September 10 Pamplona to SJPP - Need a ride? And a VENT!

[Anniesantiago]

Ok.. I need to VENT!

Once again I am unable to book ahead the bus tickets for any of my several bus trips while in Spain.

Alsa will only take a credit card issued in Spain (???) and when I get ALL the information in and try to pay via Paypal, it simply stops... doesn't go to that page. I'm ready to throw a cup at my computer screen! It seems with all the people traveling from other countries onto the Camino, they would keep their webpage in working order. ACK! :!:

Yesterday, I spent a couple of hours putting in the names and passport numbers, only to have it refuse to budge.

Today I tried again.. to no avail.
The customer service link is a joke... they provide no workable email option.
I guess they don't want to hear customers complain.

So I guess I'll have to wait until I arrive in spain and do this at the Alsa office first of September, which sucks because I'm afraid the seats may be sold by that time, since I need 15 seats.

Also, apparently someone in Pamplona has given Carolyn from Espress Bouricott a hard time, so now she's not doing trips from Pamplona to SJPP. The Pamplona taxi company charges a heck of a lot more than she charges.

Ok. I'm done. No need to answer as I don't believe there IS a solution ... Just needed to get it out.
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If anyone is looking for a taxi from Pamplona to SJPP on September 10, give me a shout.
We have 6 spaces open. The more people we have, the less the fee.

 

[KiwiNomad06]

Within Spain I was able to use a foreign-issued credit card to buy an ALSA ticket, but had to produce my passport for ID.

I had an interesting experience a month ago when I tried to use the SNCF French railways website to buy a ticket when I was within France: my New Zealand bank blocked the transaction, and sent me a bank mail message to contact them. It turned out that the SNCF website is one that those in possession of stolen cards/details often use to 'try out' the cards. So when an attempt was made to use this site on my card, the bank immediately had it flagged as a possible fraudulent transaction. Perhaps ALSA has had too many problems like this with foreign cards being used on their website.
Margaret

 

[SanDiegoSunrise]

If my overnight flight from Dallas is on time, my traveling-companion and I will be arriving in Pamplona just after 1pm on 10 September. We were just planning on taking a cab to SJPP (since we also can't book bus tickets online--aarrgghh!!!) but if you have a couple of extra seats for two jet-lagged pilgrims, that would be fabulous.

Elizabeth

 

[ivar]

Hi there,

The Alsa website (as well as the RENFE site) are known for this...

Have you tried this site?
http://www.billebus.es/

...I have not tried it, but it seems like they sell Alsa buss tickets.

Buen Camino!
Ivar