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Airport Uber driver fuming over being charged £39 to drop off passengers



A holidaymaker was charged a £39 "scam" fee for dropping off passengers at the airport. The Uber driver has hit out, saying he is raging.

Faraz Khan was charged when dropping off passengers at Leeds Bradford Airport on separate trips on the same day. The dad-of-two fumed: “Leeds Bradford Airport free one-hour car park is a scam – I took three trips to the airport.

“I dropped the rider off, came to the barriers to get out, but the machine said I had to pay £39." He was given a recirculation charge, meaning drivers cannot return within an hour of leaving.

He told LeedsLive : “Taxi drivers are supposed to be allowed to drop off passengers, it’s public transport. The airport, their parking company, they’re scamming the people there."

He added: “We are going to lose out on so much business with what’s happening. June, July and August is the holiday season, we take at least four to five trips a day to the airport, a lot of trips."

A spokesperson for Leeds Bradford Airport told Leeds Live: “Due to continued misuse of the One Hour Free Zone, a recirculation charge was introduced in 2019 to prevent it becoming a prolonged holding area for vehicles. Before the introduction of the recirculation charge, vehicles would loop round indefinitely, limiting access to the facility for all passengers.

“The recirculation charge is clearly marked upon entry in the One Hour Free Zone and within the car park itself. Vehicles are welcome to re-enter the One Hour Free Zone one hour after leaving.”

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I very much doubt that happened.

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Another Poober driver who thinks he’s a Taxi-Driver.


: “Taxi drivers are supposed to be allowed to drop off passengers, it’s public transport. The airport, their parking company, they’re scamming the people there."

really or is it a case of one trip to the airport then hang around waiting for a hit on the app

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Broadly similar parking issue, and again it's Uber 'taxis' in Leeds.

Article might benefit from a bit of editing, though. I mean, do we really need to know the ages of his kids?

(Although, to be fair, it's not a long article. But even reading the first few paragraphs made it sound a bit repetitious, but I suppose they have to pad out some of these pieces at times.)


Leeds hotel hits back as taxi driver says it's 'most frustrating' place to park in city

https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds ... t-24068183

He's said Uber drivers have picked up £60 fine for simply dropping off or picking up

A Leeds hotel has been branded one of the most 'frustrating' places to park in the city by an Uber driver.

Armley man Faraz Khan, 36, has worked for Uber since 2015 and knows all the ins and outs of the city. He says taxi drivers are constantly picking up fines with new confusing road rules and no-go areas.

Driving around Leeds can become costly for unsuspecting taxi drivers who slip up on the rules. The father-of-two, six and 13, from Pakistan says he knows people who have been fined before from falling foul of rules.

He's said Weetwood Hall and Estate is one of the most 'frustrating' places to pick up and drop off due to its stringent rules. The four-star hotel is based off the Ring Road near Otley Road, close to Headingley. The building has been adapted from a 17th-century Jacobean manor house.

Faraz said: “In Weetwood Hotel, you used to be able to drop off a passenger there or pickup nice and easy. Now when you go there, you have to log in to reception and register your car in there.

"You have to check in basically, if you don’t do that – you will get a £60 fine. It hasn’t happened to me but it has happened to other drivers."

Steven Kershaw, General Manager, Weetwood Hall said: “We have recently introduced an electronic parking permit system due to our car parking facilities being used by non-residents of Weetwood Hall this has impacted our actual guests not been able to park. The electronic parking permit is common amongst hotels and in particular our neighbouring hotels have a similar system.

"There is a drop of period of 14 minutes which is adequate for taxi drivers collecting or dropping off any guests. If for any reason any taxi or private hire driver runs over this time, they can register their details at hotel reception.

"On the extremely rare occasion where a charge has been issued, we ensure the car park management company cancelled the charge.

"We would like to extend to all taxi and private hire drivers the opportunity when they are next at Weetwood Hall to come in and we will register their details permanently, so they don’t have to come in on any visits over 14 minutes."

Wonder how they came up with a limit of precisely 14 minutes?

To be fair, looks like they're trying to accommodate the trade, which is hardly surprising - must be plenty cars exceeding the 14 minute limit at a hotel like this, for pick-ups at least. Which in fact is one reason I work the ranks, quite apart from any possibility of fines for extended pick-ups etc, which certainly isn't the case up here

sorry fell asleep half way through but I wonder if they serve weetabix to all their guests for breakfast

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