"Zoning" of Maison Blanche, Bleu sud and nord...

[termietermite]

Well, the booking number is the key then.  I'll use it next year.  Thanks for the tip.  Must put this in the guide....

[DelBoy]

...... I'm loath to alter the number in case it pushes me off the list ......

I altered my 'standard' request for camping tickets 4 years ago with no apparent disagreeable effect.  I also modify my request for grandstand/general entry tickets almost every year to reflect the size of my party which varies between 8 and 12.

Del

[DelBoy]

Well, the booking number is the key then.  I'll use it next year.  Thanks for the tip.  Must put this in the guide....

Looking at the allocation letter for '06, ie the one I got a year ago, the number is called 'Destinataire No.', whereas it was called 'Beneficiaire No' in previous years.   Presumably both can be translated to 'Customer Number'.

Del

[wookie]

More of a "lurker" than a poster, this thread has forced me out of hibernaion. (Last post was to flog a spare MB ticket to Piglet last year!) Even If I get my MB alocation this year, I think the ACO will have finally pushed my group over the edge. We have been camping on MB since 1990, from back in the good old days when you could just turn up on the gate. With the increasing difficulty in getting camping passes (4-ish groups from different parts of the country/Europe turning up on different days) this zoning business may well be the final straw.  I just can't get my head around the logistics of it, let alone how the ACO is going to enforce it? Suddenly it doesn't seem like so much fun......

[termietermite]

I also got a reply from the ACO this morning as I have not yet received a letter.  These are apparently being sent out first to "regulars" and then in order of receipt of the booking request.  I have asked them how one goes about becoming a regular!

Just a guess: May be "regulars" are people with a customer number from previous bookings. I have the same customer numbers for some years already and I always put it on the booking form when ordering next year's tickets.

Ihave had an answer!  To become an "habitué" (regular) you need to have been booking for 15 years!  That is the key to the magic list.

[Piglet]

Everyone has a customer number (or whatever you want to call it), I quote mine every year.

It's whether it's the "right" number I think that matters!

Edited to say: Hello Wookie - thanks for last years ticket, it was very much appreciated 

[mwbennett]

Hmmm... I'm a "regular", but only since '99 when I bought my own tickets instead of going with a group.
Customer number is in the hi 9000's - so not that low a number!

It really did work in our favour about 5 years ago - I saw people here getting tickets - and I had not even had an invoice!
I called and asked what had happened - they said they must have lost the booking.  But they immediately sorted me out with the ACO grandstand seats I had always ordered, and the MB ticket as well!

[termietermite]

I have never quoted mine but I see that in spite of that, it's always the same year on year.  So they do link things up then.

[Tubs]

- but the section alongside the straight from the Porsche Curves is not "zoned"

I've read most of this thread and was intrigued to find a reason for the above. My guess is that this prime patch of Maison Blanche has been withdrawn from the campsite in order to service the ever increasing demand for corporate hospitality.

[termietermite]

I think it may have more to do with the entance to the new expanded pit and paddocks but there's really nothing for it - I will go and look when I next am in town.

Or you could do it this weekend Tubs!

[DelBoy]

....... I will go and look when I next am in town.

Take your camera with you please, Deb.  At least, confirm Rick/Paddy's interpretation of the zoning plan.

Del

[Paddy_NL]

Can somebody who has received a letter confirm what's precisely in there?
I just got off the phone from the ticket office, and they told me they're "just about to start allocating, and we should hear from them in about one- to two months time".

Has anybody got a definite confirmation about their location yet? In that case the woman is just telling fairytails....

[fagey]

voila.. copy of letter and also email received

Dear Madam, Dear Sir,

We acknowledge receipt of your request for reservations for the 2007 “24 Heures du Mans”.

As we are not in a position to process the bookings at the moment, we are therefore unable to confirm your reservation which will be registered by arrival date at the end of the year. The reception of an invoice within a few months will validate your booking.

In order to satisfy a maximum number of members, the allotment of seats in the ACO Grandstand for 2007 and the following years will be as follows:
- 2 seats per card for the « Etoile », « Sécuriclub » and « Club 24 » formulae;
- 1 seat per card for all other formulae;
- For the General Enclosures, there is no change in the advantages concerning the number of tickets.

We hope this will be helpful.

Yours faithfully,

The Booking Office

and the email

Everything is OK. Your collegues have just received a letter to inform we well received their booking. It's not the allocation letter as we haven't started to record the booking. We sent you the letter but it probably not arrived (could you please check the address in case it's not the good one). You should receive your allocation letter in January or February.

So we will have to wait longer

[Paddy_NL]

Thanks for that, Fagey!

I'm completely confused now.
Is it so that the people from the 'magic list' have already received their allocation (and have a choice for ABCDE), and the rest have to wait untill Jan/Feb?

I got my letter - can't work put whether the Golden Triangle is in B or C though. I am thinking it's B where the shaded block is but would like a 2nd opinion.

At least my MB tickets seems secure for another year though... 

Why the difference in letters between smokie and Fagey?

[fagey]

god knows!! I'm totally fuddled but will take what I am allocated then see what I can do.. half full glass..not half empty