Re: Overbooking of TGVs (Was Eurostar electrical and signalling)

On 28 Nov 2003 07:53:44 -0800 P.L.Guillemin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
said...

> On such TGVs, be sure that the availibility of Decouverte 25 fares
> (without Railcard) had been declining beforehand. Allocation of
> quota-controlled fares on a given service indeed tends to vary quite
> often. 2 weeks ahead, you may find it impossible to get a 50% Railcard
> discount. But 4 days ahead, you will miraculously get it...

Possibly because SNCF review loadings and quotas a few days before. 
Eurostar have always done it - same situation cheap fare unavailable two 
months before, yet suddenly available a few days to go...

> Yet, the experience of an overcrowded Night TGV may deter you from
> using that option again.

Travelling even on a lightly loaded TGV at night can't exactly be the 
best option...

> At what fare? Full Open? Leisure Flexi?

Usually full fare or one of the more expensive leisure fare codes, yes.

-- 
Phil Richards, London, UK
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