Dirty rotten thieving f*ckers at Cork Airport
I was collecting my mother last night from Cork Airport as I usually do a few times a year. They airport authorities have now made it as near as impossible as can be to pick up near the arrivals area. There were about four flights just after arriving by the time I got there so it was pretty hectic. My mother was already waiting but as there was no where to stop to collect her I had to head to the multi-story car park which is free for 20 minutes.
Or at least it was free back in November when I last used it.
I parked, met my mother (who was already after walking up to the car park) and tried to validate my parking ticket where I almost fainted when the damned machine insisted that I needed to pay €2.50! I was parked for 3 goddamed minutes at the most! A quick check on their website when I got home confirmed that this is now the case since January this year.
The dirty rotten thieving bastards! It’s not enough that they have built possibly one of the worst airport terminals that it is possible to build but now they expect those of us merely collecting someone to pay for the debt ridden white elephant.
So my advice to anyone dropping someone off is to drive slowly along the front of the terminal and get them to jump out of the car with their luggage. You know, like someone jumping off a train in a western?
As for collecting somone, I’m going to drive slowly with the boot open and they can throw their luggage in. I will circle around again and they can jump in in case they didn’t make it the first time.
22 queries. 1.116 seconds.
Maybe Ryanair own the carpark!
@Grannymar, you could be right there. But when an airport like Cork end up a few 100 million in debt I suppose they have to get money from wherever they can
Car park companies (basically low grade rentacops with yellow clamps and fibreglass barriers to trap the unwary) rank right up there on my buddy list with moneylenders, cold calling telecom drones, and Max Clifford.
I notice that CUH have now increased their rates too, driving ever more people into the Wilton Hilton car park across the way (who incidentally are now rearing their own braying donkeys in hi-vis jackets to immobilise the pensioner visiting his missus in intensive care).
In fairness to the airport crowd, the late unlamented Shameless Brennan pretty much guaranteed that the airport wouldn’t have to carry the redevelopment cost. Emphasis on the “pretty much”.
I thought that all that had changed Ryan, that Cork now have to pick up the debt?
I think that is one of the stumbling block for Cork airport getting its independence from the DAA.
2.50 for 2 minutes? I can’t believe.
@Grannymar In near future Ryanair wants to collect money for using toilets on their planes.
For now you could just park on the lay by next to the airport roundabout and have them give you a call once they’re ready to be picked up. if the lay by is full there is another one further down
even in the good old days when the first 15 minutes were free i didnt like parking at the airport because if the flight gets delayed i have to pay them. so they would be making money out of flights getting delayed and thats never a good thing
Going to have to try that on Saturday when I have to head up there yet again!
The handy thing is that I check estimated arrival time on the net and leave home 10 minutes before it is due. Everytime other than above it has worked a treat with me only waiting max of a minute.
Yep, my (badly worded) point being that the Cork airport peeps threw money around like snuff at a wake “secure” in the knowledge that they wouldn’t be caught for the whole bill.
Now, as we know, they do. Cue exorbitant parking charges/landing fees
Incidentally, if I’m collecting, I get the traveller to ring me from the baggage carousel, case in hand, at which point I drink my coffee, emerge into the Bull McCabe’s car park, hop in my french luxobarge and head up the hill to the arrivals entrance.
There I stop until my passengers and their bags are in situ. I’d rather pay the money for the coffee than widdle it away on stealth tax.
I think Dublin is worse. I don’t think the fares tehre even go as low as €2.50.
Only once I had to drive to Dublin Airport Lottie. I didn’t find it all that bad but that was back when the port tunnel was still being built and I got hopelessly lost on the way back because there was a detour off the M1.
I’ve flown out of there plenty of times though and Ieven though it is much busier than Cork I actually prefer it. Lots more to do when hanging about waiting. and for a geek like me it’s nice to be able to look out at the aircraft too!
I miss that, and more so, I miss the old bar.
Its eighties shabbiness was more than made up for by its relative intimacy, and the sight of awestruck kids with their noses pressed to the glass.
You might as well be in any soulless public area now.
You may find this odd but I have never had a drink at Dublin Airport.
Heathrow? Now there’s a whole other story. Those great days of the executive lounge. Consistently being the last person onto the plane haveing been wheeled out of the lounge.
It’s no wonder Aer Lingus hate me so much. The feeling is mutual there however. Now that I think of it I still have a shit load of British Airways Air miles. Must find out if they are still valid. Ah BA, now there is an airline.
Can’t help you with stopping for 2 mins to pick up someone, but these guys have cheap parking in Dublin and now seemed to be providing reduced prices in Cork as well.
They say it is 15% cheaper but the have car parks at 5.95 per day. My Maths isn’t great but it seems to more than 15% as I think it is around 9.50 a day in Cork.
Does Aer Lingus air miles not count towards BA air miles as well? and Lufthunsa?
Aviator,
Thanks for the information.. I must find out about my air miles. Although being a poor student now leaves little in the way of funds for holidays
You shower of mean miserable b******s, be glad to have an airport so close to ya
Tom, no matter where in Ireland you are, there will always be an airport within a 150 mile radius!
and a road within 7 miles? or something like that