Ajax
Amsterdam Arena
UEFA Europa League round of 32
Thursday February 16, 18:00 UK time, 19:00 local time
Packages
See Thomas Cook Sport’s packages here.
All three of Champion Sport Tours’ trips are currently sold out.
Independent travel
Flights
One way flights
Two days before the game
To Amsterdam
£39 on KLM from Leeds Bradford
£38 from Birmingham on bmibaby
£33 from Bristol on easyJet
£34 from Luton on easyJet
£32 from Stansted on easyJet
£39 from Liverpool on KLM
£39 from Liverpool on easyJet
£34 from Gatwick on easyjet
£39 from Gatwick on British Airways
£36 from Manchester on easyJet
To Eindhoven
£16 from Stansted on Ryanair
then a two-hour train costing £40 return or a two-hour, 15-minute coach from Eindhoven Airport costing £38 return
To Brussels S Charleroi
£12 from Manchester on Ryanair
then a two-hour 47-minute train costing £60 return
To Dusseldorf Weeze
£14 from Stansted on Ryanair
then a three-hour 31-minute train with one change costing £80 return
To Cologne
£27 from Stansted on TUlfly and germanwings
£33 from Gatwick on easyJet
£32 from Manchester on germanwings
then a three-hour 38-minute train costing £85 return
Coming back
Day after game
From Amsterdam
£36 to Liverpool on easyJet
£39 to Gatwick on easyJet
£39 to Glasgow International on easyJet
£47 to Stansted on easyJet
£47 to Luton on easyJet
£50 to East Midlands on bmibaby
£73 to Manchester on flybe
£77 to Bristol on easyJet
£83 to Leeds Bradford on flybe
From Eindhoven
£35 to Stansted on Ryanair
after a two-hour train costing £40 return or a two-hour, 15-minute coach from Eindhoven Airport costing £38 return.
From Antwerp
£50 to Manchester on Cityjet
after a 72-minute train costing £35 return
From Brussells S Cherleroi
£23 to Manchester on Ryanair
After a two-hour 47-minute train costing £60 return
Brussels International
£30 to Liverpool on easyJet
After a two-hour 47-minute train costing £60 return
Dusseldorf Weeze
£13 to Leeds Bradford on Ryanair
£35 to Stansted on Ryanair
After a three-hour 31-minute train with one change costing £80 return
Cologne
£27 to East Midlands on bmibaby
£36 to Gatwick on easyJet
£49 to Stansted on germanwings
£58 to Manchester on TUlfly
After a three-hour 38-minute train costing £85 return
Coach
National Express Eurolines runs a service between Manchester and Amsterdam, changing in London.
Going
On weekdays
Leave Chorlton Street: 14:00, 23:59
Arrive London Victoria: 19:20, 06:20
Leave: 22:00, 08:30
Arrive Amsterdam: 10:00, 21:00
All one-way coaches cost £27.50 per person.
Coming back
On weekdays
Option 1
Leave Amsterdam: 19:00
Arrive London Victoria: 05:45
Leave: 07:00,
Arrive Birmingham: 09:35
Leave: 10:45
Arrive Chorlton Street: 12:40
Option 2:
Leave Amsterdam: 21:30
Arrive London Victoria: 07:45
Leave: 09:30
Arrive Chorlton Street: 14:15
Alternatively, you can make your own way to London and pay £20 each way.
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Ferry
With P&O ferries, sailing from Hull to Rotterdam two days before the game or a day before the game, returning the day after the game costs £202 return.
Going
Leave Hull two days before the game at 20:30
Arrive Rotterdam the day before the game at 08:15
Coming back
Leave Rotterdam the day after the game at 19:00
Arrive Hull two days after the game at 09:00
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With Stenna from Harwich in East Anglia to the Hook of Holland, it costs £72 return.
Going
Weekdays
Leave: 09:00, 23:15
Arrive: 16:45, 07:45
Coming back
Weekdays
Leave: 14:30, 22:30
Arrive: 22:30, 06:30
Kick off is 7pm CET so don’t get late-ish flights assuming kick off is same time as CL games, is 1h 45m earlier.
Is it the same procedure of collecting tickets in Amsterdam?
£119 from humberside tuesday to friday KLM
i have one credit, how are chances to get a ticket? i realy would like to book flight and hotel now!
any chance the flight prices might go back to normal in the next month, once the initial surge has died down?
Paul – yes
George – you should be ok providing allocation is not smaller than expected for some reason. Of the 3400 with a credit so far everyone should get, especially as some will no doubt give the europa a miss and save some cash.
Leggy – they usually spike up then dip again, but no promises! I’ve not looked but may even be around half term, though the fact I paid £54 suggests not.
Just to let you know you can get decent deals through expedia – I have got 2 nights at a 3 star hotel right in Amsterdam Centre with flights from Manchester for £230 per person. Not bad – Easyjets flights alone were £250 return!!
