You have to pay for tickets, for bags, for seat selection, for more and more else—and now UK airports are raising the cost of having a friend or relative drop you off at the airport, according to a report from the Royal Automobile Club.
The RAC says the charges, which can go as high as £7, are "bordering on the ridiculous" as a charge for "the briefest of stops." RAC's report says that 7 of 20 UK airports with fees have raised them since last summer.
The bigger jumps, but a full pound, are at Gatwick (now £6 for 10 minutes), Edinburgh (£5 for 10 minutes), Birmingham (£5 for 15 minutes) and Bristol (£6 for 10 minutes). Three others, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford and Aberdeen, have raised their prices by 50p. London Stansted, which didn't raise its rate, already gets £7 for 15 minutes. Manchester and Heathrow both charge £5, but Manchester allows only 5 minutes to get the passenger and bags out of the car, while Heathrow has no limit.
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