U.S.COMMUTE RAGE

'Rip-off' fees for airport drop-offs set to be reviewed

Airports in the UK charge drivers to drop passengers at the terminal curb, and regulators will now examine whether the fees are fair; the goodbye is not included.

On air: Chip Darnell and Brock Thunderson on BBN This Morning
Published 9:05 AM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

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First reported by The Times: “‘Rip-off’ fees for airport drop-offs set to be reviewed”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 9:05 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Chip Darnell and Brock Thunderson.

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The Times‘Rip-off’ fees for airport drop-offs set to be reviewed

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Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe Times reports that the fees airports charge for dropping someone at the curb are set to be reviewed, after drivers called them a rip-off.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSo the goodbye has a meter now. In Chicago it's fifty-seven and cloudy today, and tomorrow rain, eighty-one percent, high sixty-one.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI said this morning a curb is a curb, and ten minutes of idling earns nine honks.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI stand by it, but I'm now giving Shai Hope's baggage worry the Player of the Match.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSuspicious. Rain tomorrow in New York too, high seventy-three, sixty-one percent. Someone will hug in it, and the hug will cost extra.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA paid hug.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistLos Angeles starts clear at sixty-one degrees, but clouds move in tomorrow with a high reaching ninety-seven.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThe only thing dripping there is the driver in the pickup lane.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI was at nine honks. After that, the review gets a ten.