Farnham Common to Luton Taxi

The clockwise run from Farnham Common up to Luton

Luton is the one airport where the car turns north out of the village and stays north. We head up the A355 to Junction 2 of the M40, take the short hop east to Junction 1A and join the M25 at Junction 16, then work clockwise round the top of London through Junction 17 at Maple Cross, Junction 18 for Chorleywood and Amersham and Junction 20 for the A41, as far as Junction 21 where the M1 comes in. From there it is north to Junction 10, off onto the M1 spur, round Junction 10a and onto the A1081 New Airport Way, which stays dual carriageway all the way to the terminal. On the last stretch there is a roundabout ahead of a tunnel where the airport's own advice is to stop trusting the sat-nav and follow the signs for the drop-off and pick-up zone, and that is exactly what our drivers do. If the M1 is blocked north of St Albans, the A1081 through Harpenden comes in from the south instead, and the A414 across from Junction 8 is the other way round the same problem.

People take this route because every alternative is worse. There is no straightforward train from this side of Buckinghamshire to Luton; each version means getting to Gerrards Cross or Slough first and then crossing London with your bags, so a car from the door wins the argument before anyone has priced it. Most of the bookings are short city breaks and visits home, which is why they cluster at the very start and the very end of the day rather than the middle, and why we run through the night for flights that land long after the last train into Gerrards Cross. If you are coming from one of the quieter roads off Egypt Lane, or from up towards the Burnham Beeches car parks where a pickup point is easy to describe badly, we come to the door rather than the end of the lane. Firms that fly this way often move to monthly account billing, and if all you want is a car on the drive at four in the morning, that is what our round-the-clock service is for.

How does pickup at Luton Airport work?

We park and come in to meet you. The alternative many people try is to have a relative wait in the Pick Up Zone, which costs £9 for 12 minutes, then £1 a minute, and cannot be used for more than 30 minutes. A delayed baggage belt can use that up very quickly, and staying over 30 minutes brings a £95 penalty notice.

The airport's own answer for longer waits is the Long Stay Car Park, with two hours free and a shuttle bus every 20 minutes from Bus Bay B outside the terminal. That means waiting at a bus stop after a flight with your bags, which is exactly what a booked driver saves you.

When you book, give us the flight number and we track it from departure. The driver is in the arrivals hall at the real landing time, helps with the cases, and you pay the fare agreed when you booked. For more on how this works, see meet-and-greet airport transfers explained, and firms flying staff through Luton can use monthly account billing.