J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by billip1

I've only ever used Thomsons but they are closely tied in with Crystal. My only problem was on my first trip with them when, being a novice, I had failed to navigate the booking procedure properly on the Thomson website, hence had not only booked myself a first time ski package, which included lessons, equipment and lift pass, but, not realising this, I'd also booked myself a separate lift pass and separate ski hire too (dumb, I know .. but it shouldn't be possible to do imho, at least without flagging up a query on the webpage). The reps in resort were pretty sympathetic but wouldn't sort it out there and then, and so on my return home I wrote a letter to Mr Big at Thomson, thanking him for a great holiday and then explaining that it was possible for the uninitiated to pay twice via their website. Within a few days a cheque for £ 220 dropped on my mat. (I still think the website allows this to happen though !)

What a great watch; thanks for posting Andy. I particularly loved the long shadows. I'd certainly have been putting in a few (a lot) more turns than that guy and would have had a stop or two en route too ! Certainly gets the juices flowing in anticipation of ski trip nr 1 this year the week after next, to Uttendorf.

Did the airlines learn this ripoffery from the banks, or is it the other way round ?

msej449 wrote:The Crystal Agent at Gatwick went down the checkin queue telling us that we all had to pay a "fuel supplement" to get on the flight. When we got to the checkin desk, the airline said this simply wasn't the case. Crystal had charged their agent with getting some extra payments in whatever way she could. When I went to other people in the queue to tell them, the rep threatened to get the airport security to arrest me. Welcome to Crystal corporate customer care. As you can imagine, I wouldn't recommend them.

This is an astonishing story ! And Crystal didn't care ?

That will be it; don't know why I didn't think of that in the first place :)

It was actually a very weird thing to see and I momentarily felt a bit disoriented, like when you see someone you know from one environment in a totally different place.

Dave: I was driving up the M6 earlier this week en route to Glasgow. Up near Carlisle I passed a large soft-sided truck, bedecked in red with the logo "Wildschoenauer Bergbahnen" emblazoned across the side. I wondered whether you are perhaps investing in a lift for one of the Scottish resorts ?

Is it April 1st already ?

OK, daft question: are you more likely to injure yourself skiing with a longer ski (more potential torque if you fall etc?), or is it just a trade off between speed and ease of use ?