Any tips on long-term parking at BWI airport?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I always just park in the daily garage for $10/day. There seem to be more shuttles that go to and from the daily garage than long-term A or B. For $1/day more, I prefer a covered garage to an open air lot. The lighting is better and I've heard of some car break-ins from the long-term lot.

The daily garage is $12 and the long term parking is $8, so the difference per day is $4, not $1.
I have parked both in daily and long term, last time I parked on the daily garage, I saw 4 long-term shuttles come by before the daily garage shuttle.

I have never had a problem parking in long term, car has always been fine. I do think it's nice to have it covered, but you should be aware of the correct pricing.

Also, since you will be gone for so long, it might make more sense to Uber there and back.

There are three lots: $12/day; $10/day and $8/ day.

[Anonymous]

I will be traveling from BWI with an 8 month old baby--do the offsite parking services use local roads or the highway to get into the airport? If it is highway, is it really close? Have others taken babies on these offsite shuttles?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will be traveling from BWI with an 8 month old baby--do the offsite parking services use local roads or the highway to get into the airport? If it is highway, is it really close? Have others taken babies on these offsite shuttles?

They are pretty close -- IIRC one is basically closer than BWIs long term lot.

[Anonymous]

We started using PreFlight (you have to reserve ahead of time) when we had at 6 am flight at BWI - parked in the long term parking - no shuttle buses came and we missed our flight - the bags got misdirected and we missed 2 days of our vacation. Thought we try it again and it was a busy summer at the airport neither of the long term lots had space - same thing happened again over Thanksgiving. So we stopped. At PreFlight they are on-time, they will help with flats or battery issues - deliver you to your car, if you flight is delayed or outside the normal hours you call and they come immediately. The lots will fill up on busy weekends but we won't go back to the long term parking.

[Anonymous]

Some of these people suggesting that you use other lots than the $9 rail station garage actually use the rail garage themselves and don't want you to learn their secret.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't do offsite. Do the BWI long term parking, they have lot A and lot B, $8/day Shuttle comes often. However, we always park in Lot A, ND on our way back from destination, we always see lot better shuttles come more often than lot A. I don't think that's how they plan it since it's supposed to be the same, just our luck.

THIS. are you me??


still.. I recommend and stick with their long term parking... easy to find, shuttle comes often, and its cheap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We started using PreFlight (you have to reserve ahead of time) when we had at 6 am flight at BWI - parked in the long term parking - no shuttle buses came and we missed our flight - the bags got misdirected and we missed 2 days of our vacation. Thought we try it again and it was a busy summer at the airport neither of the long term lots had space - same thing happened again over Thanksgiving. So we stopped. At PreFlight they are on-time, they will help with flats or battery issues - deliver you to your car, if you flight is delayed or outside the normal hours you call and they come immediately. The lots will fill up on busy weekends but we won't go back to the long term parking.

how early did you get to airport?? if you get there at the suggested 2 hrs before a flight then I can't imagine you'd miss a flight... you were probably really pushing it.. not fair to blame the shuttle.

[Anonymous]

Big fan of parking with the southwest pilots in the rail garage. $9/day and covered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of these people suggesting that you use other lots than the $9 rail station garage actually use the rail garage themselves and don't want you to learn their secret.

true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We started using PreFlight (you have to reserve ahead of time) when we had at 6 am flight at BWI - parked in the long term parking - no shuttle buses came and we missed our flight - the bags got misdirected and we missed 2 days of our vacation. Thought we try it again and it was a busy summer at the airport neither of the long term lots had space - same thing happened again over Thanksgiving. So we stopped. At PreFlight they are on-time, they will help with flats or battery issues - deliver you to your car, if you flight is delayed or outside the normal hours you call and they come immediately. The lots will fill up on busy weekends but we won't go back to the long term parking.

how early did you get to airport?? if you get there at the suggested 2 hrs before a flight then I can't imagine you'd miss a flight... you were probably really pushing it.. not fair to blame the shuttle.

NOPE. We were at the airport (parking lot) by 3:30 am for a 6 am flight. The check in desks didn't even open until 4:30 am. When you are sitting at a shuttle bus stop for an hour with no buses come you miss your flight. So it wasn't us - we don't push things like that...I'm guessing you have never been there at that time in the morning.