J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by jonah690

All sounds a bit complicated to me I just have a pair Vokel Wall twin tips and they seem fine for just about everything.

http://www.welove2ski.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=b01&featureid=799

Interesting comparison here i came across earlier.

My first question would be why do you need three pairs of skis?

I was their for Crimbo this year and it was fantastic. Quite slopes, warm and bright sunshine.

Here is a clasic example of why they are not a low cost airline anymore.
I have just tried to book for a weeks skiing in Feb so 4 and half months in advance. Flight out £0.00 flight back £16.99 with taxes around £60 sounds ok but as im going skiing i need to take bags suddenly that £60 becomes £170.

BA for the same dates and an Airport nearer to where i want to go £128.

BA took half the time to look up and book better flight times and a lot less stress all round.

I think it comes down to balance.
I can understand that if you book in advance you can get a cheaper flight and that if you dont want to take lots of luggage then you can save money and i have done this myself on a short break. The company save money on baggage handling and get the plane turned round quicker so everbody wins.

However I feel that where the company started out well they have become victims of there own success and are pushing the concept to extrems whilst loosing sight of the fact that its still people they are dealing with.

I find the whole process of booking a flight very stressfull and feel like im treated like an idiot.
Whilst on my last flight we were forced to que like cattle in a meter wide barrier coridor that snaked round the departure lounge whilst on either side there was lots of space with seats only open to priority booking.
There were numerous staff hovering around (probably left over from the unused check in desks) trying to sell you priority boarding. It was as if they were deliberatrly trying to make you uncomfortable soyou would give in and buy the priority booking just to get some space and a seat. Unacceptable behaviour. Once on the plane there were far too many bags for the overhead lockers and we had to store them under the seats which im sure in an accident would not have been safe. Rather treat me like an Adult tell me the full price and then let me decline services if i want to save money.

If you look back a few weeks we had the same thread.
For my money St Gervais / Megeve for mixed group.
They have a British Ski school starting up this year as well.

http://www.snowcoach.co.uk/

They have a hotel and can arrange transfers.

Ask around for a guy called Dave Whitehead its going to be his first season in Mayrhofen but he is a very well respected instructor has been in Andorra for the past 10 yrs. Great fun and really knows his stuff.