 Poster: A snowHead
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I'm off with a mate to the 3V in just over 2 weeks time, staying in Val Thorens. I wanted to buy our ski passes online before I went, as it seems to be cheaper than paying Crystal to provide it for me. I've gone to the s3v website, but the pass options are all starting from either Meribel, Courcheval or La Tania. Does it matter which of these I choose to buy from?
And given that you specify the dates that you want to ski, will we need to do anything to activate them on the first morning, or will that happen automatically?
Thanks
Ian
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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ian66, you're on the wrong website - each valley has it's own lift company so if you buy from s3v which is the Courchevel one and have a problem (like it doesn't turn up) you will probably have to be in Courchevel to fix/collect it. For VT you should be buying from Setam http://www.jbsurf.com/Accueil/Page_359_22_EN.html
You don't need to do anything to activate it. In the future, if you recharge it with a 3 valleys pass you can start anywhere.
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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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Ian66, We are off to Courchevel on the 17/01/13 for a long long weekend.......I don't think that you have worry about the passes not turning up we ordered 3 X 3V tribu passes from the Courchevel website & they turned up the next day !!! 
Also you can use the following website http://www.les3vallees.com/en/ski-passes/skipass-rates-2011-12.283/ which is the 3V combined website. that mentions allow 10 days for delivery.
Anyway all the station websites say that you order online & they will post them to you providing there is 10 days before the first days skiing or you can pick them up at a self service ticket office using your user ID & password.
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ian66, defo buy online and get delivered, but i would advise looking at all the pricing and other options, tribu, 1 day, half day etc if you are looking to save a couple of euros. It kind of like buying a train ticket from glasgow to london, you can order the standard one or book several different parts for the same journey at a lower price.
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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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Ian66, you won't be able to get the Tribu pass unless there are at least 3 of you buying same ticket (same area & days) at the same time
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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also, the pass can be topped up almost instantly via the web or at the lift stations' so to save money (unless you know you will be skiing in the other valleys, just buy the single valley pass and upgrade as required.
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Thanks guys for that info, I'll get on the case tomorrow at work. Tribu is a non-starter as there's only two of us, and I'm not sure about the practicalities of booking on a day by day basis, we're pretty much going to ski all day every day unless the conditions are really bad, so might just bite the bullet and go for 6 days up front, saves messing around then when we get there.
Now, to suss out that Great Escapade.......
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I wouldn't bother booking in advance. No matter where you are staying, you can put on your skis first day
and ski down to the funitel peclet and buy them there from one of the machines.
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jimmjimm, very true, but you run the risk of queues, broken machines (most unlikely) and repeated visits if ou want to add things on. if you are only going for a weekend and especially if you plan on going back at some time then the online passes are easy (you create an account when you buy and this is linked to you pos cards) ou just login and select what you want on each card registered to our account and pay.
simples.
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for info in case anyone else is considering ordering their passes online from the VT site, I ordered on the 3rd Jan, and the passes arrived yesterday (8th Jan).
There was also a bright pink buff included, but don't think I could carry that off!!
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