Champions League Final | Tickets - City Official Package + UEFA Tickets | 2022 Final (pg 1033)

feedthegoat27 said:
Seeing a few comments about the negative PCR test required before leaving the UK and ways to obtain one as cheap as possible.

My advice is DO NOT scrimp on the cheapest one you find, which will undoubtedly be a test at home postal service job, possibly with a company with suspect reputation.

You only have a 72 hour window, and realistically only one chance to get this right before departure. Whilst I'm not necessarily against postal service tests, please ensure you use a company that look reliable and have good feedback.

If you're spending hundreds on flights, hotels, other associated costs and expenses....to then try and save a few quid on your outbound test is madness and risks fucking up the whole itinerary and costing you all that money.
Imagine not getting your test back in time (or getting an inconclusive result as done incorrectly) and not being able to travel to Portugal, losing hundreds and hundreds of pounds in the process, all because you tried to save 30 quid on a cheap, dodgy postal test.

If it was me, I would play it safe and book into a clinic to avoid any possible postal issues or delays and ensure the swab is taken correctly by a professional. Boots do PCR tests at most of their stores for £99. There is a company called Biograd in Liverpool that do £99 tests and guarantee the results within 24 hours. I'm sure there are plenty of other options out there, put the time in to do the research.

To the Blue who took my advice and didn't cancel his Istanbul flights in the hope the airline cancelled, and they did, I'm glad you're not out of pocket :)
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Thanks for the heads up pal, I’m booked in at Boots on Monday 24th. £99.
 
feedthegoat27 said:
Yeah, there were huge problems in December with postal tests and loads of people jetting off to the Canaries.
Seems some companies simply weren't ready or prepared and lots of people just didn't get their results back in time and ended up missing flights and losing holidays.

I don't think any company or clinic can 100% cast iron guarantee the results within a certain timeframe, but I'd certainly fancy my chances more with a clinic than with a postal test. I've not heard any clinic based horror stories (though I'm sure there are some) but I've read plenty of postal based test horror stories.

Most clinics will say if you have your test done by a certain time, then you'll get the results either the same day or the next day (depending on which service you have booked)

This is the one mentioned operating out of Hilton at Manchester airport, and also out of the Jurys Inn in the centre, offering various options. Pretty representative of most clinics up and down the country I'd say, in terms of time turnaround and price.

MHC Manchester | My Healthcare Clinic

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If you are going Fri-Sun you could use the same day one on the Thursday and then use that for the return from Portugal. Then book a cheap £45 one for the day 2 test as urgency for that isn’t there. Saves pissing around getting another test in Porto
 
Tonster said:
If you are going Fri-Sun you could use the same day one on the Thursday and then use that for the return from Portugal. Then book a cheap £45 one for the day 2 test as urgency for that isn’t there. Saves pissing around getting another test in Porto
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That’s exactly what I was thinking. I’m on Spike’s trip going out Friday, back Sunday, so if I book in on the Thursday using that company @feedthegoat27 mentioned and pay £139 for the same day option that should sort it assuming no hitches with getting the results back?
 
Tonster said:
If you are going Fri-Sun you could use the same day one on the Thursday and then use that for the return from Portugal. Then book a cheap £45 one for the day 2 test as urgency for that isn’t there. Saves pissing around getting another test in Porto
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This is indeed correct, and works well for those going for just a couple of days.
And penny pinching is absolutely fine for the test required to undertake within 2 days of landing back in the UK.
 
M18CTID said:
That’s exactly what I was thinking. I’m on Spike’s trip going out Friday, back Sunday, so if I book in on the Thursday using that company @feedthegoat27 mentioned and pay £139 for the same day option that should sort it assuming no hitches with getting the results back?
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Just had quick look, there’s a £99 same day result one in Didsbury

Didsbury | DAM Health

Didsbury Test Centre 676 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2DN You will receive a test result by midnight the same day.If you are intending to travel for leisure, work or educational purposes, please select this test. Once the test has been completed and the results are confirmed, you wil ...
www.dam-health.com www.dam-health.com
 
feedthegoat27 said:
You wouldn't get the result in time.

Even the fastest PCR tests take hours as they have to go to a lab for the result.
I'm not sure of any airport that is set up to do rapid PCR tests that would give you the result within the 2/3 hours you would be there.
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I think Manchester is but it is the Lamps test which maybe acceptable to travel but please check first.
 
Hoping for some better luck in making this after the ballot ...

