Eurotunnel flexiplus
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2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
We've only ever been early, but as said as long as there's a slot on the train you are in.
If in doubt ring the customer services, they are very helpful. (We had to rearrange by days rather than hours once or twice)
And we’re they flexible with the date change? I assume so as like above it’s why the premium is paid? If in doubt ring the customer services, they are very helpful. (We had to rearrange by days rather than hours once or twice)
ecsrobin said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
We've only ever been early, but as said as long as there's a slot on the train you are in.
If in doubt ring the customer services, they are very helpful. (We had to rearrange by days rather than hours once or twice)
And we’re they flexible with the date change? I assume so as like above it’s why the premium is paid? If in doubt ring the customer services, they are very helpful. (We had to rearrange by days rather than hours once or twice)
When we had to cancel this year's trip the refund was back on the card within a couple of days too.
That Flexiplus is expensive, but you do get what you pay for. (Apart from when your line bypasses all the queues, but then you need to cut in at the last moment )
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
Yep, no probs at all.
When we had to cancel this year's trip the refund was back on the card within a couple of days too.
That Flexiplus is expensive, but you do get what you pay for. (Apart from when your line bypasses all the queues, but then you need to cut in at the last moment )
That’s great to hear. Used it last month but was sticking to timings just booked to the ring this weekend but uncertainties on when we will return means I would like flex but it wasn’t too clear how much flex. When we had to cancel this year's trip the refund was back on the card within a couple of days too.
That Flexiplus is expensive, but you do get what you pay for. (Apart from when your line bypasses all the queues, but then you need to cut in at the last moment )
Eurotunnel are very flexible compared to the ferries.
One time as a guest of a major car importers we had a model launch around 50 cars picked up at Brands Hatch and the test route was Northern France.
The hoi polloi waiting were not impressed when 50 Flexplus cars turned up at once.
Also had a trip to Volvo but delayed coming back from Friday to Sunday to make a weekend of it.
Flexplus is your friend
One time as a guest of a major car importers we had a model launch around 50 cars picked up at Brands Hatch and the test route was Northern France.
The hoi polloi waiting were not impressed when 50 Flexplus cars turned up at once.
Also had a trip to Volvo but delayed coming back from Friday to Sunday to make a weekend of it.
Flexplus is your friend
Only used it once, on the way back from Italy earlier this year.
I didn't really know what to expect, but I was totally blown away. The tag you put on your windscreen has some kind of RFID tag on it, and basically you just keep on driving. Barriers open and traffic lights magically turn green and then 5 minutes later you're on a train. 5 minutes after that, and the train is pulling away.
On the outbound, I generally wouldn't bother. You're in holiday mode, and you know what time you've booked and what time you're going to leave the house. Coming home however, it's definitely worth the extra.
I didn't really know what to expect, but I was totally blown away. The tag you put on your windscreen has some kind of RFID tag on it, and basically you just keep on driving. Barriers open and traffic lights magically turn green and then 5 minutes later you're on a train. 5 minutes after that, and the train is pulling away.
On the outbound, I generally wouldn't bother. You're in holiday mode, and you know what time you've booked and what time you're going to leave the house. Coming home however, it's definitely worth the extra.
We usually use Flexiplus and turn up and go...sometimes at the right time ish, sometimes days early.
It all sounds expensive until the st hits the fan, and you jump to the front of a big queue.
That being said, I drove to Switzerland for a business meeting in March (for obvious reasons) Ona. Standard ticket and made a dash for it on the way back as France locked down, and was able to upgrade at the kiosk for £35 to the next train, so they are pretty good generally too.
Just as an update to this, was due to travel to Germany last Saturday, the Thursday after I posted this Germany said if you arrive from Saturday onwards you need a negative covid test to enter so jumped online moved our booking to the Friday (when we originally had planned to leave) and off we went.
Definitely worth the flexiplus ticket and the foods pretty good too. With 2 of us it’s not a significant cost factor but if you were a family the saving made from not buying food in the terminal probably would make flexiplus worthwhile even without the flexibility.
Definitely worth the flexiplus ticket and the foods pretty good too. With 2 of us it’s not a significant cost factor but if you were a family the saving made from not buying food in the terminal probably would make flexiplus worthwhile even without the flexibility.
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