Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-24 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 24/04/13 10:41, Giacomo Catenazzi wrote: > On 23.04.2013 10:12, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> Looking at www.sbb.ch and trying to see any discount fares from (city in >> Germany) to Yverdon-les-Bains for 8 August, I get an error "Bookings are >> not yet being taken for your journey.", it seems booki

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-24 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 23.04.2013 10:12, Daniel Pocock wrote: Looking at www.sbb.ch and trying to see any discount fares from (city in Germany) to Yverdon-les-Bains for 8 August, I get an error "Bookings are not yet being taken for your journey.", it seems bookings must be made in less than 92 days (e.g. early-mid M

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-23 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Dienstag, 23. April 2013, Daniel Pocock wrote: > >> I think it's reasonable to simply trust that most people will look for > >> the best deal > > yes. > I don't think that was the point of the original discussion though - can > you explain the nuances of Swiss railway ticketing as concisely

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-23 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:34:26AM +0200, Philipp Hug wrote: > Yes, this is correct. You can only book 3 months ahead. > The prices seem to be the similar on sbb.ch > (Stuttgart-Yverdons-les-Bains, no BahnCard or HalbTax, 39EUR/48CHF) > But you should also compare with bahn.de. > > I think some li

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-23 Thread Philipp Hug
Hi Daniel, > Looking at www.sbb.ch and trying to see any discount fares from (city in > Germany) to Yverdon-les-Bains for 8 August, I get an error "Bookings are > not yet being taken for your journey.", it seems bookings must be made > in less than 92 days (e.g. early-mid May), so I still believe

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-23 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 22/04/13 11:48, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Freitag, 19. April 2013, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> I think it's reasonable to simply trust that most people will look for >> the best deal > yes. > I don't think that was the point of the original discussion though - can you explain the nuances of

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-22 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Freitag, 19. April 2013, Daniel Pocock wrote: > I think it's reasonable to simply trust that most people will look for > the best deal yes. cheers, Holger signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Debconf

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-19 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 19/04/13 11:47, Philipp Hug wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > I don't think it's useful to have such a complicated formula. > And another thing: DebConf attendees should book their train tickets > from Europe early and directly to Yverdon and not just to the border, > as there are huge discounts available

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-19 Thread Philipp Hug
> Directly to Vaumarcus, so no need to buy a further ticket (which could be > complicated for non CHF bearing people). Fortunately Vaumarcus is still > considered on rail network (just checked on DB). If possible, yes, but sometimes for those small stations the special discounts are not offered.

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-19 Thread Giacomo Catenazzi
On 19.04.2013 11:47, Philipp Hug wrote: Hi Daniel, I don't think it's useful to have such a complicated formula. And another thing: DebConf attendees should book their train tickets from Europe early and directly to Yverdon and not just to the border, as there are huge discounts available: Dir

Re: [Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-19 Thread Philipp Hug
Hi Daniel, I don't think it's useful to have such a complicated formula. And another thing: DebConf attendees should book their train tickets from Europe early and directly to Yverdon and not just to the border, as there are huge discounts available: An example: Wien - Yverdon-les-Bains one-way E

[Debconf-team] sponsored attendees and rail prices

2013-04-19 Thread Daniel Pocock
I'm just wondering how the travel sponsorship will work for rail costs? As I already have a Swiss GA card this issue doesn't impact me personally and I am not expecting to request any travel sponsorship. Some people may choose to buy some kind of rail pass that gives them a cheaper rate on trave