There is a very good chance that you will pay more to park your car at Stansted Airport than you will pay for your flights. Ridiculous as it is, it costs more to park your car of a piece of tarmac in a car park which requires no mechanical maintenence, fuel or anything else, for a few days than it does to have a modern airliner costing millions, the maintenence of the aircraft, ground crew, airport landing fees, the works.

Don’t ask me why this is because there is no way it can be justified. It is the airport owners and their official parking firms that are ripping you off. It comes as no suprise to see that BAA have always allowed Members of Parliament to park for free at the airport as this means the MPs are less aware of how consumers are being ripped off with parking charges. It is a disgraise but I guess this is what you get with a monopoly on London’s airports which is what BAA has.

So, you know you are being ripped of for parking at Stansted Airport so what is your best course of action?

Choose your car parks. There are three main car parking areas. Short Stay, Medium Stay and Long Stay. Each are progresively cheaper but are further away from the airport but the car park coach services are actually very good so just allow extra time for the transfer.