It is easy and convenient to pay your parking fees in Dubai, for there are plenty of available options.
Cash/NFC payment on the spot
You can use coins of either 50 Fil or 1 AED to purchase a ticket you need on the spot via a corresponding parking machine. Don’t forget to place your ticket in a visible spot in your parked car, for example, on the dashboard. It is also possible to pay the same way with RFID banking cards and smartphones with NFC.
Prepaid cards
The prepaid parking cards can be freely purchased in advance in various grocery stores throughout Dubai. Prepaid cards are available of 30, 50, and 100 AED denominations. After inserting the card in the parking machine, a corresponding parking fee for the zone will then be deducted.
Seasonal parking cards
You can also purchase long-term prepaid seasonal parking cards, available in different values and periods of validity (3 months, 6 months, or the whole annum). The seasonal parking cards are ordered online on an RTA website for a zone of your preference, with a car plate number assigned.
SMS Payment
There is a mobile parking payment system in Dubai called m. Parking, allows the drivers to pay their parking fees with just an SMS message. The SMS should be sent to 7275, with the format for SMS in Dubai being as follows: number plate-space area code-number of parking hours.
Drivers can additionally opt-in to receive hourly notification to renew parking tickets at an extra fee of 0.3 AED per SMS. The parking charges themselves are deducted from the mobile number, so drivers need to ensure that they have sufficient funds.