Consolidated Rental Car Facility

[Rover]

I believe part of the decision was the fact that the British based company had stop and go experience that the local bidder did not. The local has had few buses and they were dedicated to a few pick-ups and only for their service. Rightly or wrongly, they preferred the company with SPECIFIC experience.

[catch22]

And as I mentioned this is a service that will almost exclusively be used by out of town visitors. This needs to have good execution, and we don't want to add to the existing (soon to be) inconvenience of off-airport, by adding unreliable service. We don't want the shuttle service to be a two year contract sandbox run for Red Carpet -- they simply do not have the resume to support their bid. Tough luck, but if you don't have the experience someone else does then get over it when you aren't selected.

[Plutonic Panda]

Shouldn't this thread be renamed and moved to the appropriate section?

Anywho, here are a couple pictures.

10/06/2014

[bombermwc]

Not exactly speeding along at jet speed there are they?

[Plutonic Panda]

Not exactly speeding along at jet speed there are they?

yeah lol. . . I also wonder if they're going have covers for the cats that will be exposed to the elements.

[Zuplar]

Seems like it's a lot further along then when I went by it a little over a month ago.

[UnFrSaKn]

January 15 2015

Pete's Most Hated Project

[Pete]

Boooooo!!!!

[dcsooner]

Pete,
What exactly are your objections to this facility? I have always hated the current Rental configuration. This doesn't appear to be worse.

[Pete]

Pete,
What exactly are your objections to this facility? I have always hated the current Rental configuration. This doesn't appear to be worse.

Can't believe you've missed my previous rants.

1. They have added a tax to all rental cars to pay for this thing. So, rates have gone up.
2. Having to stand out in the elements waiting for a shuttle bus. The curb is covered by a very high canopy which is not going to do much protecting from the weather.
3. Can't get my car while waiting on baggage (works great right now).
4. Having to clamor on and off shuttle buses.
5. Bus system means that groups are collected and then dumped into the facility at the same time, causing people to race off lest they get stuck behind others.


That's most of it.

[dcsooner]

got it! reminds me of the Phoenix Off site facility minus the weather most of the time

[Chadanth]

Can't believe you've missed my previous rants.

1. They have added a tax to all rental cars to pay for this thing. So, rates have gone up.
2. Having to stand out in the elements waiting for a shuttle bus. The curb is covered by a very high canopy which is not going to do much protecting from the weather.
3. Can't get my car while waiting on baggage (works great right now).
4. Having to clamor on and off shuttle buses.
5. Bus system means that groups are collected and then dumped into the facility at the same time, causing people to race off lest they get stuck behind others.


That's most of it.

I have the same list of annoyances, but this seems the be the standard at most airports now.

[Mel]

I just look at it as the more annoying flying gets the better hope we have of getting a high speed rail system nationwide.

[John]

At least it's a somewhat attractive facility that complements WRWA...

[bombermwc]

I totally agree Pete, but as said here, it's the trend right now. And since the airport paid for this one, expect it to be this way for a LOOOOONG time.

The similar center at SEATAC is pretty damned impressive. But like you, I HATE HATE HATE having to use rental car shuttles...UGH!

[Pete]

This is an easy thing for the airport to "accomplish" because they can tax people (those renting cars) who are not presented and thus it's easy to raise the money for new construction.

[Zuplar]

At least it looks nice. It's come a long ways since I flew back in October.

[warreng88]

Can't believe you've missed my previous rants.

1. They have added a tax to all rental cars to pay for this thing. So, rates have gone up.
2. Having to stand out in the elements waiting for a shuttle bus. The curb is covered by a very high canopy which is not going to do much protecting from the weather.
3. Can't get my car while waiting on baggage (works great right now).
4. Having to clamor on and off shuttle buses.
5. Bus system means that groups are collected and then dumped into the facility at the same time, causing people to race off lest they get stuck behind others.


That's most of it.

So, the shuttle bus picks up upstairs at the drop off area? I would think they would pick up downstairs by the baggage claims. I never use the parking since we always have people dropping us off and picking us up.

[Pete]

So, the shuttle bus picks up upstairs at the drop off area? I would think they would pick up downstairs by the baggage claims. I never use the parking since we always have people dropping us off and picking us up.

They will pick up on the ground level but out at the furthest curb, where hotel shuttle buses current come and go.

You walk through the open coutyard and are pretty far away from the terminal building itself.

So, instead of walking 50 more feet and hopping in your rental car, you will now stand out there waiting for a shuttle.

[catch22]

I used a consolidated rental car facility at Fort Lauderdale a few weeks ago.

It was easy and painless. Then again, I did arrive at 6am so the peak arrivals had not started yet.

[SOONER8693]

I used a facility just like this in Cleveland 2 summers ago. It was very smooth, easy, and convenient. I saw no issues like those people have listed above.

[Zuplar]

I used a facility just like this in Cleveland 2 summers ago. It was very smooth, easy, and convenient. I saw no issues like those people have listed above.

Yeah I've used the one in Denver a couple times and it's always been real smooth.

[PhiAlpha]

Eh, as someone who very frequently flies out of Will Rogers, I welcome this change. There have been several annoying instances over the last year where the parking garage has been full and this would open more spaces for daily parking and hopefully reduce the frequency of that issue.

[Just the facts]

I used the consolidated facilities at SFO and ATL a lot and I liked them. The biggest problem with SFO though was that it was a pretty long walk to get to the skytrain station. ATL is super easy and you only have to be outside for a few seconds. However, I prefer Philadelphia where rental cars are for suckers because the train goes right to City Center in 20 minutes.

[Urbanized]

Yeah, I've used them in recent years in places like Fort Lauderdale, Phoenix, Kansas City and Newark and had no real complaints. The situation in Denver is similar though not truly consolidated, and it worked fine too.

I understand that in a perfect world it would be nice just to walk right to your rental car a few feet from the terminal, but it was also nice to park at the curb and to walk your lived ones to the gate and wait with them. Times change, and as the airport and city grow this is a change that makes sense, allowing for more close-in parking for departing OKC residents.

Personally, I'm fine with the hassle and expense falling more on arriving non-resident travelers. Lord knows other airports make it plenty difficult on those flying to/from OKC by putting connections at the furthest gate possible, etc.