The one way prices above are for Eurolines coaches is if booking as a return, booking a one way single journey comes up being dearer.
Norwich away surely will defo now be the sunday, wonder what kick off time will be? Sky already have Spurs-Arsenal and CC final, Espn may now choose not televise us, if so it’d surely be 3pm, hope ESPN don’t choose a silly kick off time to fit us into the schedule like sky have with QPR away.
Never been able to go to a euro away but have just got a new job so have already booked up my flights. Don’t have any credits so what is the best way of getting a ticket. will there be many spares flying around ova there?
Paul, there is v little chance Norwich match won’t be televised – they have paid for it and will have sold advertising against it. Could be a ridiculous time.
I had an unsuccesful application in both the first and second ballots for the Basel away game, as did a number of others, and i was lead to believe that i would still receive 1 credit on my account for this. I phoned the TO before to confirm this and they advised they you only receive a credit on receipt of collecting your ticket at the overseas collection point for any european away game. Whose correct here me or the TO does anyone know? Thanks
if i apply for two people in one application, do both of them have to go to pick the tickets up or can i do it alone?
George- both fans pick up with Passport ID only
George also if you put in a joint application make sure both STHs/Members are on same number of credits. If different put as separate applications.
Thomas cook 1st day trip sold, 2nd on sale, plus also now a 1 night stay for £249
These trips will be void if we get put back in champions league, i seriously hope that doesnt happen
Still make it to dam after the munich game if we got let back in!
Dan Very doubtful we would be, as Basel would have a great defence against FIFA and UEFA due to breaking no laws themselves, expect its FIFA’s way of trying to force FC Sion to drop there legal action aginst UEFA, if reinstated, regarding flights etc, Yes fans wouldn’t have right to a refund from airlines etc, but this wouldn’t be the case if booking with a proper match travel provider as travel organised would just get cancelled, and refunds issued
BASEL-BAYERN 1st leg on 22nd
Paul, I sort of agree with you, but Basel could still be screwed despite having done nothing wrong. I expect Swiss FA to back down and take action against Sion, but if they stand firm then Basel really will be kicked out. A lot will come down to wher Sion or Basel hold sway with Swiss FA as one of them need to get shafted either way.
Steven, you and the TO could be partly right, Yes you do have credit for the purposes of a possible final and you’ll be ahead of anyone for Ajax that didn’t apply for a group game, but what the club haven’t made perfectly clear is if a successful ID pick credit is ahead of a unsuccessful application credit, for a final they get classed as the same but don’t think they for a standard Euro away, as that would encourage fans to put in apps for games their likely to get knock back in.
Steven, you and the TO could be partly right, Yes you do have credit for the purposes of a possible final and you’ll be ahead of anyone for Ajax that didn’t apply for a group game, but what the club haven’t made perfectly clear is if a successful ID pick up credit is ahead of a unsuccessful application credit, for a final they get classed as the same but don’t think they are for a standard Euro away, as that would encourage fans to put in apps for games their likely to get knock back in
Paul, info for Europa aways actually says collecting a ticket and unsuccessful application are treated the same and there are 3438 who have a credit – not separating if those are collections or rejections. So I would expect Steven to be regarded as having one credit for Ajax and to be treated same as someone who actually collected the ticket, but not that this will show on the club’s system – which replicates THIS page – https://www.eticketing.co.uk/muticketsandmembership/legacy/myaccount/viewbookinghistory.aspx. You’ll notice this exact link includes ’successful pickup with ID at euro aways’ as entries alongside other tickets but the usual booking history page does not show that.
Sorry to go slightly off-topic but a bit of advice needed regarding the ticket office. I managed to get a ticket for Newcastle away, first one this season, unfortunately I forgot to change my address on the website after moving twice within the last six months. If the ticket has already been dispatched there is no way I can get it from my old address. Will the ticket office issue a duplicate or be able to offer any kind of solution? Totally gutted, I know it was my mistake but still hope something can be done! They’re closed on Sundays it seems, just trying to get an idea…
DAN, I had some Everton away tickets duplicated some years and more recently knew lads that got city away tickets duplicated in 2010 as a friend/family etc unable to return to Manchester with travel disruption due to Icelandic Volcano, ,I had to deal with Everton directly and were issued with duplicates at Everton ticket office, United’s response to City game to many was that they couldn’t assist them and they’d have to contact city directly. the TO is closed Sundays now except if home game. I hope you get it sorted.
Dan the lads I know/heard of effected were given duplicates At City ticket office and not by United. Obviously regarding City the situation couldn’t be helped and affected lots of both United and City fans, due to that I suppose the City ticket office was extra helpful
Does anyone in the know think there will be any chance of spare tickets in Amsterdam. What is the best chance I’ve got of getting to this game as I’m not a ST holder. Any help much appreciated.
