If you're accompanying someone into the airport (ex: elderly parents), park at one of the shuttle lots (ex: Ecopark) and go into the airport with your guest via the shuttle. When your guest leaves, just take the shuttle back to your car. The shuttles pick up and drop off right by your car.

Do NOT drop your guest off at the drop-off lanes and park at the hourly garages. The cost-savings (if any) of hourly parking are not worth the hassles:

• Construction near the terminals is a mess. You will miss entrances and exits.

• Hourly garage parking is scarce. You will waste time hunting spots that don't exist and inevitably end up parking on the roof far away from the underground train link that connects to various terminals.

• Airline kiosks are understaffed. Save your time and energy in case you need to fight airline BS on behalf of your guest.