Ocado Christmas slots

[MrsMitford3]

Just that really-felt a little tingle of christmas cheer on a very wet and depressing september wednesday when I booked mine and I'm sure no one IRL wants to know!🎅

Just had the email to say I can book mine tomorrow. Does that mean the slots will be available after midnight tonight?

How do I do this?

I haven't had an email

They’re releasing them in waves apparently
I’m still waiting for mine

I was going to book Christmas Eve then remembered how stressful that is if something gets missed off, so I've booked the 23rd.

One job ticked off the list.

Did you get an email last week @Mill3nnial ?

I got one last week containing the information below to say I would get access this week (and had one today to say I can book my slot tomorrow).

• Early access: we always stagger the release of our festive slots, and as a Smart Pass member, you get early access next week.
• Free delivery: this year we're giving Anytime Smart Pass customers automatic free delivery for Christmas week (20th-24th December).
• How you qualify: you must have an active Anytime Smart Pass membership at the point your Christmas shop arrives to get free delivery.
• Minimum spend: slots over Christmas week (20th–24th December) have a minimum spend of £90.
• Open slot alert: we’ll send you an email or SMS the day before you can book your festive delivery. Christmas slots fill up quickly, so booking early is your best bet for securing yours.

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I booked mine yesterday. If I forget to edit it, I will have 5 bottles of champagne and a load of M&S party food which sounds like an excellent Christmas to me!

Does anyone know? Don’t want to stay up late if not as I’m usually awake at 5am anyway

Got mine for the Sunday we can start the Xmas snacking in earnest on the Monday.

My placeholder order is 2 bottles of champagne and a cheese selection. Sadly I've never forgotten to edit it.

I am wondering this too. Why no mention of the time that the slots are available from? Maddening.

Just logged in to have a look and I can see I can book for 20th and 21st December but nothing else. Odd. I’ll check first thing tomorrow.

I’m sitting here like a Wally trying refreshing their page after receiving the email yesterday saying I’d get to book slots today. Will be cheesed off if somehow I miss booking one but I’m so tired! I wish they said the time they’d release them!

Well I am still up and I have booked 23rd. It appeared a few minutes after midnight.

The slots release at midnight. Checked just before - nothing. Exited and reloaded app at midnight and there they were.

I order from Ocado perhaps once per month/once every 6 weeks (I mainly stock up on baby items!). Still no email yet about Christmas though.

I got the email last week but have had no notice so far, so Waitrose (who sent a flyer telling me straight that they would open on the 25th) have got my custom this year!

Does the Waitrose selection include all of their instore products too or is it more like the M&S Christmas slots where you can only buy ‘big’ items?

Thanks op, they emailed me and I forgot. So just booked mine.

No as far as I know it’s all their in store products.

Booked mine on Tuesday with 2 bottles of Laurent Perrier rose 🥂

Not Ocado. But this thread helpfully reminded me to book my Waitrose slot and I got 9am on 23rd, which is perfect. Currently my trolley contains four bottles of Bollinger (if only!)

This is my first Christmas shop with Ocado, newish customer from August on free 6 month anytime delivery pass, got an email yesterday and booked my slot today for 22nd, it was £9.99 but I have seen mention of a free delivery code, I haven't had one though, does it appear later, if so when? if it doesn't appear, I will cancel it and go with Waitrose as their charge is only £4

I have booked mine for the 23rd. The booking of the Ocado slot is one of my Christmas rituals!

No slots left for the 23rd, so got late afternoon on the 22nd.

I can see them now!

If I book a slot do I pay now 🤔

I've just selected a slot (22nd) not sure it's worth while actually and I have to add £90 of stuff now?!