No sign. They have to decide by Jan 4th. Delaney was interviewed over the weekend and said he didn't know either. He had heard whispers of Florence. The FAI don't have to be consulted of course.
Any sign of white smoke on this or when exactly white smoke is expected - are the Italian FA having a meeting anytime soon ie this side of Xmas ?.
No sign. They have to decide by Jan 4th. Delaney was interviewed over the weekend and said he didn't know either. He had heard whispers of Florence. The FAI don't have to be consulted of course.
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Nothing from Dougal or Zeberdee I assume?Originally Posted by gspain
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Do the Italians normally leave it this long to name the venue?
The suspense is killing me :P
Given the experiences of these qualifiers so far, this game will definetly not be on in rome.
Dublin-Tbilisi-Montenegro-Dublin.6 flights booked : 1 used, 2 additional flights and a 20 hr boat journey was required to be booked.
Dublin-Sofia-Dublin: 4 flights booked, 4 more had to be booked because of czech air pull out from dublin.
Have Dublin-Rome-Dublin : 4 flights booked, no doubt rome wont be the chosen one.
if we do qualify for S.A., prepare for more flight booking chaos!!!
Aidz - did you ever get any money back from the Tbilisi flights ? I eventually got my full refund from Air Baltic last month after a bit more to and froingGiven the experiences of these qualifiers so far, this game will definetly not be on in rome.
Dublin-Tbilisi-Montenegro-Dublin.6 flights booked : 1 used, 2 additional flights and a 20 hr boat journey was required to be booked.
Dublin-Sofia-Dublin: 4 flights booked, 4 more had to be booked because of czech air pull out from dublin.
Have Dublin-Rome-Dublin : 4 flights booked, no doubt rome wont be the chosen one.
if we do qualify for S.A., prepare for more flight booking chaos!!!
I get the impression that the Italians are going to be ackward and go for somewhere out of the way like Bari. The south of Italy doesnt seem particualy well served especially if you are looking to do tue-thur
How Aidz? They told me they'd give me nought.
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Colie it was a bit complicated but in short
Air Baltic originally changed the return flight from Riga to Dublin from a Fri afternoon to a Sat morn which didnt suit so we got a refund as we were going home by another route (via Berlin)
Months later the russians invaded which made the rest of the flights useless with the game on in Mainz. After a bit of toing and froing we were offered a full refund because they had changed their flight months before - didnt really understand their logic but after they confirmed the offer of a full refund we bit their hand off.
Should of been refunded 2 months ago, they kept telling me that they had refunded me in Jul but they only made the offer late Aug. I think Green Tribe got some money refunded on the Tbilisi legs with Air Baltic - check the old thread
I got a full refund in the end too with some help from GT (owe you a beer in Italy). I booked with expedia - out with Air Baltic and back with Czech Airlines. Czech were great (going to miss them) but it took a few calls and follow ups. I got called in Montenegro to be told I was getting the refund but didn't get it until a few weeks ago after more followups.
We got a full refund for the flights in and out of tbilisi which was good as it was over €300 each.
We claimed our tax back on other flights (riga-tahlinn-dubrovnik etc). Was little but better in our pockets for the sake of an email.
As far as I understand and I thought this was confirmed, the game will be played in one of four cities, Genoa, Milan, Florence or Rome.
Don't think it's been mentioned yet on this thread (searched and couldn't see an posts) but I see Abbey Travel are offering a package deal on "a plane which can fly to any Italian airport with hotel rooms and guaranteed match tickets in Rome, Milan, Bari, Naples or Palermo." for €749-€799 ex airport taxes. I know it's on the steep side but can pay in instalments and would remove the uncertainty from trying to make arrangements. Does anyone know if they've successfully done something like this in a similar situation (late announcement of venue) previously and are they any good/can they be trusted?
Last edited by eaststand85; 14/12/2008 at 5:31 PM.
Only if you believe the people who said it was definitely Rome. You can throw Naples and Bari into that list btw too. Out of those 6 you probably do have the venue.
In reality I doubt if the Italian FA have given the venue too much thought. They have plenty of options and when they need to decide they will. It is a big call for many of us but unfortunately not too high on the priority list for them. If they decide on Rome then everyone will be happy and congratulate themselve son calling it correctly despite not having a clue. If they decide on elsewhere then it will all be the FAI's fault.
With the way the economy has gone, a wednesday kick-off and the wait on tht italians to decide the venue, i reckon there'll be 4000 irish max at this game..
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more like, flights/train £250 max, hotel 2 nights £200 max, ticket £50 max and probably a lot less
liking these offers of beers
I wouldn't trust the italians to name a half decent venue, it could be anywhere fummily enough. Not booking anything, waiting on the venue confirmation.
More like 400 at the prices offered.
Nobody will shell out €750 for individual trips anymore, and it's time the travel companies acknowledged that, and cut their prices.
Ya would love to go but the prices are crazy!
Probably keep the few quid for our european games.
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Fergal: Ya, I have them here.
Manager: Ah good stuff, well give them to this man so, he forgot his!
Try Bologna very central and much cheaper and you can get to most Italian cities from there. If its down south not so great though.
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