East Midlands Airport to St Mary's Stadium taxi and St Mary's Stadium to East Midlands Airport after the event, fixed fare from £366 each way

East Midlands Airport to St Mary's Stadium and back: fixed fares

East Midlands Airport to St Mary's Stadium is an event-day run our drivers know well. A saloon from East Midlands Airport to St Mary's Stadium is a fixed fare from £366 each way, about 153 miles and 3.6-5.1 hrs door to door. Book the return with it and the pair is priced at 1.8 times a single, from £659, with the driver waiting at the agreed meeting point after Southampton match days. An 8-seater for a group is from £531, executive cars on request.

Fares are per car, agreed at booking, and include tolls and any London charges where they apply. No meter, no surge, the same price after the last encore.

Pick-up in East Midlands Airport, drop-off at St Mary's Stadium

Pick-up is in the arrivals hall at East Midlands Airport: the driver holds a name board, the flight is tracked and 45 minutes of waiting is included, so you go from the gate to St Mary's Stadium without a queue for the rank. At St Mary's Stadium we drop at the official drop-off point, or the meeting corner we agree for Southampton match days when the roads around the venue are closed.

The drive is about 153 miles; the driver checks closures and event-day traffic orders and picks the fastest route on the day, so the time above already allows for normal traffic.

St Mary's Stadium to East Midlands Airport: the journey home

St Mary's Stadium to East Midlands Airport is the same fixed fare as the outbound leg. Book both legs together and the driver waits at the agreed meeting point at the end of Southampton match days, however late it runs; for a flight home we time the departure from the venue around your check-in, and the driver drops you at the terminal door. Waiting time is included in the return price and the fare does not change for the finish time.

Event days at St Mary's Stadium

For Southampton match days we plan around the venue, not the postcode: the drop-off point that is actually open, the corner we meet on afterwards, and a departure time that beats the car-park queue. An 8-seater takes the whole group from East Midlands Airport for little more than two saloons, and a wait-and-return price keeps the same driver on site for the day. Late finishes are normal for us; the fare is the same at 1am.