day)?
I could have sworn it was offering me $25/day on the website until this one booking where it offered $21 as a specific discount. But maybe I read it wrong. |
Flying out on a Friday at 5:45 and get to home Sunday night at 20:45. This is 100% drive and park at the airport type of trip. $108 in either the domestic or the international garage.
Stupid expensive, but glad to see I can just park in the domestic garage. That will save a ton of time and no airtrain ride. (Long term is $63 - but that 20 minute airtran ride works out to an extra 30 minutes of sleep at home - and thats the difference between getting up at 3:30 am vs 4am. ). |
Regarding parking in the SFO walk-to-terminal domestic garage. Parked there last month and was annoyed to find all the space on Level 3 were taken - not a problem I had previously encountered. Then made the mistake of driving to level 4 which is basically off limits. (Level 5 is still carshare/limos AFAIK)
So in sum, my advice is to go directly to Level 2, do not pass go… |
Originally Posted by Boraxo
(Post 35082646)
So in sum, my advice is to go directly to Level 2, do not pass go… But yeah, the trick is to go down right away. Before Uber, the trick was to park on the top. |
Originally Posted by returnoftheyeti
(Post 35081870)
but that 20 minute airtran ride works out to an extra 30 minutes of sleep at home - and thats the difference between getting up at 3:30 am vs 4am.
Originally Posted by Zorak
(Post 33794354)
I did park at short term for a day trip (if you have previously parked with them, you get a post-trip survey after which you get a non-personalized coupon code SFOThankYou good for $10 off which helps a bit with the above prices)
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Originally Posted by econ
(Post 35085735)
And getting home 30 min earlier when returning.
Looks like this finally dried up. Anyone else getting post-trip survey requests with discount codes? I'm guessing demand is back to a point that they don't need to provide discounts. long gone are the days of the pandemic when it was get a free half day for every paid day….that was fun while it lasted. When they raised the rate to $21/day, that’s when I started primarily I’m using ParkSFO, except for very short 1-2 day trips. |
Originally Posted by emcampbe
(Post 35085790)
I have always seemed to be able to successfully use it (until some point)….tried it for a trip I think in Dec. and didn’t work anymore. I think I’ve used it even when not filling in a survey, so either they are limiting use (by account, perhaps) or just expired it.
But I haven’t gotten another survey email the last few trips. |
Can't seem to find the answer to this anywhere--does Fastrak still work for parking at SFO?
Also, any tips to get some EV charging to boot? https://www.flysfo.com/passengers/pa...n-electric-car |
Originally Posted by SamirD
(Post 35095866)
Can't seem to find the answer to this anywhere--does Fastrak still work for parking at SFO?
Also, any tips to get some EV charging to boot? https://www.flysfo.com/passengers/pa...n-electric-car My experiences with EV charging (J1772) are: - at various times in 2021, I tried parking in long term. All the modern charging equipment, L2 etc. is in the newer garage. The old garage has spaces dedicated to EVs, but they are all wall plugs and you have to bring your own cable. And I don't know if I was always flying at peak times or what but the handful of times I tried, the new garage was coned off and they were directing all incoming traffic to the old garage. I could simply have brought my own cable, but... maybe things have changed since I last tried though. - in short term, have never had any problem getting a spot; the only gripe here is that the charging locations are all on the ground floor, which can be annoying if you prepay because then you can only enter on the... 3rd? floor and so you have to go down the circular ramp several levels to get to the charging station and then back up again to exit when you leave. #FWP Factoring in the duration of the train ride from long term to the terminal, the strategy I ended up with was to take Caltrain or 398 or rideshare to get to the airport for long term trips and so I didn't care about EV charging anyway, and for 2-3 day trips the extra cost of short term vs. long term isn't *so* bad... |
Originally Posted by Zorak
(Post 35095932)
Don't know the Fastrak question.
My experiences with EV charging (J1772) are: - at various times in 2021, I tried parking in long term. All the modern charging equipment, L2 etc. is in the newer garage. The old garages have spaces dedicated to EVs, but they are all wall plugs and you have to bring your own cable. And I don't know if I was always flying at peak times or what but the handful of times I tried, the new garage was coned off and they were directing all incoming traffic to the old garage. I could simply have brought my own cable, but... maybe things have changed since I last tried though. - in short term, have never had any problem getting a spot; the only gripe here is that the charging locations are all on the ground floor, which can be annoying if you prepay because then you can only enter on the... 3rd? floor and so you have to go down the circular ramp several levels to get to the charging station and then back up again to exit when you leave. #FWP Factoring in the duration of the train ride from long term to the terminal, the strategy I ended up with was to take Caltrain or 398 or rideshare to get to the airport for long term trips and so I didn't care about EV charging anyway, and for 2-3 day trips the extra cost of short term vs. long term isn't *so* bad... The chargepoint chargers are supposed to be free, but would one need an account for that to start charging? I really like HSV's setup with clippercreek chargers--just plug-in and be done. |
Originally Posted by SamirD
(Post 35095946)
The chargepoint chargers are supposed to be free, but would one need an account for that to start charging? I really like HSV's setup with clippercreek chargers--just plug-in and be done.
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Originally Posted by Zorak
(Post 35095952)
You do need a ChargePoint account and tap your phone to start charging, but there is no cost for the charging itself, just the usual cost of parking at the garage.
I checked out the chargepoint site and it seems there nearly no charging points available anyways atm. I'll play with it sometime when the wife and I are both traveling since she loads up on all the apps, lol. Thank you for all the details! Probably saved me 30 minutes of frustration, lol. |
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