Brian Taylor
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Information from LowCostRoutes.com on Easyjet flights released tomorrow 12th April:-
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Easyjet has announced that they will release the flights from 28/10/2018 till 03/02/2019 on 12/04/2018.
Easyjet has not announced the precise time of the release. They have only communicated the date. The last 10 major releases happened during the night or early hours (between 5:30 – 07:13 UK time), but not all the flights were available at that time. Some flights were released a few hours later, others (a very small number!) a few days later.
Keep in mind that the last few releases were made in a tricky manner: the flights were not available among the regular search results from the first moment, but you could book them if you knew how to find them! This intermediary phase lasted for about an hour, so if you want to book your tickets asap, you probably want to learn how to do this and not wait until the flights are available among the regular search results, at a higher price! I provided a detailed explanation in the blog article you can find at http://goo.gl/1oI6CW .
Hi Angus
I do recall mention of an affinity pool! I may struggle on documents as haven’t seen them for years and we had a major house extension just finished, so nearly everything is boxed up on and offsite, but I will have a look.Off topic, but for context, Pam & I were actually also on P&O Britannia cruise and flew out to St Lucia, and came back to Southampton 20 days later, last Friday – last year we did a 2 week cruise on Britannia in Caribbean. We didn’t have any problems this year, or last, and quite a lot of people we met were booking up onboard for 2019 and 2020 – sorry to hear you didn’t have a good experience.
Regards, Brian
Hi John
Angus may have exact dates as he mentioned the work is during May when he is at GA. The Monte pool work took 6 to 8 weeks, though the individual Monte pools are smaller than the Puerto one.
So I’d suspect work is finished by end of June or early July. Perhaps Anfi are trying to finish this before the summer school holidays start.
I’ve looked on Anfi’s website and there is nothing at present that gives the pool dates. When the Monte pools were done and Pam & I were due out there, we did have a notice from Anfi about the pool works and arrangements.I’d suggest an email to Customer Services will get you information on dates.
Kind regards, Brian
Also in April from 6th – 15th, the Las Palmas film festival held in the Teatro Pérez Galdós and the Multicines Monopol
http://www.lpafilmfestival.com/?lang=en
and programme http://www.lpafilmfestival.com/programa-2018/?lang=en
For those of you at Anfi in April, Anfi have published the following information on the following activities taking place in Arguineguín, just beside the Church. The activities are organised by the Town Council:-
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Here are a few local activities scheduled to take place during the month of April, organized by the Town Council of Mogán. (Please note that this calendar is subject to possible last minute changes or cancellations by the Town Council).
Friday 6th April
16.00 – 22.00h: Game Party and Manga Festival
20.00h: “Fiesta OTAKU” with DJ “NightmareOwl”
Saturday 7th April10.00 –00.00h: Game Party and Manga Festival
16.00h: Cosplay Competition
18.00h: Star Wars Parade
20.00h: “OTAKU” Concert with “STRING FIGHTER”
21.30h: “Fiesta OTAKU” with DJ “NightmareOwl”
Sunday 8th April10.00 –20.00h: Game Party and Manga Festival
12.00h: 1ª phase K-POP Championship
16.00h: Obstacle Race around Arguineguín
18.00h: “Fiesta OTAKU” with DJ “NightmareOwl”
Friday 13th April21.00h: Young Fashion show
Saturday 14th April21.00h: Sofía Cristo DJ, Henry Méndez and others
Saturday 21st April21.00h Performances by various artists from the world of RAP,Hip Hop and DJs
All activities and shows will take place in the square (Plaza Pérez Galdós) in Arguineguín, just beside the Church.
Odd how we had opposite sales experiences as I bought before Gran Anfi was complete, and there was definite exclusive use of pool area. Also there was the extra pool that was to be built in what became the mini golf area – I still, somewhere, have the sales reps notes and sketches about this.
It has never bothered me that much, other than been spun a line, as we enjoy our time at Anfi and shared use isn’t an issue for me. And I can’t do much about it.
I did have my contract checked by a UK solicitor soon after we got back, and was advised it didn’t guarantee much, and I could have cancelled, but we were sold on Anfi and my only regret is the more recent loss of value on points owners as resale is nil. Wish I’d gone fixed weeks resale, as we have with later purchases.
Sunbed wise – very irritating I agree – if any consolation I came back recently from cruise round Caribbean and across Atlantic, even when we were only 2 days from Southampton and about 8c outside, guess what – towels on some of sunbeds with no one in sight, whilst nearly all the other sun beds are unused – and had to be someone British too as P&O.
Regards, Brian
Hi Angus
I’m a points owner at Gran Anfi and certainly was sold at the time, many years back, that GA would have exclusive area! However this clearly hasn’t been the case since it opened and there has been reciprocal access from Gran Anfi to other Del Mar resorts and vice versa.Each of our resorts will have pool closures over time and it does help to be able to use the other pool areas as well as the special beach access that Anfi offer the affected resort users.
I often use my Gran Anfi points to book time at Beach and I often see Gran Anfi towels on the Beach sunbeds. you will also see them in Puerto and Monte. So GA people are using the other resorts.
