 Poster: A snowHead
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I've been asked by the group to purchase passes in advance however I can't see the benefits except waiting in queues
Are there any other benefits, cheaper? off to Tignes next Friday
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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1969jma, I always reserve my season pass online to ensure the 50% discount is secured.
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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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1969jma, You may still have to queue to collect them anyway.
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If you keep the passes you can top-up online so no pick up or queuing 
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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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1969jma, I have recharged my ski pass online in the past. IMHO is sometimes better to do this in resort as the local conditions may affect what you actually purchase.
At busy periods it may save you queuing in resort. It's never been cheaper online than in resort.
Have good holiday.
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I tend to do it to either take advantage of early season discounts or avoid queueing in resort. It can also help spread the cost of the holiday if you play the credit card bill date game that we play chez Spannah.
Also we're developing a collection of passes to top up online in the future.
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The benefit is not having to queue.
It sounds like you're going at half term (as we always end up doing). I've known our friends having to queue for over an hour when they didn't book online. And 'Queue' is a polite description. It looked more like a scrum to me.
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1969jma, what time will you arrive in resort?
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Always buy online. We take account of any early purchase discounts, or if with a large group, we 'juggle' families to maximise the discounts with some of the kids taking on a new surname for the week! Then we get them posted back to Blighty or direct to our chalet. Never had to queue or waste time with so much else to do when arriving in resort.
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IIRC you buy your lift pass from a machine in Tignes. You approach said machine, press lots of buttons, insert credit card and the lift pass drops out underneath. I cannot recall queueing.
I used to buy my lift passes and recharge them online but I cannot work out how with this new Nirvanalp system in Les Arcs so I go into the lift pass office.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I've just recharged 4 lift passes from 2 years ago for Flaine online. Seemed painless and it should mean we can just turn up and ski but I guess I'll find out one week on Sunday.
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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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I always buy online for North American trips because it's always cheaper. I never buy online for European trips because there's never a discount and I'm not inclined to let someone have free use of my money while I take on the risk that something might disrupt my travel plans and make the purchase worthless.
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It's worth doing whatever you need to do to avoid wasting time in queues - which can be very long at peak times.
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You know it makes sense.
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Peak season conversation:
Silly woman: I've been in this queue for an hour, it's ridiculous, you should have more staff/build more ticket windows/give me priority because I'm a mad old bat etc etc.
Cashier: Terribly sorry, how dreadful, agree it's the end of the world as we know it. We do have an online sales system and will post your passes to you next time if you like, thereby avoiding this absolutely appalling situation.
Silly woman: (in superior fashion) Oh, I haven't got time to play with the internet.
Cashier: *thinks* You've got time to waste standing a queue for over an hour when you're supposed to be on holiday though. You mad old bat.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I bought them online last year for Avoriaz and when we got there none of them worked. Internet?? said the liftie scathingly and refused to let us on.
Thankfully we had a private lesson the same day (our first time away) and our instructor took it up with the lift pass office (only the main office could do anything with them), who apparently tried to argue that we must have damaged them by keeping them close to our phones or something... did eventually replace them though but 2 stopped working during the week and had to be replaced again.
Am trying again with Les Arcs passes though as I really don't want to traipse off to queue up at half term with the rest of the world on day 1 of my holiday, unless of course they don't work.....
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Poster: A snowHead
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I have our passes sent to the uk before i go
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Mosha Marc, 8am in Tignes
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vickitav, our season passes failed last year on their first trip through the lift gates. Excuse-we had started our skiing in the wrong place.  . Replacing seemed to take ages.
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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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Buying ours 'online' this year through the chalet company so we can collect them when we check in - as its a ski in/out apartment we won't need to go and find the lift pass office (hopefully)
The company gives a 10% discount, unfortunately not off the family pass - but 4 individual ones through them is cheaper than the family pass so its not costing any extra.
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As Carroz, we just recharge them online for Flaine to get the cheap season passes - never had a problem
Also just bought some for friends - new passes arrived within 3 days to their UK address
Saves standing in queues + you can get on your skis straight away
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