[Albion] AEK Athens - ticketing process, tiers and all that jazz

[Is it PotG?]

Just taken possession of my blue and white striped foustanella.
Shouldn't stand out.

 

[GJN1]

So I'm meeting my son in Manchester to fly out to Athens on Wednesday. Two return tickets on EasyJet for £316. Decent price for a round trip of over 4,000 miles. Happy days.

Check the train prices from Brighton to Manchester Piccadilly and this comes up...

That’s a little less than £2 a mile.

This country…

 

[Milano]

Gotta keep the shareholders happy........

I posted the same on the Forest thread, it's cheaper for me to drive than get the train, how is that possible/right?

 

[Midget]

So I'm meeting my son in Manchester to fly out to Athens on Wednesday. Two return tickets on EasyJet for £316. Decent price for a round trip of over 4,000 miles. Happy days.

Check the train prices from Brighton to Manchester Piccadilly and this comes up...

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That’s a little less than £2 a mile.

This country…

They'll rip you off if they can get away with it.

Look at 2 singles, Thameslink and advances if you have the time and flexibility for travelling that way.

Brighton - St Pancras £21.50 off-peak single.

10 min walk, or tube if you have to.

Euston - Piccadilly still £40 advance tickets available. Even cheaper if you change at Crewe with a separate ticket for each leg, if the advance tickets still available tie in with your travelling times. About £20-25.

You can probably do both legs for a quarter or less of the cost of an open return. They rely on people not being arsed to work out the alternatives!

 

[Nicks]

So I'm meeting my son in Manchester to fly out to Athens on Wednesday. Two return tickets on EasyJet for £316. Decent price for a round trip of over 4,000 miles. Happy days.

Check the train prices from Brighton to Manchester Piccadilly and this comes up...

View attachment 170170

That’s a little less than £2 a mile.

This country…

Look at the Train Split App.
Far cheaper than that.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Row 18, Seat 33 in Lower Section..showing available

 

[Is it PotG?]

As is Row 10, Seat 43 Upper

 

[worthingseagull]

pair available now

 

[huzzah]

As is Row 10, Seat 43 Upper

every time I see these I get excited, go to the ticket page and then as I look at the greyed out BUY button, I remember I don't have enough points! (madness = doing the same thing and expecting different results!)

 

[Colonel Mustard]

every time I see these I get excited, go to the ticket page and then as I look at the greyed out BUY button, I remember I don't have enough points! (madness = doing the same thing and expecting different results!)

Why not go for the Block 8 option?

 

[huzzah]

Why not go for the Block 8 option?

how does that work? (or should I be reading the rest of thread...)

 

[Bob!]

I know quite a few people that have purchased tickets in Block 8 of the home end. You just need to email AEK.

tickets@aekfc.gr

how does that work? (or should I be reading the rest of thread...)

Here, €120 per ticket

 

[huzzah]

Here, €120 per ticket

sent (with the kind aid of @Ali_rrr )

 

[jackalbion]

3 tickets available now

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

I know quite a few people that have purchased tickets in Block 8 of the home end. You just need to email AEK.

tickets@aekfc.gr

how does that work? (or should I be reading the rest of thread...)

Email them, tell them you’re interested in Block 8 tickets and you could go so far as to say you ideally want row 13 or 14 (if you want to sit with most of the others that have shown their hand) they’ll send you a link back, it’s simple. (PS in the unlikely event you get ripped off, don’t come looking for me, we’ll alll be in the same boat!)

 

[Stat Brother]

Does anyone have experience of the Athens metro?

We don't arrive till 'late' - 13:45 next Thursday, but the ticket collection is in the hotel I'd already booked (result).

In theory we have plenty of time to get the metro from t'airplane to t'hotel, pick up tickets and check in.

But hotel is offering to collect us for €50 which, I dunno, just feels cheating!!


If the metro is recommended then happy days.
But if it's hap hazard, one an hour, loads of waiting and a ball ache to navigate (basically if it's run by Southern) then I guess I better cough up for a collection.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Does anyone have experience of the Athens metro?

We don't arrive till 'late' - 13:45 next Thursday, but the ticket collection is in the hotel I'd already booked (result).

In theory we have plenty of time to get the metro from t'airplane to t'hotel, pick up tickets and check in.

But hotel is offering to collect us for €50 which, I dunno, just feels cheating!!


If the metro is recommended then happy days.
But if it's hap hazard, one an hour, loads of waiting and a ball ache to navigate (basically if it's run by Southern) then I guess I better cough up for a collection.

#93 bus apparently, grab a ticket at the booth (so I've been told)

 

[Ali_rrr]

Does anyone have experience of the Athens metro?

We don't arrive till 'late' - 13:45 next Thursday, but the ticket collection is in the hotel I'd already booked (result).

In theory we have plenty of time to get the metro from t'airplane to t'hotel, pick up tickets and check in.

But hotel is offering to collect us for €50 which, I dunno, just feels cheating!!


If the metro is recommended then happy days.
But if it's hap hazard, one an hour, loads of waiting and a ball ache to navigate (basically if it's run by Southern) then I guess I better cough up for a collection.

I booked a taxi from the airport to pick us up Wednesday night for 40€ to our hotel near the acropolis. Think 50€ is about right.

 

[brighton terra]

Does anyone have experience of the Athens metro?

We don't arrive till 'late' - 13:45 next Thursday, but the ticket collection is in the hotel I'd already booked (result).

In theory we have plenty of time to get the metro from t'airplane to t'hotel, pick up tickets and check in.

But hotel is offering to collect us for €50 which, I dunno, just feels cheating!!


If the metro is recommended then happy days.
But if it's hap hazard, one an hour, loads of waiting and a ball ache to navigate (basically if it's run by Southern) then I guess I better cough up for a collection.

#93 bus apparently, grab a ticket at the booth (so I've been told)View attachment 170183

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The X93 bus doesn’t go to the city centre.

 

[Bob!]

Does anyone have experience of the Athens metro?

We don't arrive till 'late' - 13:45 next Thursday, but the ticket collection is in the hotel I'd already booked (result).

In theory we have plenty of time to get the metro from t'airplane to t'hotel, pick up tickets and check in.

But hotel is offering to collect us for €50 which, I dunno, just feels cheating!!


If the metro is recommended then happy days.
But if it's hap hazard, one an hour, loads of waiting and a ball ache to navigate (basically if it's run by Southern) then I guess I better cough up for a collection.

Metro 2 an hour, 40 minutes journey
Bus 2/3 an hour, 60 minutes journey