 Poster: A snowHead
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We have been going to PDS for a few years, but only started keeping our cards and collecting the points a little while back (stupid, I know).
So how does this work? We also seem to have collected some points this summer when we added our mtb pass to it.
How many point do I need to be able to redeem them? And what do I get (a free day?). How do I go about getting a discount/free day on my next ski pass?
Any help appreciated. We are a family, so always get the family discount, I presume this will complicate matters.
Thanks!
Simone
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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200 points on a card gets you a free portes de soleil day pass
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Monie&Dave, Family pass doesn't complicate it much. You get 20 points for each spend equivalent to a 1 day PDS pass (currently E49.50). So for each E2.475 you spend you get one point. So for example a family 6 day kids Chatel pass at E129 would gain you 52 points. When you tip over 200 points you just present your card and you get a free PDS day pass loaded onto it. No option of a kids pass or local pass - the only thing you can do is get a free adult PDS day pass.
They used to print the number of points on the card when you recharge it but now it shows on the receipt for payment.
One complication if you buy passes on line - any points you get for buying on line are separate from the ones paid for at the ticket offices. Bureaucracy - the French invented the word!
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@Monie&Dave, and the other thing to remember is that you can't take the points from more than one card to get to the required 200 for the free PDS pass. We often end up with a few passes that friends have left, all with, say 120, or 157 points and they cannot be amalgamated.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Pamski, +1. They're about as useful as airmiles. 
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Let's hope so! The points I get from flying for work pay for my flight to Geneva for my annual Morzine trip - business class on the return leg to get 2 bags both ways. Been using the same card for a few years now so probably have a free day due (unless the points get used automatically?).
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@shep, Not quite as bad as that. I do two or three trips a year and can't (quite) justify buying a season pass so we usually by passes day by day as there is no point paying E40+ per day for a PDS pass if we are going to ski in a restricted area like La Chapelle for the day where we can get a day pass for less than E30.
You may accuse me of being a tight Yorkshireman – guilty as charged.
We have a large stack of cards accumulated over the years and I just buy days on the one with the most points on it until it tips over 200 points and then on one of the days we go further afield use it for a PDS day. As the kids still get a discount (student, jeune whatever) I buy them a discounted PDS day and use the free one myself.
It’s a bit of a faff but saves a few quid.
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@shep, we've had many free days over the years although it doesn't help these days that we have about 15 pds cards... 
And we've just booked two business class flights to Brazil with miles (now miles bankrupt)
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Not sure if this will help us, you only get the family discount for 6 or more days, so if I use the points for one free adult day, I suppose we won't qualify for the discount anymore? Which makes using it a bit pointless?
Can we use it in summer? Not sure if you get a discount for families in summer, but days cost less.
We have 2 cards with 200 points on it, and will be a family of 4 with a 12 and 15 year old.
Any ideas on best thing to do?
Simone
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Our neighbours here are extremely hospitable and seem to have friends to stay all the time. The friends use local Les Gets passes and leave them for our neighbours who then use those for when they want PDS passes. At the last count they had about 36 of them.
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