> Does anyone have the actual low-down on exactly what restrictions there
> are for driving into London Gatwick (North Terminal to be specific) to
> drop off or pick up passengers? BAA's web site is pretty hopeless, just
> talking about "restrictions" and urging to use public transport.
>
> I am flying from LGW on Sunday, and am assuming these restrictions will
> still be in place (as we have to be seen to be doing something, no
> matter how futile). Getting there by public transport is easy if you're
> coming from London or Brighton, but to get there from nearby, e.g. East
> Grinstead, that just doesn't work.
>
> They are talking about encouraging people to use the short stay car parks.
> (a) Is this "encouraging" or "forcing"? From the incomplete news reports
> I hear, private cars are not allowed on the departures ramps, though I
> have no confirmation one way or the other.
> (b) If you aren't allowed to do anything but go through the car park,
> even if you just drive through and drop someone off, will they still
> demand £2.40 off you for 30 minutes "parking"? If so, that's surely
> exthortion. ...

>I don't know whether this comes too late for you, but I returned via
>Gatwick last night.
>
>Private cars can no longer drop off outside the terminals

>The problem with the short-term car-parks is that unless there is a
>Stansted-style free first half-hour, there is always a charge - in
>effect a charge for dropping someone off.

> Is there still as much as half an hour free at Stansted? I thought it
> was down to about ten minutes since they rearranged the short stay
> parking area about a year ago.

> Roland Perry perry.co.uk> wrote:
>
>

>>Is there still as much as half an hour free at Stansted? I thought it
>>was down to about ten minutes since they rearranged the short stay
>>parking area about a year ago.

>
>
> There was in January, haven't been back there since then.

> Steve Firth wrote:

>> Roland Perry perry.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>

>>>Is there still as much as half an hour free at Stansted? I thought it
>>>was down to about ten minutes since they rearranged the short stay
>>>parking area about a year ago.

>>
>>
>> There was in January, haven't been back there since then.

>
> I haven't been to Stansted since Sept last year. The half-hour free
> still applied then. Don't know about these January changes.

>>>>Is there still as much as half an hour free at Stansted? I thought it
>>>>was down to about ten minutes since they rearranged the short stay
>>>>parking area about a year ago.

>>>
>>>
>>> There was in January, haven't been back there since then.

>>
>> I haven't been to Stansted since Sept last year. The half-hour free
>> still applied then. Don't know about these January changes.

>
>Sorry, I meant that there was still half an hour free parking in
>January, but I've had no reason to go there since January so I cannot
>give more recent information. Not that there were changes in January.

> In message <1i14zy3.vxozash1ll52N%%%%steve%%@malloc.co.uk>, at 12:06:15 on
> Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Steve Firth <%%steve%%@malloc.co.uk> remarked:
>

>>>>>Is there still as much as half an hour free at Stansted? I thought it
>>>>>was down to about ten minutes since they rearranged the short stay
>>>>>parking area about a year ago.

>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There was in January, haven't been back there since then.

>>>
>>> I haven't been to Stansted since Sept last year. The half-hour free
>>> still applied then. Don't know about these January changes.

>>
>>
>> Sorry, I meant that there was still half an hour free parking in
>> January, but I've had no reason to go there since January so I cannot
>> give more recent information. Not that there were changes in January.

>
> ...

>>I just remember dropping someone off (probably just before Xmas)

>> and thinking that the free time I was allowed wasn't enough to help
>>them with their baggage to checkin, as well as just being a taxi
>>driver.

>
>My thoughts exactly (when dropping off some Italian friends there last
>year).
>
>Glad to see that it is likely that the free half-hour still applies
>there (an hour - or even 45 minutes - would be more reasonable).

>In message pipex.net>, at 14:20:36 on
>Thu, 12 Jul 2007, JNugent noparticularplacetogo.com>
>remarked:

>>>I just remember dropping someone off (probably...