That is ridiculous. I have never paid more than 50% of that cost, booking directly with Brittany Ferries.
If you try DFFS again, book by phone as that way a 20% discount is offered to over-60s.
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Yes I know, when I was regularly crossing the Channel with the dogs I switched from the Tunnel to Dieppe partly for that reason. I suspect the same thing happens now as both them and Brittany asked for my age.
Do you have a job?
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Once you’ve entered your French Registration Number you can then select the country of registration as I’ve shown below,
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I had a look last year at travelling Portsmouth-Caen and what had been much Moreover reasonable in 2021 had risen to about £600. I don’t see the tunnel as cheap, but ferries have become quite expensive.
Nice car… Can I borrow it some time?
I’m afraid it is just a figment of my imagination…
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We paid £80 coming over on P & O last week so crossings don’t need to be expensive.
I did wonder 
That price is crazy. I’ve never paid anything remotely even close to that when I used DFFS from Dieppe and the crossing was always great. I think you need to carefully select day and time of travel. I always used an app to check the different routes and operators. The app was aferry
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“Leader of the free world”
That gave me a good hearty laugh 
, thanks !
I was about to embark on a tirade of my love/hate, well, more hate than love, relationship with the UK, but you made me laugh out loud, so let’s stick with the positives !
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It is more common than you seem to want to admit:
Quand a été utilisé l'article 49.3 ? | CNEWS.
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Yep, more than 400€ to cross from Belfast to Cairnryan (and back) last week. The Irish Ferries crossing from Cherbourg to Dublin has also gone up a fair bit.
i might have mentioned before, I don’t ‘do’ apps but that high price was Brittany not DFDS, they didn’t even let me get as far as a figure.
In this case I am strictly limited to time and date. Tuesday is the only day I can travel and I must get my driving in France over before 10pm, so my window is 2 hours before midnight.
Anyway with the booking I now have, about a 10 hour drive from here I can start leisurely in the morning and take it easy in time to have a meal in a resto I know near the tunnel in plenty of time for the train, then as soon as I land straight to bed for a few hours then up to Edingley, near Newark where our lunch is to be held.
Then a tour round the old school, it is offices now and the soulless current inhabitants have painted over the wonderful 8’ x 5’ mural I spent a whole term perfecting. 
In the evening, up the street to an Indian restaurant, highly recommended before repairing to the bar below our bedroom.
The following day after an expensive breakfast courtesy of Pete, a 30 km drive to the centre of family habitation for the next couple of days.
Can’t think why I was so hesitant. 
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Hope you have a great time, David.
Thank you. 
This may be academic now, but for completeness, DFDS’s Dieppe-Newhaven pricing model is that for visits of up to 5-6 days, the costs are relatively low. I regularly pay about 110-145€ return (for a car), using daytime crossings. Beyond 5-6 days some of the prices for exactly the same crossings seem to triple. I’m intrigued by and grateful for @_Brian 's information that there is a discount for phone booking over 60s and will definitely follow that option up when the great birthday day arrives…
I had no idea that it was dearer for longer stays because when I was delivering or collecting dogs I was often in and out within 24 hours. There was also in those days a routier in the old docks area of Dieppe where I would eat and sleep the night before an early morning sailing, Very convenient and cheap.
An added bonus was one of the ladies in the restaurant at Newhaven, knowing what I did, always treated me as a lorry driver and charged me their discounted price for meals. 
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Your most welcome….I’m glad you got the irony. Most don’t.
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