Eurostar to Paris

On Apr 18, 11:44*pm, Spencer wrote:
Hi
I plan to travel from London to Paris on a Sunday in September. I will
arrive in London, ex Oxford, about 11am and see there are Eurostar
trains at 12.02, 12.29 and 13.00. I wonder if is necessary to book in
advance or just get to St Pancras as quickly as possible and buy a
ticket then? Are there any cost advantages either way?
Any comments will be appreciated.
Akarana

I read somewhere that it was cheaper if you were from particular
countries !

might have been here

http://www.seat61.com/

On Apr 19, 12:35*pm, Martin wrote:
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:32:34 +0100, "Ian F."
wrote:

"aquachimp" wrote in message
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One other pint which may not need mentioning

Pints always need mentioning! Just two hours until my first one! ;-)

I'm envious. )
--

Martin

Nah, just back from a Chinese with the Mrs. I had a couple of colas,
BB spare ribs, Chicken Ti pan, "Chinese" tea with a little two-tier
tray of pralines, fudge and biscuits. She had other stuff. All for
55.70 euro.
Then as we left we were handed a bottle of kuei hua chen chiew,
gratis. (-:

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:24:53 +0100, (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

Ian F. wrote:

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I would never just turn up at a station to get any train without having
made
a reservation,

I do it all the time in the UK. I'm not sure if you can do this on
eurostar however... which I thought was the only train service in the UK
which required reservations...

What on earth would the benefits be?

Flexibility.

Not if the train is full.

you still have a choice - that of between standing or waiting for the next
and getting a seat.

It might not be a great choice, but it's better than the one you get with a
AP ticket

tim

"aquachimp" wrote in message
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On Apr 18, 11:44 pm, Spencer wrote:
Hi
I plan to travel from London to Paris on a Sunday in September. I will
arrive in London, ex Oxford, about 11am and see there are Eurostar
trains at 12.02, 12.29 and 13.00. I wonder if is necessary to book in
advance or just get to St Pancras as quickly as possible and buy a
ticket then? Are there any cost advantages either way?
Any comments will be appreciated.
Akarana

Have you tried the eurostar booking website? I ask because September
is quite a ways off right now and sometimes when I've tried to book a
ticket so well in advance, I haven't been able to because of my
earliness.

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ES only allows bookings 90 (or is it 60?) days in advance, except for the
"holiday" specials where the booking period is longer.

tim

Ah we had to get martin in there, didn't we ?

"Martin" a écrit dans le message de
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On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:10:37 -0500, (Mark Brader) wrote:

Mark Brader:
Well, duh! On earth, you get on the first train available. And on
services that don't require reservations, you get to pick your seat.
I would never reserve in advance unless there was a good reason to do
so.

Ian F.:
Well, duh! Obviously I didn't mean local services, which I use on spec
most
days. I'm talking about travelling any distance.

So am I.

Why stress yourself out, having to get to the station early enough to
queue
for a ticket and then pay top price? Just book it in advance.

Why stress yourself out, having to decide in advance what time to travel
and then having to get to the station in time to catch that train?

Unless the pricing is such as to make the other choice impractical,
that is.

Why ask for advice and then argue with it when you get it?
--

Martin

"Martin" a écrit dans le message de
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On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:32:34 +0100, "Ian F."
wrote:

"aquachimp" wrote in message
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One other pint which may not need mentioning

Pints always need mentioning! Just two hours until my first one! ;-)

Buy everybody a pint and the world's your oyster.
--

Martin

Oh dear.

"tim....." a écrit dans le message de
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"aquachimp" wrote in message
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On Apr 18, 11:44 pm, Spencer wrote:
Hi
I plan to travel from London to Paris on a Sunday in September. I will
arrive in London, ex Oxford, about 11am and see there are Eurostar
trains at 12.02, 12.29 and 13.00. I wonder if is necessary to book in
advance or just get to St Pancras as quickly as possible and buy a
ticket then? Are there any cost advantages either way?
Any comments will be appreciated.
Akarana

Have you tried the eurostar booking website? I ask because September
is quite a ways off right now and sometimes when I've tried to book a
ticket so well in advance, I haven't been able to because of my
earliness.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ES only allows bookings 90 (or is it 60?) days in advance, except for the
"holiday" specials where the booking period is longer.

tim

On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:06:32 +0100, "Ian F."
wrote:

Mark Brader" wrote in message
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Well, duh! On earth, you get on the first train available. And on
services that don't require reservations, you get to pick your seat.
I would never reserve in advance unless there was a good reason to do so.

Well, duh! Obviously I didn't mean local services, which I use on spec most
days. I'm talking about travelling any distance.

Why stress yourself out, having to get to the station early enough to queue
for a ticket and then pay top price? Just book it in advance.

I've had no problem buying ICE tickets in Germany the day of my
departure. Cheap advanced tickets weren't a factor, though, as I
had a BahnCard50.

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************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:42:33 +0200, Martin
wrote:

On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:32:04 -0500, (Mark Brader) wrote:

"Martin":
Why ask for advice and then argue with it when you get it?

Why not see if the person asking for the advice is the same person
arguing with it?

because you weren't interested in the advice you got?

Mark didn't ask for advice...

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************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

Hatunen wrote:
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:06:32 +0100, "Ian F."
wrote:


Mark Brader" wrote in message
.. .

Well, duh! On earth, you get on the first train available. And on
services that don't require reservations, you get to pick your seat.
I would never reserve in advance unless there was a good reason to do so.

Well, duh! Obviously I didn't mean local services, which I use on spec most
days. I'm talking about travelling any distance.

Why stress yourself out, having to get to the station early enough to queue
for a ticket and then pay top price? Just book it in advance.


I've had no problem buying ICE tickets in Germany the day of my
departure. Cheap advanced tickets weren't a factor, though, as I
had a BahnCard50.

Thanks all. Lots of comments, some well worthwhile.
Cheers
AKARANA