The Sun £9.50 holidays, JAN 2013 code words and final word cracking thread

Tinyb

Those of you that are having problems finding availability for a 4 person party may find that if you increase your booking to 6 people it will suddenly come up with dates. Parkdean Warmwell is one that does this

pinkladyof66

crispeater wrote: »

This maybe a silly question but can you book online without a priority code?

no only with priority booking code online

sjg666

Lil_Lady wrote: »

Good Morning All
is anyone else having a problem with the booking code for the ferry link ?
I put in my confirmation number and then go to P&O but the Sun code SUN95884 keeps saying invalid.
Help

I still haven't got the email with the ferry code :-( now I'm worried as Ive never booked the ferry this way before.

Rachie_B

holidaysforme wrote: »

For anyone who's been to le croix du vieux pont, what operator am i likely to get? All the main ones seem to be on the park, eurocamp, canvas etc. have stayed with both of these.
Just wonder what the sun use..

been 3 times and had Eurocamp twice and Siblu once ( not sure if they are still there ?)

Rachie_B

sarahjgent wrote: »

I still haven't got the email with the ferry code :-( now I'm worried as Ive never booked the ferry this way before.

the link is on your confirmation email

go to the site and input your booking ref

jellyhead

BornEntertainer wrote: »

Hi Everyone,

Firstly thanks to everyone who helped and contributed to this thread. I booked a holiday where I wanted but a week later, hay ho little one misses a weeks school, no complaints there lol ANYWAY I did have a problem with the excel code cracker...

Last year I pressed the 'Button 1' and it chugged away trying all the words... this year I has to press 'OK' because it said 'It might be XXXX' after every single attempt, we are lucky someone in the sun was too lazy to change the words or it would have taken ages to get through the list.

Is there anyone who can play with the excel sheet and sort out the problem so later in the year we know it will work??

I had the same problem on every machine I tried it on, with different versions of IE. I always have this problem, but it's still much faster than doing it manually.

Anyway, last night Pealy (who created the original code cracking macro I believe?) changed it (post number 1004), and this one works for me, and should do for you. I checked it last night and it ran through the whole thing, only stopping to throw up the code words we knew. I used it before my cousin booked (she used my number) so I can confirm that it should work next time, with some changes if there are less than ten code words next time.

pealy wrote: »

The spreadsheet didn't work at all for me because the web page with the result is structured differently. Thankfully we already had the code so it didn't matter.

I have updated the s/sheet a bit and it seems to work okay with the site as its working today. I haven't tested it to death but if anyone wants to use it as the basis for next time, it's here:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0By1Z9N9WB9jOTm96aG5EcUtNMEU/edit

Rachie_B

SusieWinwood wrote: »

I've just tried to book half term week 27 May for Devon or Cornwall and there is nothing! nada zilch zero. I don't believe for a minute that there is no availability for then.

Will further availability be released or is that it?

I even looked at booking direct but they want £440 for 4 nights! Yeah right!

Any info appreciated

Susie

keep hold of your priority code and keep checking within next few days / week or so

they often add more dates !

CAT££

Ann1984 wrote: »

so many people going here i think i might look next time, is it the old butlins?? x

Yes, it is the old Butlins. Used to go there on school trips many years ago! My boyfriend and I don't have children, so we use it as a base as there are loads of beautiful coastal towns/villages nearby to explore. We then use the entertainment in the evening. Last year was the first year, and thought it was great. We upgraded to luxury, and the caravan was spotless, couldn't find a fault.

Clarello

Is there a thread where you can swap or buy/sell unwanted holidays???? Don't even know if this can be done so if anyone does please enlighten me x

sjg666

Rachie_B wrote: »

the link is on your confirmation email

go to the site and input your booking ref

I only have links to the Contact Us, FAQs and Privacy Policy?

It says at the bottom "Your booking includes a ferry crossing and your ferry crossing confirmation will be sent to you by separate email."