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Published: 2009-06-30 17:24:45
Updated: 2009-06-30 17:24:45

Posted: June 30, 2009

Parking rates in flux at RDU

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The cost of parking at Raleigh-Durham International Airport is going up effective Wednesday. The hourly rate for parking in the daily section of the garage is set to increase from $1 to $2; the daily maximum will still be $10.

In the hourly section of the garage, the rate remains $1 per hour, with a maximum of $24.

Park-and-ride lots will also see a fee change. Hourly parking at those lots will be eliminated. Everyone who parks there will pay a $6 per day flat fee.

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You CAN park for free while waiting to pick someone up. The lot is at the RDU Center, near the rental car area:

http://www.rdu.com/travelinfo/faq.htm#pickingup
Click to view my profile lb27608
July 1, 2009 11:42 a.m.
Some airports have a cell phone waiting area. The closest thing at RDU is at the Observation Park which is near the air traffic control tower. You can't walk to the terminals but you can wait for the person you are picking up to call you without having to go in circles forever.
qbmurf
July 1, 2009 9:13 a.m.
Thanks for your encouragement - I am also fortunate to live close to RDU and can have my friends/family call me on my cell when they get off the plane - then can pick them up in front of the baggage claim area in a few minutes. I am just shocked that any place would charge customers for parking. That is why I will not do business downtown Raleigh - or any other place - if they will not provide me with the courtesy of free parking - it is just common sense and good business! Even when I worked in a High Rise office building we gave all of our clients free parking! If I can park free to eat & shop I will - If I have to pay then I will go elsewhere - very simple!
Click to view my profile Tax Man
July 1, 2009 9:12 a.m.
That I am aware of, there are no free lots at RDU. When I have had to pick people up I have either showed up AS they were landing or else I have had to keep driving around the airport. I guess one good thing about living 5 minutes from the airport is the fact that I can wait until the people I am picking up calls from the airport when they land, and then by the time I get there they are coming out to the terminal pickup outside...

But Tax Man, when you find out where this free lot is, please share with us. Thanks :)
lillann15
July 1, 2009 8:56 a.m.
"Tax Man" There is NOTHING free at RDU. The authorith built a ton of parking in anticipation of forever expansion and is now stuck with expensive bird roosts. Why do you think they fought the TTA proposal for service there so hard.
WHEEL
July 1, 2009 8:49 a.m.
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