Waitrose Entertaining Click and Collect Slots

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I see Waitrose slots have gone live this morning, but does anyone know when the click and collect slots go live for Waitrose Entertaining? I have a basket full and cannot check out as all slots are saying unavailable. Surely they cannot have all sold out before the catalogue is released?

I got a Xmas delivery slot today.

I have a delivery pass - as I understand it that gives a priority of a week before the general opening of slots

I can see I could book a click and collect entertaining slot for Xmas if I want one (I don’t)

I presume that means if you haven’t got a delivery pass you will probably have to wait until 30 September

But I don’t know for certain - sorry

I don’t have a delivery pass but I have been able to book my Christmas delivery slot. Looking at it now and it gives you the option to order all Christmas entertaining food

It’s weird. I’ve had this before that dates somehow vary between stores

This is what I see

www.waitrose.com/ecom/content/seasonal/christmas?srsltid=AU7gw4XUdSQ1hzZPbyxJTay-g8Z3fil4eNZOHcLQkMxO7zm5Twia8EPN

I had an email saying I’ve got early access to Christmas slots, which I can only assume is because I’ve been shopping there for years rather than having a delivery pass ?

Strange - I get a message saying that I can order from 30th September. I'm not a delivery pass but have ordered previously.

I've booked my Ocado slot though but for the last few years they've really let me down with subs.

just an update - I booked a delivery slot for my usual Christmas order yesterday morning first thing, and then went to book a collection for the entertaining and couldn’t - let me add everything to my bag but could t check out as no delivery or collection slots available, but this was within 10 mins of me booking my normal Christmas delivery slot and there were lots available at that time! I have since phoned Waitrose and apparently I wasn’t meant to be able to book a delivery slot, they don’t know how I did it, but the long and short of it is that I can add entertaining items to my delivery (I always thought entertaining items had to be collected!) and the slots shouldn’t have opened until the 30th.