Re: Overbooking of TGVs

"Dik T. Winter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (P.L.Guillemin) writes:

>  > And/Or introduce more incentives for passengers to release unused
>  > seats pre-departure.
> 
> That is not the problem.  When passengers release unused seats pre-departure,
> they should pay the cost associated with it.  I.e. if the railway is not
> able to sell the place, they should pay the full fare.

But many discounted fares have clogs on cancellation/exchange, and
that does all but incentivise passengers to release unused seats. If
there were more incentives, the operator could re-sell such seats,
probably at a higher price if fares are yield-managed.

In France, season ticket holders can also reserve as many seat as they
want for EUR 1.5...


> This appears to me the best way to thrown off passengers.  Better would be
> a stand-by queue, where passengers do not pay before they are sure of a
> ticket.

That would indeed be an idea...


Best regards.

Phil