Heathrow T5 Business parking.

[F i F]

Is something going off with that or is it just full?

Trying to book for a few days next week and only getting Long or Short Stay parks.

Don't normally use T5 Business, normally use Short Stay but this time Business would normally have been a better price.

[Stephanie Plum]

Full. Seen it that way a few times recently. It's not that big.

[0a]

Yep, they set capacities on the booking system. They should have priced it higher

[GCH]

Even if you cant pre book, nothing to stop you doing a drive up and entering. The disadvantage is that it it costs a little more than pre booked, but its a better car park than the t5 long term and the pods are fun

Also, you could try getting a booking quote 1 or 2 days before travel- short stay gets severely discounted then and often costs a few pennies less than business.. I do that method a lot now

[Puggit]

Maybe they've reduced capacity by a third because of the impending snow

[Stephanie Plum]

Last time I did that I had to argue hard to be allowed in. Ended up in one of the customer service bays. Don't cut your timing too fine if you take this option!

GCH said:

Even if you cant pre book, nothing to stop you doing a drive up and entering. The disadvantage is that it it costs a little more than pre booked, but its a better car park than the t5 long term and the pods are fun

Also, you could try getting a booking quote 1 or 2 days before travel- short stay gets severely discounted then and often costs a few pennies less than business.. I do that method a lot now

[F i F]

Cheers, seems that they have indeed pre-sold all the spaces at the pre-booked discount rate, in the end have booked short stay as flight times have changed to a very late arrival in UK. Stuff to arriving back at close to midnight and then messing about on a bus / pod. Short stay = 3 mins out of terminal and on the M25, and isn't the most expensive option on offer surprisingly.

[Puggit]

Perversely the pods work better late at night because there's less chance of them being busy!