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David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:
It's worth booking in advance, whenever there is a substantial fare saving to be made. No- it's worth booking in advance whenever there is a substantial fare saving to be made, _and_ when you can be flexible. I've never done this, but what about of you're sick on the day, or otherwise change your plans. Can you get a full refund? |
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Mike O'Sullivan wrote:
David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote: It's worth booking in advance, whenever there is a substantial fare saving to be made. No- it's worth booking in advance whenever there is a substantial fare saving to be made, _and_ when you can be flexible. I've never done this, but what about of you're sick on the day, or otherwise change your plans. Can you get a full refund? Good question- I imagine no if you don't have insurance, but you're usually offered the choice of fairly cheap insurance when you buy your ticket, and I imagine if you took that out, you'd be covered. I believe it would also cover you for costs of running late (e.g. if you miss a concert you had tickets for etc.) -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never have thought of meeting the listener." -George Perle (RIP 2009) |
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On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:29:44 +0100, David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)
wroteÂ*: I've never done this, but what about of you're sick on the day, or otherwise change your plans. Can you get a full refund? Train reservation systems will offer you both cheap non refundable tickets and more expensive exchangeable refundable tickets. |
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In article , Spencer
writes Thanks all. Lots of comments, some well worthwhile. As others have said, booking as far in advance as possible might give you big savings. The amount might depend on how popular your time of travel is, for example, a weekend or public holiday. I once looked at Eurostar fares for the following morning - the cheapest return fare from London to Paris I could find was about UKP350 per person, and flights were about the same. But just now I've checked fares for tomorrow for around the time you're thinking of, and the return fare per person is UKP160. -- congokid Eating out in London? Read my tips... http://congokid.com |
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In article , "David Horne,
_the_ chancellor (*)" writes stations have plenty of machines. (Indeed, I often wonder why people queue and assume they have particular questions about tickets, etc.) I find that the queues for the ticket machines move more slowly than that for the ticket office windows - at least at Marylebone Station. Here there's one queue per machine, and if you join a queue that turns slow it's difficult to move to a faster one, whereas there are often 3-5 staff on hand at the ticket office. I think slightly different systems operate at other stations. Victoria is similar to above, but at Kings Cross isn't there a single queue for all the ticket machines? -- congokid Eating out in London? Read my tips... http://congokid.com |
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Martin wrote:
On 20 Apr 2009 09:08:51 GMT, JuanElorza wrote: On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:29:44 +0100, David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote : I've never done this, but what about of you're sick on the day, or otherwise change your plans. Can you get a full refund? Train reservation systems will offer you both cheap non refundable tickets and more expensive exchangeable refundable tickets. David's question is as applicable to cut price air fares. It wasn't my question! -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never have thought of meeting the listener." -George Perle (RIP 2009) |
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congokid wrote:
In article , "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" writes stations have plenty of machines. (Indeed, I often wonder why people queue and assume they have particular questions about tickets, etc.) I find that the queues for the ticket machines move more slowly than that for the ticket office windows - at least at Marylebone Station. If so, it makes sense to use the ticket window, but I'm talking about stations where the opposite is the case. -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never have thought of meeting the listener." -George Perle (RIP 2009) |
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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 I've got an add question to this one. I note that if you travel to or from any train station in Belgium, the ES ticket price will be inclusive of the train to get to and from Brussels. So, if you travel to Belgium, arrive in Brussels, you can then continue onto, say, Brugge, without paying extra. It would be like being able to go from Oxford to London and off to Brussels with an all in one ticket, except off course in reality you can't. What I would like to know is does the same deal go when travelling to France |
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, aquachimp writes 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've got an add question to this one. I note that if you travel to or from any train station in Belgium, the ES ticket price will be inclusive of the train to get to and from Brussels. So, if you travel to Belgium, arrive in Brussels, you can then continue onto, say, Brugge, without paying extra. It would be like being able to go from Oxford to London and off to Brussels with an all in one ticket, except off course in reality you can't. What I would like to know is does the same deal go when travelling to France No, -- --- Sheila Page |
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