Wookey <woo...@wookware.org> wrote: > +++ Christian Perrier [2009-05-10 09:00 +0200]: > > My guess is that there is no Prem's fare left for July 31st and this > > is badly detected by the crappy voyages-sncf.com web site [...] > On http://www.raileurope.co.uk/ the cheapest tickets (£81 (which is > close to EUR88)) are still available both ways (I just checked). i.e > £162 both ways (EUR180)
Has anyone booked that rate on their own? I believe that raileurope.co.uk is the same booking system as "the crappy voyages-sncf.com" and behaves in a similar way. It will show you the cheapest tickets, then error out with a misleading "offline for essential maintenance" when you try to checkout with them and they're not available to you. It only errors after you have entered passenger names. It will even show you rates such as the special for four-to-six people sharing a cabin booking together, even if you are only one person who can't possibly qualify for that rate. One of the biggest barriers to rail replacing air are that the SNCF monopoly of booking websites for journeys through France are worse than the worst of the airline booking sites. A heartfelt thanks to everyone who perseveres and books a ticket somehow, but you may find it's worth using a rail ticket agent. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