Overall, whilst it can be irritating, it does seem to me to be in the best overall interest to allow reciprocal access – and actually when I’m at Beach I would never really walk all the way to Gran, though evening at Monte is attractive and we sometimes meet up with friend there.
How on earth would you control access to each resort if only for “members” when many activities are in the resort area by the pool area
Regards, Brian
Hi Sean
I’ve looked on various sites online and can’t find any reference to JLCA or issues – was it a news item you read? – or an opinion/gossip on another website?
Quite a few members are using JLCA and would no doubt be very keen to know the source of the information you mentioned about “closing down” as the posts above and google search cannot find anything to back up what you have read or been told.
As mentioned above they clearly close over Easter.
Regards, Brian
Hi Alec
I believe Anfi have always had this policy and send out this information when you enquire about selling/buying a week – the rationale being that if a week is committed then a new owner may not agree the commitment after Anfi transfer the ownership i.e you need to “own” past the date when you have committed use of your apartment.
I don’t really see why the commitment couldn’t be recognised in the transfer of ownership, however it doesn’t sound as if this isn’t a new policy and it applies to fixed as well as floating week owners – unless anyone knows different??Perhaps you could reverse the commitment in 2019 to release the week prior to selling?
Do let us know how this works out as will be of interest to anyone selling.
Regards, Brian
Regards, Brian
Hi Sean
Interested to know where you read or heard this?
Regards, Brian
Easyjet have now released more detailed information on when the flight information for travel from 28th October onwards will be available. I have copied the latest below, and clearly worth making a note in your diary for mid and late April. Easyjet have added this to their site under FAQ’s – direct link is here
Coming up mid April 2018
Travel between: 28th October 2018 – 3rd February 2019
– October Half-term for some regions
– Christmas 2018
– New Year 2018/19Coming up late April 2018
Travel between: 4th February – 30th March 2019
– Valentines’ Day 2019
– February half-termNorwegian have release direct flights up to October – see post under Norwegian Air
Hi Kevin
Welcome to Anfi UK. It is very frustrating with Anfi and floating week availability, and we’ve had problems for a few years to our resale floating week. I am guessing that some combination of overselling, of pressure too from Tauro owners booking into Anfi, and as you suggest of some form of discrimination against release week owners compounds our situation.As mentioned above, using your floating week to get a week and rent out, then rent the week you want from owners seems the best route, and has worked for Pam & I. I then wonder what the point of owning the floating week is, though the resale value is very low, if anything – a situation Anfi have created.
Having said about difficulties, I was amazed yesterday when Pam called Anfi to see if we could get a week in early Jan next year(for Monte floating week), and it was available and booked – when we’ve rang before ended up emailing and then email ping pong on not available, ask for another week. Phone call definitely worked yesterday.
In previous years, and perhaps still, Anfi do not seem to be prepared to say which weeks are available, they keep asking for which do we want, then tell you not available.Regards, Brian
Just wondering if any members have tried the observatory or the tour company?
Online the tour company AstroGC.com have two quite useful links, one detail of pickup and the evening, the other shows what is in the sky on a particular date
Montecristo – at Maspalomas – includes concerts & dinner, and other events
https://www.montecristo-grancanaria.com/events
one on 11th April as below – and copy of programme(see link above for programme online)
MONTECRISTO
VERANSTALTUGNSKALENDER 2018
Alle Konzerte beginnen um 21.00 Uhr, Das Abendessen mit internationalem Kalt/Warm-Büffet
startet ab 18.00 Uhr an den Vorstellungstagen.
Mi., 7. März Cristina Ramós Vol.2 (Sopranistin) & Tania Rodríguez (Piano)
Operetten, Opernarien und internationale Musicals
Do., 1. März Filmpremiere „La voz al otro lado“ von
Antonio García Cánovas
Tickets: 18 Euro inkl. Büffet
Mi., 21. März Stamelia Dendl, Sopranistin „Eine Hommage an Calas“
Programm: Opernarien der größten Erfolge von
Maria Calas (z. B. Casta Diva, Madame Butterfly)
Tickets: 59 Euro.
So., 1. April Orquesta Camerata JuanMa Díaz Rivero mit Piano
Achtung: Matinee Programm: Matthäuspassion am Ostersonntag.
Tickets: 59 Euro.
Mi., 11. April Sascha Klaar „Let the good times roll“
Tickets: 38 Euro inkl. Büffet
Mi., 2. Mai Vulcansea präsentieren „Jazz, Blues & Soul Forever“
Ab 18.00 Uhr, Konzertbeginn 20.00 Uhr, open end.
Tanzen erlaubt.
Tickets: 38 Euro inkl. Büffet
Anmerkung: Bequemes Schuhwerk und warme Kleidung empfohlen.
Programmänderungen vorbehalten.
Das Essen wird, je nach Temperatur und Wetterlage, im Freien des Restaurants Trianon oder in der
Eventhöhle Chateau d‘If abgehalten.
Taxi-Transferservice kann organisiert werden, bitte telefonisch reservieren.
