J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by smartski

Skied ADH couple of years ago. Once there, it never crossed my mind to want/need to go to LDA.

I suspect the benefit is the other way round. For LDA to visit ADH.

I'm going to LDA in about 12 days time and might consider a day out to ADH.

I don't know, but the bus must be over an hour. The French do love zig-zag roads. A massive cable car is what they need ;-)

Well I emailed and the reply is:-
"Yes you can there is no problem."

So keep one card and you can buy your lift pass on-line. No queueing.

NOTE:
I was specifically asking 3V about recharging a P@S card (01-1614-...) from 2009/10 Alpe d'huez (or vice-versa) (so don't blame me if it doesn't work in other combinations).

It's been an annual discussion on our boys' trip the last 6 or 7 years, last year we reckon the balance has shifted to more helmet wearers. We also reckon that means an "I'm alright jack" mentality and speeds have increased, so the odds of being taken out has increased. Two of us have just converted.

So first time with the helmet (in 23 days)...and also first year taking the family (who all will be wearers and helped sway me). I shall miss the fresh air and miss the choice of which woolly hat in the morning.
<<<there's one over there.

1. Snow certainty
2. Length of flight/travel time from home (Europe preferred)
3. Size of accessible area (largest preferred)
4. Distance from accommodation to slope (ski in/out = preferred)(bus/lift needed = always avoid)
5. Accommodation availability (catered = must)
6. Cost of package (although if Mrs Smartski asks then cost comes in a no.1).

(this is for a 'without the kids trip'...kids coming for the first time this year, so priority may change next)

Nice school project!

You're right of course I couldn't bring myself to click 'buy', as you say in case it's £200+ wasted.

It would just be nice though to keep just one card and recharge it before leaving the UK, one less thing to do before hitting the slope in resort.

Some (many?) resorts in France use the P@S passes. Which if you keep hold of it you can recharge them the next time you go (i.e. on-line before leaving), but do you know, will a different resort recognise a card if it was first issued by another?

In my specific case an Alpe d'Huez card from 2010 being in reloaded for 3-Valleys for this season. (BTW The card number is being accepted through the on-line booking process, suggesting it might be Ok)

Thanks

Wouldn't use them again. Tried a couple of years ago, on the way out they charged one set of baggage costs and on the way back tried different tactic for boot bags...which would've added ££££ to the cost for exactly the same weight/number of bags.

As we felt cheated our group and a group next to us dug our heels in and check-in staff quickly relented.

Ryanair got their own back later by 'borrowing' our plane for another flight that had "gone tech", left us with no plane! 11:30pm airport turned out its lights and left-us in a closed terminal (no food/drink or way out), no info except the next scheduled flight was 3 days time (which was already full!). Thankfully resolved in the end after a few hours of angry customers.

(Also baggage handlers were loading skis like javelin throwers, not directly Ryanair's fault but their staff just stood by and watched)...

All in all not very good customer satisfaction, but it's still nice to be able to tell the story to as many people as possible! He who laughs last...

:( thought that might be the case.

So choice of Demoiselles [to be nice to the kids :shock:] or Valentin [to make sure the kids don't want to ski with me the next day :evil:]

Will just refuse to take a lift down a hill.