Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-06-02 Thread Moray Allan
Christian Perrier wrote: > What is possible is that Madrid-Caceres routes are not considered to > be the "main target" of the international Madrid-Lisbon train (the > main "purpose" of the train being going to/from Portugal). Therefore, > reduced fares are not possible for such partial routes. >

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-06-02 Thread César Gómez Martín
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Moray Allan wrote: > Christian Perrier wrote: >> What is possible is that Madrid-Caceres routes are not considered to >> be the "main target" of the international Madrid-Lisbon train (the >> main "purpose" of the train being going to/from Portugal). Therefore, >> re

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-06-02 Thread Eddy Petrișor
Moray Allan a scris: > Christian Perrier wrote: >> What is possible is that Madrid-Caceres routes are not considered to >> be the "main target" of the international Madrid-Lisbon train (the >> main "purpose" of the train being going to/from Portugal). Therefore, >> reduced fares are not possible fo

Re: [Debconf-discuss] How to get the "web" rate for Mad rid → Caceres (and back) trains

2009-06-02 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, Am Montag, den 01.06.2009, 19:51 +0200 schrieb Christian Perrier: > > I managed to book my train ticket for the Cáceres - Madrid trip on the > > 30th with a Talgo. > > > And now, as of today, booking is opened for July 31th, for the 9:25 > Talgo train. So, at least for those of you who want

Re: [Debconf-discuss] How to get the "web" rate for Madrid ??? Caceres (and back) trains

2009-06-02 Thread Alexander Reichle-Schmehl
Hi! * Christian Perrier [090601 19:51]: > Please take care to choose the *spanish* version of the RENFE site if > you want to get the "Web" fare (12.40euros). I'm not sure there's is a > possibility to get it through the English version. Many thanks for all your explanations! I may add, that i

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid → Caceres

2009-06-02 Thread Moray Allan
Eddy Petrișor wrote: > Probably my seat will remain empty and hopefully they will not panic if > I am not on the train at the Spanish - Portuguese border (which they > shouldn't taking into account both countries are in the EU). > No, I suppose the only problem I wondered about was being sure th

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid ? Caceres

2009-06-02 Thread Ian Jackson
I have just been on the phone to Renfe, who were very helpful, able to speak English, and patient with my stupid questions. Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta writes ("Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid ò Caceres"): > I was wrong (or the policy changed). You have to buy the ticket from > Chamartin to Atoch

Re: [Debconf-discuss] How to get the "web" rate for Madrid ??? Caceres (and back) trains

2009-06-02 Thread Ana Guerrero
On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 03:03:13PM +0200, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > > Name of cardholder in "Titular de la tarjeta" > > Hmpf, another website, which doesn't like my name: "Strange Characters > are not permittet in the card holder". Removing my "-" solved the > problem and I have my ticke

Re: [Debconf-discuss] How to get the "web" rate for Mad rid → Caceres (and back) trains

2009-06-02 Thread Ana Guerrero
> - http://www.renfe.com > - In the left part "Compra de Billetes", fill in as follows: > - "Ida" for a one-way trip and "Ida y Vuelta" for a return tickeet > - In the first drop down list (showing "A Coruna" by default, choose > "Caceres" (of course for a Caceres-Madrid trip) > - In th

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid ??? Caceres

2009-06-02 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 12:42:32PM +0200, Moray Allan wrote: > In the *UK* train system I know it's in principle against the rules to > book a single ticket to a station beyond where you want to go (in a few > cases it's cheaper even without discounts, due to charges included in > the ticket pri

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid ??? Caceres

2009-06-02 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 20:32 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > > *Really*? I ROFL-ed when I was reading your previous mail. So if I > in the future might be in such a strange situation - and I can not > imagine any other country than UK where leaving the train earlier > might be a problem In Sydney

Re: [Debconf-discuss] How to get the "web" rate for Mad rid → Caceres (and back) trains

2009-06-02 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Joachim Breitner (nome...@debian.org): > Thanks for the heads up. I didn’t get a Web fare any more, but 18€ isn’t > too bad either. Oh, no more Web fare? Well, I guess then that they have very few of these...and all got booked by debconfers:-) To people reading this and who booked

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Train Madrid ? Caceres

2009-06-02 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Ian Jackson (ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk): > I have just been on the phone to Renfe, who were very helpful, able to > speak English, and patient with my stupid questions. Great. I suggest all this (and maybe also my 'book on RENFE site in Spanish mini-HOWTO') get added on the already