Hourly Lot 2

Covered “Terminal A Garage” parking at $25/day, 15 minutes to B

Hourly Lot 2 is SJC’s signed “Terminal A Garage”, right across from Terminal A and priced at $4 per 30 minutes (first day) up to a $25 daily max. It’s a short-stay, pay-more-for-proximity option, not a value play.

This is one of the undercover, multi-level garages directly opposite the terminals, which FlyerTalk regulars call out as the spot you pick when you care more about staying dry and close than saving cash. For Terminal A flights on Alaska, JetBlue, or Delta, you’re basically walking across the road and into the check-in area.

The airport lists Hourly Lot 2 with a 15‑minute walk to Terminal B, so if you’re on Southwest or any B‑side airline, factor that in. With a rollaboard, that 15 minutes is realistic but not fun in heavy rain or heat, and there’s no shuttle loop just for this garage.

Pricing is simple but ramps quickly: $4 per 30 minutes on day one, hitting the $25 cap after roughly three hours$25 each additional day. Locals on FlyerTalk routinely call the on-airport rates “too expensive” compared with third‑party lots that run quite a bit lower per day.

Frequent SJC flyers often book off‑airport parking through SpotHero for multi‑day trips and only swallow the Hourly Lot 2 rate when they want that Terminal A walk-up convenience, like a late-night pickup that might stretch past an hour.

Tip: If your stop is likely to run past 3 hours, mentally treat Hourly Lot 2 as a $25/day Terminal A premium garage, not an hourly lot, and compare that to off‑airport options before you pull a ticket.