Passport renewal in the system last night and got updates already on its progress.
 
John Wayne said:
At least £600 then.
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And the rest . A return flight that was , at worst last week, about £140 is now silly money on organized trips and normal airlines. .Noses in the trough as ever . Chuck in private PCR tests and inflated costs of accommodation in Portugal and you've just done an awful lot of money in.

This is like no other trip to Europe , and should be treated with real caution in an uncertain world. The mixed messages from the Portuguese government doesn't help , but ultimately they want what is best, health-wise for their country , just as we do in the UK. I worry that this virulent Indian variant might play a part in any late decision making.

Its a watch this space , but time is running out.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
Yes, I've booked too for 2 nights. I was giddy as hell yesterday about it.

The herding about thing has the potential for a massive nightmare. They'll need the fans apart from each other and apart from anybody else so they'll have to stick them in some secure compound type thing int he middle of nowhere or it isn't a bubble. And the airport surely won't be able to cope with the sheer numbers without hours of waiting around. How can these tousands of people stay in a bubble in an open airport? It's got so much "hell" potential that I'm not doing it if it's the only option.
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Can I ask how much you paid for flights and hotels ?
 
The more I read about the arrangements, the less keen I am to attend. I did go to Vienna in 1970 for the Cup Winnners Cup final.

I was also at Wembley two years earlier to see the Rags beat Benfica. The whole of Manchester was clamouring for tickets. I can up with a ‘cunning plan’ to buy tickets from Benefica, figuring that very few in the then-poverty stricken Portugal woukd be able to make the trip.

I organised an International monetary order and sent it to Benfica asking for eight tickets. I got six! Most of the tickets went to colleagues and potential business partners, but I was there to support Benfica! I sometimes thought that I was the only Benfica supporter in Wembley.

The match was drawing to its conclusion at 1-1 when Eusebio was clean through on the goal where I was standing behind with eight minutes left. He missed! United went on to win easily in added time (Thanks Kiddo!).

I have always wanted to go to another European final. In recent years we have been on mini-breaks to Milan, Kiev, and Madrid when the Champions League final was on.

Sadly, we will not be travelling this time!
 
JGL07 said:
The more I read about the arrangements, the less keen I am to attend. I did go to Vienna in 1970 for the Cup Winnners Cup final.

I was also at Wembley two years earlier to see the Rags beat Benfica. The whole of Manchester was clamouring for tickets. I can up with a ‘cunning plan’ to buy tickets from Benefica, figuring that very few in the then-poverty stricken Portugal woukd be able to make the trip.

I organised an International monetary order and sent it to Benfica asking for eight tickets. I got six! Most of the tickets went to colleagues and potential business partners, but I was there to support Benfica! I sometimes thought that I was the only Benfica supporter in Wembley.

The match was drawing to its conclusion at 1-1 when Eusebio was clean through on the goal where I was standing behind with eight minutes left. He missed! United went on to win easily in added time (Thanks Kiddo!).

I have always wanted to go to another European final. In recent years we have been on mini-breaks to Milan, Kiev, and Madrid when the Champions League final was on.

Sadly, we will not be travelling this time!
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An awful lot of words to get to the point:you went to watch United win the European cup. Terrific. Bet it was ace.
 
JGL07 said:
The more I read about the arrangements, the less keen I am to attend. I did go to Vienna in 1970 for the Cup Winnners Cup final.

I was also at Wembley two years earlier to see the Rags beat Benfica. The whole of Manchester was clamouring for tickets. I can up with a ‘cunning plan’ to buy tickets from Benefica, figuring that very few in the then-poverty stricken Portugal woukd be able to make the trip.

I organised an International monetary order and sent it to Benfica asking for eight tickets. I got six! Most of the tickets went to colleagues and potential business partners, but I was there to support Benfica! I sometimes thought that I was the only Benfica supporter in Wembley.

The match was drawing to its conclusion at 1-1 when Eusebio was clean through on the goal where I was standing behind with eight minutes left. He missed! United went on to win easily in added time (Thanks Kiddo!).

I have always wanted to go to another European final. In recent years we have been on mini-breaks to Milan, Kiev, and Madrid when the Champions League final was on.

Sadly, we will not be travelling this time!
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From what the wise guys have told me from Crumpsall, there was a trip to the horses at Epsom or Sandown , full of City fans and pay-on-the-door at Wembley that night v Benfica, but these old school City heads tell talk a load of stuff



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