10th – 11th March 2018 – International Beach Volleyball tournament at Anfi beach
I Beach Volley Tournament 2×2 International Master – Anfi Del Mar
Chapter One will have live music on some evenings
– Bob Gorman Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8.30p.m.
– a Tom Jones tribute act, details yet to be announced(Bob Gorman also plays at his own music pub in Arguineguín Ancora Shopping Center, and at the Jukebox bar, next to the Spar in Patalavaca on a Friday from 9.30pm)
If you go, do update this post with your views
El Cafe has closed and re-opened as Chapter One – I’ll open a new topic for Chapter One, which will have live music on some evenings
Brian
I’ve read that Maroa is now staging live music every Wednesday from 8p.m.
Brian
CARNAVAL COSTA MOGÁN 2018 IN ARGUINEGUÍN – 20th – 25th February (info from anfi.com website):-
The ‘Carnaval Costa Mogán 2018’ in Arguineguín will run from 20th to 25th February, and this year’s theme is ‘Comics and Superheroes‘. Most of the festivities take place in the Market Square, and below you can see the carnival program (*subject to changes):
Tuesday, 20 February
20.00h: Body painting contest galaWednesday, 21 February
20.00h: Carnival Gala, with performances by various dance troupesThursday, 22 February
21.00h: Drag Queen Gala, with performances by musical groups, including gospel music.Friday, 23 February
20:00h: Wig Party, where there will be various entertainments, such as juggling, acrobats, and DJs01.00h: Music Party with Latin music.
Saturday, 24 February
19.00h: Carnival Parade departing from ‘el Timonel’ to the Market Square, passing the Ancora Center (a good place for watching the parade), with dance troupes, drummers, carnival floats and masks.21.30h: Dance Party – a big party with live music.
Sunday, 25 February
17.30h: Children´s Fancy dress Party, photo call with your favorite comic characters, hot chocolate with carnival crepes, a show and a fancy dress parade.19.30h: Funeral Wake for the Sardine, accompanied by a musical band, provides a symbolical end to the party before the burning of a giant-sized Sardine.
20.15h: The departure Parade of the Sardine to the beach, where it will be burned, and where there will be a firework display to close the 2018 Carnival.
Bit gutted now Norwegian have released direct flights for April to October – I could have got booked seat, 20kg luggage and better hand luggage deal for £68 each instead of £115 easyjet
For exactly same day – only downside is Norwegian arrive late on Mondays at 11.20pm – Monday return flights are in afternoon
Just checked again and Norwegian have released more direct flights from Gatwick to Gran Canaria – at least up to October – prices reasonable though jump up in July and August
Very late for them to release some of these
from Gatwick they fly out & back direct on Monday / Wednesday / Saturday from around £70 outbound with luggage, and £50 return
Monday out gets there near midnight, return flights are in afternoon – varies a bit by day
Edinburgh have some indirect flights
Brian
Norwegian have just announced expansion plans from UK – emphasis on long haul and no mention of the cuts or restoring flights to Canary Islands
Norwegian’s announcement is on this link
Brian
Roger has posted a new update on the AGM as there will not be an AGM in 2018, though there will be next year – see this link
For anyone looking at travelling in next month, Thomas Cook have released discounted fares from various UK destinations to Gran Canaria – the headline fares are hand luggage only so add about £40 for hold luggage + seat booking, or £70 for the full package of extras – still not bad value
https://www.thomascookairlines.com/tca/tcauk/en/offers/shorthaul?destination=LPA&departure=1802
They have also released discounted flights to a whole range of destinations, again for travel in next month or so
Members should have had an email from Anfi today about the BBC programme looking at timeshare claims & lawyers – said to be available on iplayer until 6th Feb
Julie has also posted about this on another part of Forum and added her comments – see this post
Brian
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Dear Member,
If you have not already done so, we strongly suggest you watch a recent BBC programme called Rip Off Britain. In its latest episode (series 6, episode 5 – from minute 26:30 until 28:31), the programme investigates the serious issue of fake lawyers claiming to help with timeshare problems. The episode can be viewed on BBC iPlayer until Tuesday 6th February. If you are unable to view the episode, we are more than happy to send you a summary.
The programme follows the case of a family from England who owned a timeshare in Tenerife. They were approached by a man pretending to be a lawyer, who said he could get back the money they originally paid for it. However, he scammed them out of thousands of pounds by making up fees that did not exist, and the family never received the money they were promised. The programme goes through the frustration and pitfalls this family experienced by putting their trust in this fake lawyer. Further investigation found that the address he gave of his office did not exist.
We urge you to watch this programme, so that you do not fall for these scams. It is advised that you ignore all unsolicited contact from people claiming to be lawyers, as this is against the code of contact of the Spanish Lawyers Association.
Please contact Anfi Customer Services if you are approached by someone claiming to be a lawyer:
Tel: +34 928 152 990
Email: customerservice@anfi.esWe do appreciate and are thankful for your loyalty to Anfi and reiterate our commitment to keep providing you and your family with great holidays in Anfi in the years to come.
With kind regards,
José Luis Trujillo
General Manager – Anfi Group
