 Poster: A snowHead
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Options for October BootCamp and on to PSB.
I've used experience and fares research to get a good estimate of the options. I've included a train fare cost for the transfer from GVA to Tignes simply because I'm calculating for independent travel.
Aeroplane inc. public transport (as the cheapest option): i is £246.00 and 38 hours total travel and waiting time
Train: is £287.00 and 30.5 hours total travel
Automobile: = £346.00, 29.5 hours (£120 in Tolls!!!)
Most comfortable journey would be the train, changes are a bit of a PITA but not any worse than schlepping through airports these days.
A shared car will certainly be the most convenient option
Though a combination of train and plane may be the best of all . . . choices, choices 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Masque, 38 hours by air? Where you travelling from?
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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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David Murdoch, If I start from my front door and include the bus to Luton (not that convenient and working on an alternative) and the minimum of 3 hours pre-flight + the wait for connections on RER (I've done this journey once before) . . . all the way back to my front door . . . 38 hours it is
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the minimum of 3 hours pre-flight
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 My normal airline (easyJet) requires 40 minutes, if I remember correctly.
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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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pam w, Last two flights with EJ I allowed 2 hours. One gave me a 30 min window for coffee/beer the other had me at check-in for 40 min (only one open) and in the security queue for nearly an hour . . . ended up running to the arsend of beyond at Luton where Sleazy park their buses.
40 min. would be lovely if it could be guaranteed
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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so this is getting to Tignes, then to PSB, then home again 'door to door'
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rayscoops, yep though it may be a bit moot as I'm heading over the Pond at the end of the PSB and may fly from CDG rather than come back to the UK to go Stateside.
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Masque, for me it would be 2 hours to Bristol, 2 hours at airport, 2 hours flight, one hour to get off flight and get bags ..... transfer to Tignes ? 4 hours with a bit of a wait, transfer from Tignes to L2A 6 hours?, then 3 hours from L2A to Grenoble, 2 hours at airport, 2 hours flight, 1 hour to get bags etc and clear customs and then 2 hours drive home. Which all adds up to about 27 hours or so but I have no idea about transfer times from Tignes to PSB. Sounds like a lot of travel time all the same but not a lot in it generally for me for each example
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Masque, rayscoops, put like that, one begins to see the attractions of a week in Bognor...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Hurtle, Booger Bugnor 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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You need to think about it as X hours fabulous opportunity read several books you've been meaning to read for years.
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| pam w wrote: |
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the minimum of 3 hours pre-flight
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My normal airline (easyJet) requires 40 minutes, if I remember correctly. |
That's drop-dead time.
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# Check-in desks close exactly 40 minutes prior to the scheduled departure time. of the flight
# We recommend you check in at least two hours before the scheduled departure time. |
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You know it makes sense.
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| You need to think about it as X hours fabulous opportunity read several books you've been meaning to read for years. |
One could read more in Bognor - there's sod all else to do there!
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