If you haven’t already booked travel then Thomas cook sport as a member as it guarantees a ticket, Euro ’spares’ are rare due to ID pick up required for each individual
Dan, just call TO and say they never arrived. They will issue duplicates and advise you whether to collect them from OT or Newcastle, will usually be at the away ground though. Never a problem unless they’ve said from the start that no duplicates can be issued, which is when they only send them out special delivery.
Paul, you don’t need to be an ST holder, anyone with away credits can apply from group stages. If you have none (which I presume is the case seeing as you don’t know who can/cannot apply for them) then your only options are touts or official Thomas Cook travel packages.
Thanks for the help namesake and Oli. What is this I hear (and don’t fully understand) about execs changing names?
Paul, is v simple. Many exec books are in company names not individual names, so if successful in the ballot you have to tell the TO who will be collecting them if not the name on the club’s records. In short, anyone can use them. However, the credit goes to the person who collects (if a non member, they create a new profile on their system), so the exec gets no credit and so usually this only works for group games – as the latter rounds they get rejected in ballot for not having credits.
To sum up then how the execs works then is, if say a few non members used the tickets for Lisbon, then the exec facility would have a credit for the purpose of applying for Basel, then if a few STHs used them for Basel the STHs would get the credit, leaving the exec facility with 1 credit for Amsterdam ballot. Is that correct Oli
No. The credit always goes to the person using them. If a non member, still does not go to exec’s credits and no one gets credit.
Is this how the touts operate for our euro aways then?
But the non members would still have lisbon credit for amsterdam ballot and would still have to use the exec facility to apply with. Yes?
Will there be touts operating in amsterdam,like say at a standard away game? Because say someone has a corporate box in a company name does that not mean they could get multiple tickets. Ive also seen tickets on football websites at a premium. how do they get tickets? esp if they promise to deliver 3-5 days before the game?
there are still some £89 return flights from leeds to schipol,tues to friday KLM
Yes Paul.
Lookingforeric, not really. Those using a box still have to tell the club who will be collecting them in advance and it is only one per ticket per name. The only way they could do it was a) take orders from fans before they go out to Dam which is not really how touts work 9and no guarantee they’d get paid if that fan collected himself before meeting up with tout) or b) use all their tout mates to collect one each, but that’s unlikely as touts won’t go out to Damm just to flog one ticket each.
Argh! Really want to get to this game but dont want to Thomas Cook it but it seems as though that’s the only option.
Thanks for the advice lads, rang the ticket office and they confirmed what you said, duplicates can be requested then collected at the Blackburn home game. Had so little luck with the ballot this year, would’ve been so frustrating not to be able to go because of a daft mistake!
Booked my trip to Amsterdam via Thomas Cook and was just wondering if it will count as a credit? Not too fussed as I wouldn’t be able to make the final anyway but have always been curious about that one.
If you go with Thomas Cook, it DOES count as a credit.
Their overnight stop is sold out; I’m waiting for Champion sports to get back to me…..
Hi lads,
Whats the script for home end tickets with Ajax? I have a address just outside amsterdam….
i havent done a euro away this year so getting a ticket through united without a credit = o
could always hold out for a return?
For those who arent confident of tickets in the ballot, the only way for people outside of Holland to buy tickets is through this site…
http://www.ajaxtravel.com/en/europa-league/ajax-manchester
135 euro for a package inc. ticket
It looks like they add on a 15 euro booking fee, so it’s 150 euros in total for one of those home end packages.
Hi james,
thanks for the link, whats the script if you do live in Holland?
Robscot you should be able to get tickets direct from Ajax for home end with a dutch address, I couldn’t get Edwins testimonial tickets sent to uk address, but was able to get off someone who had purchased in person, maybe you’d have to be a Ajax member, depends on the what the Demand for this game will be.
Cheers paul, i was looking on there website, there on sale to members, im waiting on my mate getting back to me, id happy buy a membership and ticket from “my” dutch address!
Any news on the allocation yet?
Its Unlikely there’ll be any allocation news for a while, United should do the Ballot about a month before game as usual. You’d like think the clubs would mutually agree to give each good allocations, as imagine Ajax will bring a good amount of fans to OT, and I’d say United will be more than happy to give them a large allocation.
Paul- you’d think so, i refuse to pay thomas cook money for travel just to guarantee the ticket. I cant understand why there allowed a monopoly on the system….
have you booked amsterdam yet?
To be fair thou thomas cook do pay United a decent amount and for that expect some advantages over competitors, at times thou thou should set higher requirements for fans being able to book on. Like if in a CL semi final, only allow booking from people already with minimum of 1 credit and If packages didn’t sell out within a set period then allow all bookings. not yet but will, prices changed constantly on friday, have 2 credits so ok for ticket.