Streatham stretches along one of London’s longest high roads — common at the top, hill at the bottom — and Luton is its awkward diagonal: the whole city sits in between. £128 fixed for a saloon, 55–90 minutes by road via the city crossing to the M1 (or the M25 loop), free cancellation to 24 hours — and the price you confirm is the price you pay.
| Taxi, fixed fare | from £128 · 55–90 min · door to door |
| Pickup | Any address or named corner in Streatham |
| Airport drop | Single terminal · DART on site |
| Cancellation | Free to 24 h · 50% to 12 h |
| Deposit | 30% now · balance on the day |
| Return together | Save 10% |
| Bookings | 24/7 · card, wallet or cash |
One figure for the whole journey, locked before you book. Vehicles by party size — the fare is per car, not per person, so groups split it.
| Vehicle | Passengers | Best for | Streatham → Luton |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saloon | Up to 4 | Solo, couples, light luggage | from £128 |
| MPV | Up to 6 | Families, groups, heavy cases | from £157 |
| 8-seater | Up to 7 | Big groups and serious luggage | from £173 |
30% deposit secures the booking, balance on the day of travel; return journeys booked together save 10%. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup, 50% refund up to 12 hours before. Pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay online, or cash to the driver. Any weekend-peak or late-night adjustment is applied before you see the final figure — the price you confirm is the price you pay, congestion-zone charges included.
~30 miles by road via the city crossing to the M1 (or the M25 loop). The honest number is a range — about 55 minutes when the roads are empty, up to 90 in the peaks — and the pickup time we agree is built on the slow end, not the brochure end.
Work backwards from the flight: low-cost bag-drop is strict — often a hard 40-minute cutoff. Check your airline. Add the drive at 90 minutes plus a 15-minute buffer, and treat the result as a floor, not a dare — we sanity-check the pickup time against your flight when you confirm.
At the airport we drop at the Luton terminal (the DART shuttle links the station side).
Fixed means fixed: traffic, diversions and the driver’s route choice are our problem, not a surcharge. The figure you approved at booking is the figure you pay at the kerb.
Luton from SW16 means crossing London or looping it. Off-peak we run straight up through town to the M1; in the peaks the M25 loop can beat it. The driver decides with live traffic; the fare was fixed before either.
St Leonard’s junction and Streatham Hill drag in the evening peak. Northbound to Luton that just shifts your pickup ten minutes earlier — and we say so when you book.
Thameslink from Streatham can reach Luton Airport Parkway, with the DART shuttle on top — workable solo with one bag in daylight. At 04:30 with a family and cases, the one-seat car is the version that does not hurt.
A 07:00 low-cost departure out of Luton: 04:30 pickup on Streatham High Road, city empty, airport kerb about 05:30 — bag-drop before the first coach party arrives.
From £128 for a saloon (up to 4 passengers), £157 for an MPV (up to 6) and £173 for an 8-seater (up to 7) — fixed before you book. 30% deposit secures it, balance on the day; returns booked together save 10%, and cancellation is free to 24 hours before pickup.
55–90 minutes by road depending on the hour, via the city crossing to the M1 (or the M25 loop). Work back from your airline cutoff — low-cost bag-drop is strict — often a hard 40-minute cutoff. Check your airline. Add the drive at the top of the range plus a 15-minute buffer, and treat the result as a floor, not a dare.
The fare never moves once confirmed. What changes is when we suggest leaving: peak-hour crossings need the earlier pickup, and we flag it up front.
Fine — name the corner. On Common event days the driver routes around any closures; the buffer is in the fare.
Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before pickup and 50%% refunded up to 12 hours before. Weekend-peak or late-night adjustments appear on the quote before you confirm — the figure you approve is final, congestion-zone charges included.
From £128, fixed before you book, free cancellation to 24 hours, and a pickup timed to your flight — not the other way round.