[LM24] What Did You Get? (General Ticketing Chat)

[Bentley03]

To twist the thread title and ask/answer 'What did you get RID OF for 2024?', I've now discovered why no grandstand seats have been coming up for sale on the ACO ticket resale site. It's because you can't resell your entry/grandstand combo tickets on there, only parking, camping and entry without grandstand, it seems. I've just sold Expo and Mulsanne/Arnage parking tickets on the resale site this morning, but I'm unable to sell entry+T23 grandstand seat.

Maybe this was common knowledge, but it's been puzzling me for months now.

[Peter Mallett]

I've got a General Entry, BSJ camping and T10 Siko ticket to spare. Should add the general entry is combined with the grandstand.

[GT6]

In the last few days the amount of tickets for sale on the aco site and on forums(pistonheads is awash with them) has gone balistic, bargains are starting to appear so if you were not going before you have the chance to do it on the cheap

[Aysedasi]

Yeah, I've had about 160 notifications of resales on the Telegram app just today....

[claude2cv]

My spare BAN ticket sold in a,couple of hours, the numbers of tickets changed rapidly during the day

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Yeah, I've had about 160 notifications of resales on the Telegram app just today....

It’s driving me insane!

Also I’ve been wondering with the ACO member thing to get in the enclosures what do you do? Turn up with your card and then they give you wrist bands? Or am I way off?

Not been for five years - I feel like a novice. Do they still give you bits of card to get in and out?

[Bentley03]

Originally Posted by Adam43

It’s driving me insane!

Also I’ve been wondering with the ACO member thing to get in the enclosures what do you do? Turn up with your card and then they give you wrist bands? Or am I way off?

Not been for five years - I feel like a novice. Do they still give you bits of card to get in and out?

There is the option to mute the notifications on Telegram. When I last checked, it had racked up well over a thousand since I'd hit my 'driving me insane' threshold and muted it.

Best option for collecting members enclosure wristbands depends upon when you arrive.

3-8 June 10am-6pm from the Museum.
7 and 8 June from the ACO tent at scrutineering.
9 June (Test Day) then 11 June onwards from the reception at either the La Chapelle enclosure or outside Georges Durand (T17) during opening hours.

In 2021 they sent all the wristbands to members by post, which was great, then last year I discovered that I could pick them up at the ACO tent at scrutineering, which made me wonder how many years they've doing this, as it was far easier than joining the often very long queues at the circuit trying to pick them up before the cars hit the track for first practice (which for me is always quite an emotional moment, but that's me, a big softy).

[GT6]

you also have to purchase the adittional option to the membership to gain acces, just having the basic membership is no longer enough

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Bentley03

There is the option to mute the notifications on Telegram. When I last checked, it had racked up well over a thousand since I'd hit my 'driving me insane' threshold and muted it.

Best option for collecting members enclosure wristbands depends upon when you arrive.

3-8 June 10am-6pm from the Museum.
7 and 8 June from the ACO tent at scrutineering.
9 June (Test Day) then 11 June onwards from the reception at either the La Chapelle enclosure or outside Georges Durand (T17) during opening hours.

In 2021 they sent all the wristbands to members by post, which was great, then last year I discovered that I could pick them up at the ACO tent at scrutineering, which made me wonder how many years they've doing this, as it was far easier than joining the often very long queues at the circuit trying to pick them up before the cars hit the track for first practice (which for me is always quite an emotional moment, but that's me, a big softy).

Thank you

Muted and now I know where we are going!

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Not been for five years - I feel like a novice.

I don't remember seeing you there since 2005.....

[RL17]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

I don't remember seeing you there since 2005.....

Got tickets this week after returning from wedding in Cyprus T05 Goodyear rang B - hopefully stewards there.

Think I have parking at Panorama and I think ACO upgrade but need to check. Wrong ferry on return but now sorted - we only booked last August so not sure why problem

Packing for another trip before LM and LM this week

New tyres and service plus software update for LM car
Pretty much everything new around engine on family car (following low loader trip on way home from another trip) plus new fronts and a service on 3rd in last week plus a trip to Go Outdoors for new camping table and some lights - so hopefully pretty much all sorted now

[GT6]

Well only a few days to go now and usual glut of tickets appearing but few camping

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by GT6

Well only a few days to go now and usual glut of tickets appearing but few camping

Well, even this morning there have been Clos Fleuri, Beausejour and Arnage camping on the resale site.

[GT6]

From what i see on other sources it appears all the campsites are open from today

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

I don't remember seeing you there since 2005.....

Crikey! 20 years!

[Aysedasi]

Extraordinary isn't it? I remember that year as if it was yesterday. We hadn't got a parking ticket and couldn't get in anywhere. We ended up parking in a back street about half an hour walk from the Garage Rouge entrance. It was boiling hot, we had (unusually) just driven from Paris and then had to walk in and by the time I made it up to the back of T34 to meet you and Fab there was about an hour to go and I was absolutely melting! I vowed never again to fly to France for Le Mans and never again to go without having bought a parking ticket in advance! (Crazy though - having been with the same guys since 1986, we had never bought a parking ticket in advance - always bought them on the final drag down to Garage Rouge where they sold them on the side of the road - how times change!).

[Mike E]

Has anyone here returned a ticket via the resale site? I had an extra one that I returned. The site acknowledges the refund but I have no idea where the refund has gone. Any ideas?

[Aysedasi]

I sold two parking tickets back and had the payment into my account about 3 days later. They came up as 'ECOMMERCE SSP'.

[Mike E]

Worked it out now, I think, thanks.

[S griffin]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Crikey! 20 years!

Funnily enough 2005 was also the year my late father went. I remember that weekend well, not least because it was the same weekend as the infamous US GP farce

[Aysedasi]

I've just edited this thread title ready for 2025 ticketing, which opens for members in a couple of weeks. I see the ACO are again allowing personal visitors at the circuit from 8 am.....

[kpkorsager]

Originally Posted by S griffin

Funnily enough 2005 was also the year my late father went. I remember that weekend well, not least because it was the same weekend as the infamous US GP farce

I remember driving home that year, I was reading a German newspaper. wondering how a GP with 6 cars could get a lot more attention than Le Mans.
even with Marco Werner in the winning car and TK being the first with 7 victories. and a German car winning it all.

[S griffin]

My Dad was annoyed my Mum hadn't recorded the GP. She didn't bother because she thought it wouldn't be much and she was right.

[clkgtrlm1]

So only letting members book 17 or 18 at the moment.

[Aysedasi]

Wouldn't make anything available to me. It said T17 and T18 but then said nothing was available. And has now booted me out saying website available from 10 am. Back in the waiting room....