Hey all
 
Is it best to get lift passess in resort, from a holiday company, or are there online sites that do them?
 
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Miraz

Normally I would say to buy them online direct from the lift company. This is more convenient and you get exactly what you want, particularly with regard to family discounts etc. One tour operator once suggested that we buy a 7 day lift pass through them and reccomended that we went to the lift company and buy an extra day for ourselves. The rep appeared confused when we pointed out that a 7 day plus an extra day was more expensive than an 8 day pass.
 
However, with the recent crash of the pound we noticed that in January the tour operator was charging for lift passes in pounds calculated at a preseason rate and saved about £15 per pass by buying through them. But we still had to go to the lift pass office to buy the extra 1/2 day passes!
 
Have a calculator with you as well as the currrent exchange rates and do your own sums. On a financial level it is not a difficult decision.
 
Now that lift passes, by and large, no longer require photographs there are machines that will issue them at the lift offices. The days of massive queues appear to be over. However, I still buy/renew my pass over the internet so I do not have to call into the office at all.
 
John

Yes, I think buying on line is probably the way to go these days - and you can see which passes might suit you best. Many offer a discount too.
 
Trouble with the tour op on-the-bus-jobbie is that they usually sell only two options - local or area passes. And if you’ve read our chapter in the book this year, there’s a whole lot more choice than that…some of which may save you money.
 
But as John says, buying through the tour op in pounds at the moment is probably better if you just want a standard week’s pass.

If you go online sometimes you can print out a piece of paper with a code on it go to the ticket office and you’ll get a discount.

This thread has a piece missing from the middle (SPAM ISSUES in the Site Display Problems section explains how).

As you can see, Wendy posted on 17 February 2009. She posted again on 14 November 2009, starting “Hi Richard”. It could have been me she was replying to. I must have posted shortly before. You can guess from her reply what my question was.