Overview
** The ticket submission deadline through UEFA expires on Thursday 1st March. Make sure you secure your ticket inclusive package with us by then to guarantee your ticket to the game.**
The atmosphere should be amazing as England take on the Ukraine on home turf in the last of their group matches. Expect the local fans to be in good voice, the Ukrainian team to be hyped up and the Donbas Arena to be packed to the rafters.
This trip includes access to a face-value match ticket direct from UEFA, as well as flights, transfers and the services of a Thomson Sport host with a local representative for the duration of your trip. There will also be little matchday extras to make the day even more memorable.
Access to official match tickets through UEFA
As England’s only licensed tour operator, we’re in a unique position to guarantee you get a match ticket. The advertised price includes the cost of a face-value match ticket and administration charge from UEFA. On entering the booking process with us the price shown is the advertised package price minus the cost you will pay separately for the ticket directly to UEFA. By booking this package with us this means you have been assigned a ticket by UEFA and have a guaranteed right to purchase. Once you secure your travel package with us UEFA will contact you directly to take payment for the face-value of your ticket. This means you'll be getting your ticket sent direct to you home address from UEFA. It doesn't get any more official than that!
Flights and transfers
On the morning of the game you (and a plane full of other England fans) will fly direct to Donetsk from London Gatwick. As soon as you land you’ll be whisked across town into the city, where you'll have the opportunity to sample the local delicacies and beer, before being transported to the stadium in time for kick off. And when the final whistle blows, there will be plenty of time to celebrate another England victory on the coach transfer to the airport!
Extras for England supporters
Because we’re England’s licensed tour operator for UEFA EURO 2012™, we’re hoping to arrange some nice matchday extras for England supporters that travel with us. We’ll let you know more when all the details are finalised.
Also included
• Escorted by a Thomson Sport host throughout
• Local representative with knowledge of Ukraine on all transfers
• We’re the biggest tour operator in Europe and we’re fully ATOL protected. So we deliver on our promises and your money is always safe with us.
Tickets
Thomson Sport is the ONLY UK operator offering UEFA ‘Licensed’ travel packages, meaning we’re the only company who can guarantee you the all-important match ticket.
The process
• You book your ‘Licensed’ travel package with Thomson Sport, this secures your travel and reserves a ticket for you with UEFA
• We inform UEFA of your purchase with us
• UEFA contact you directly to pay for your face-value ticket on the official UEFA Ticket Portal
• On behalf of UEFA we then collect information about the other travellers on your booking
• Your tickets are sent to you directly from UEFA
• You join us in Ukraine to see England in action
For avoidance of doubt, if you choose to purchase a package including the ‘right to purchase’ you will be required to make two transactions making two separate payments. The first to Thomson Sport to book your travel and secure your right to the ticket. The second is a payment at a later date directly to UEFA though their Official Ticket Portal
The rules
When purchasing a travel package which includes the ‘right to purchase’ match ticket, the following UEFA rules apply:
• You can book up to a maximum of 4 people per match
• You must provide detailed information on every individual on the booking, including passport numbers (see step 3 below)
• You must be a UK National or a UK Resident
Selecting your ticket
When you enter the booking process for one of the clearly market ‘right to purchase’ packages, you will be guaranteed access to a Category 3 ticket by UEFA.
Subject to availability, you also have the opportunity to upgrade your ticket to either a ‘Category 2’ or ‘Category 1’ ticket. Thomson Sport will not be collecting any payment for this ticket (this will be collected later by UEFA), but the category of ticket you select in this booking process for all travellers on your booking will be fixed at this point. You will not have the opportunity to change this selection at a later date with Thomson Sport or with UEFA.
Prices (set by UEFA, payable to UEFA) of the ticket categories:
Category 3 - €30.00 : Category 2 - €70 : Category 1 - €120.00
A €20 booking fee, per booking, will also be required by UEFA at time of purchase on the ticket portal.
Making your booking
Once you have made your ticket ‘Category’ selection continue through the booking process until you have arranged payment and completed the booking. We will issue you with a ‘Booking confirmation number’ which you will require to purchase your face-value match-ticket from UEFA.
In receiving your unique ‘Booking confirmation number’ you will have successfully secured your right to purchase a match ticket from UEFA along with your travel package – you’re on your way to EURO 2012!
The Next step - Buying your match ticket from UEFA:
UEFA are allocating match tickets via the ‘UEFA ticket portal’ which opens from the 12th December 2011. We as a licenced operator, and you as our customer, gain access to this all important Ticket Portal. After securing your ‘Licensed’ travel package with us sit back and relax as your ticket is now reserved we will inform UEFA of your purchase and category selection.
Within 14 days of booking UEFA will contact you directly with an ‘activation email’, to the email address you provided in your booking with us. All you then need to do is follow their instructions, using your ‘Booking confirmation number’ provided to you at the time of booking with us.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us on 0845 121 2018.
The last step – Providing us with information:
UEFA require us to collect some further information about those travelling on your booking (name must be provided at time of booking of all passengers). We will contact you in due course to collect this information:
Nationality
Passport number
Country of Residence
Postal Address
Email Address
Mobile Telephone Number
Once we have received this information, we will inform UEFA and your tickets are ready to be released by UEFA and sent to you in line with the UEFAs standard ticket distribution process outlined on the UEFA ticket portal site.
Travel
Full itineraries will follow 5-10 days prior to your departure.
We expect to fly from Gatwick North Terminal for most flights (still TBC).
19/06/12 JAF9201 Gatwick 07:00 Donetsk 13:00
20/06/12 JAF9202 Donetsk 02:50 Gatwick 04:55
The flight time to Donetsk is around 3 hours 45 minutes.
Itinerary
Day Trip: Tuesday 19th June 2012
07:00 | Early morning departure from London Gatwick North Terminal (still TBC). Flight Number: JAF9201
13:00 | Land in Donetsk. Meet private Thomson Sport coach transfer to city centre for time at leisure
TIME TBC | Meet coach transfer to take you to the Donbass Arena, to arrive in plenty of time for 9.45pm KO (local time)
TIME TBC | After the final whistle, meet coach transfer back to Donetsk Airport for your flight back to London Gatwick
02:50 | Early morning flight back to London Gatwick. Flight Number: JAF9202
04:55 | Arrive back at London Gatwick North Terminal (still TBC) for your onward journey home
Travel Essentials
Those all important travel extras
We will be offering exclusive rates on pre-departure hotels, foreign exchange and travel insurance for all our customers.
