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    Heathrow Drop Off Charge

    Flying out of Heathrow soon and staying the night before at the Hilton Garden Inn. It looks like I can drop off the missus with luggage on Cessna Road but can't find a map anywhere which tells me if doing that gets me clocked for a drop off charge, anyone know?

    #2
    Don't they run a freebie shuttle bus from the hotels?
    Blog? What blog...?

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      #3
      Originally posted by malvolio View Post
      Don't they run a freebie shuttle bus from the hotels?
      No, the Hotel Hoppa costs a small fortune

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        #4
        Originally posted by tazdevil View Post
        Flying out of Heathrow soon and staying the night before at the Hilton Garden Inn. It looks like I can drop off the missus with luggage on Cessna Road but can't find a map anywhere which tells me if doing that gets me clocked for a drop off charge, anyone know?
        According to the Heathrow website, it's just the terminal forecourts that attract the charge.

        I presume the HGI you're staying at is not the one in T2 that you'll be driving past.

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          #5
          Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

          No, the Hotel Hoppa costs a small fortune
          £12?
          Blog? What blog...?

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            #6
            the local buses used to be free. go to the nearest standard bus stop and get the standard bus, that will get you to the terminals and the central bus station FOC if the policy still operates.
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              #7
              The busses are no longer free. A whopping £1.75 now. You can get the tube between Hatton Cross and the terminals for free though.

              Just out of interest, if you're both travelling/staying at the hotel but you're driving to drop off the Mrs with cases, what is then happening to the car? Surely whatever parking arrangements you've made will have a transfer to the terminal?

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                #8
                Originally posted by malvolio View Post

                £12?
                Per person, compared to the £5 drop off charge.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
                  The busses are no longer free. A whopping £1.75 now. You can get the tube between Hatton Cross and the terminals for free though.

                  Just out of interest, if you're both travelling/staying at the hotel but you're driving to drop off the Mrs with cases, what is then happening to the car? Surely whatever parking arrangements you've made will have a transfer to the terminal?
                  Staying at the T2 Hilton effectively on site. Car is being parked in T5 long term as that's where we come back to so a bit of pitta as I'll need to walk over to T2/3 business parking to get a lift to T2. Dropping her off with the bags at the Cessna Road entrance is simply a convenience so both of us aren't pulling bags around getting back from T5 parking

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by tazdevil View Post

                    Staying at the T2 Hilton effectively on site. Car is being parked in T5 long term as that's where we come back to so a bit of pitta as I'll need to walk over to T2/3 business parking to get a lift to T2. Dropping her off with the bags at the Cessna Road entrance is simply a convenience so both of us aren't pulling bags around getting back from T5 parking
                    Or...

                    Get the free transfer from T5 parking to T5 and then take HEX / Lizzy Line from T5 to T2/3 with your cases? It's all step free.

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