Bobo

Have any Americans here bought tickets online for the Chunnel?
I found 2 websites, Eurostar and one called raileurope. Any experience
with buying from them? Did they mail the tix to you?

Any info will help.

Thanks

Bobo

my bad, it's called RailEurope, the other website I mentioned. And no, I'm
not
a desperate travel agent pushing some website, I really want to know how to
get
Chunnel tix and not send my money to some bogus website.


Thanks

"bobo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Have any Americans here bought tickets online for the Chunnel?
    > I found 2 websites, Eurostar and one called raileurope. Any experience
    > with buying from them? Did they mail the tix to you?
    > Any info will help.
    > Thanks

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"bobo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > my bad, it's called RailEurope, the other website I mentioned. And no, I'm
    > not
    > a desperate travel agent pushing some website, I really want to know how
to
    > get
    > Chunnel tix and not send my money to some bogus website.

Well if you use Visa or MasterCard it really does not matter- in event of
fraud you are completely protected. For example; I can lay my Visa card in
the middle of the street, report it lost (within 48 hours) and my loss is
ZERO (no matter what activity was charged to the card during that time).

How did you plan to pay for those tickets?

EdWin

Graham Harrison

Eurostar is the local marketing arm for the passenger service here in the
UK. RailEurope is an SNCF subsidiary (I think) which acts as a distributor
for rail products in a number of countries. In the UK I could buy from
either, in the US I think you may have to use RailEurope.

"bobo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]. com...
    > my bad, it's called RailEurope, the other website I mentioned. And no, I'm
    > not
    > a desperate travel agent pushing some website, I really want to know how
    > to
    > get
    > Chunnel tix and not send my money to some bogus website.
    > Thanks
    > "bobo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:PY%[email protected]. com...
    >> Have any Americans here bought tickets online for the Chunnel?
    >> I found 2 websites, Eurostar and one called raileurope. Any experience
    >> with buying from them? Did they mail the tix to you?
    >> Any info will help.
    >> Thanks
    >

Deep Foiled Malls

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:01:46 -0800, "--" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >"bobo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:[email protected] .com...
    >> my bad, it's called RailEurope, the other website I mentioned. And no, I'm
    >> not
    >> a desperate travel agent pushing some website, I really want to know how
    >to
    >> get
    >> Chunnel tix and not send my money to some bogus website.
    >Well if you use Visa or MasterCard it really does not matter- in event of
    >fraud you are completely protected. For example; I can lay my Visa card in
    >the middle of the street, report it lost (within 48 hours) and my loss is
    >ZERO (no matter what activity was charged to the card during that time).

No, you can't do this. You are required to take 'reasonable' care to
ensure the security of your card. The bank could refuse to reimburse
you if you deliberately allowed your card to be stolen.
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DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com
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Calif Bill

Last chunnel trip was in 2001 and I just bought the tickets at the train
station in Avignon. I had a Eurailpass and they gave me the discount for
the chunnel train. Was not a big problem to get tickets the night before.
Do not know if cheaper if I bought here in the US, but was a 1 way ticket,
and I do not remember if I figured it was over priced.
Bill

"bobo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:PY%[email protected]. com...
    > Have any Americans here bought tickets online for the Chunnel?
    > I found 2 websites, Eurostar and one called raileurope. Any experience
    > with buying from them? Did they mail the tix to you?
    > Any info will help.
    > Thanks

Mimi

"bobo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:PY%[email protected]. com...
    > Have any Americans here bought tickets online for the Chunnel?
    > I found 2 websites, Eurostar and one called raileurope. Any experience
    > with buying from them? Did they mail the tix to you?

RailEurope will mail tickets to you, however you pay a not-inconsiderable
surcharge over the price in Europe.

Marianne

barney

It is a lot more expensive to buy them on the day, though.

Al Sharff

    > Have any Americans here bought tickets online for the Chunnel?
    > I found 2 websites, Eurostar and one called raileurope. Any experience
    > with buying from them? Did they mail the tix to you?


We bought tickets for travel last October, yes we are Americans from the US.

Raileurope has always been more expensive than the actual web sites run
by the train lines. Raileurope appears to charge more for the actual
travel and they charge a lot for the delivery.

We used the Eurostar site and bought tickets on line. We selected the
"pick up at the station" choice for ticket delivery. Works perfect,
just make sure you have the actual credit card with you to pick up
tickets that you used to purchase on line.

Also, if you're traveling one way rather than round trip compare the
fares for both types of travel, you may save some money in the end.

Al Sharff
to reply remove the * from my address.

Lennart Petersen

"Al Sharff" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet
news:[email protected]...
    >> Have any Americans here bought tickets online for the Chunnel?
    >> I found 2 websites, Eurostar and one called raileurope. Any experience
    >> with buying from them? Did they mail the tix to you?
    > We bought tickets for travel last October, yes we are Americans from the
    > US.
    > Raileurope has always been more expensive than the actual web sites run by
    > the train lines. Raileurope appears to charge more for the actual travel
    > and they charge a lot for the delivery.
    > We used the Eurostar site and bought tickets on line. We selected the
    > "pick up at the station" choice for ticket delivery. Works perfect, just
    > make sure you have the actual credit card with you to pick up tickets that
    > you used to purchase on line.
    > Also, if you're traveling one way rather than round trip compare the fares
    > for both types of travel, you may save some money in the end.
    > Al Sharff
    > to reply remove the * from my address.
I've booked from the SNCB site and picked up in Brussel.
Seem to be oneway tickets at prebooking discount in the direction
Brussels-London only not in the opposite direction for some reason.

Hatunen

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:52:50 GMT, Al Sharff <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >> Have any Americans here bought tickets online for the Chunnel?
    >> I found 2 websites, Eurostar and one called raileurope. Any experience
    >> with buying from them? Did they mail the tix to you?
    >We bought tickets for travel last October, yes we are Americans from the US.
    >Raileurope has always been more expensive than the actual web sites run
    >by the train lines. Raileurope appears to charge more for the actual
    >travel and they charge a lot for the delivery.
    >We used the Eurostar site and bought tickets on line. We selected the
    >"pick up at the station" choice for ticket delivery. Works perfect,
    >just make sure you have the actual credit card with you to pick up
    >tickets that you used to purchase on line.

The only time I ever bought tickets for Eurostar I bought them at
a Eurostar counter in Heathrow Term 4 that was right across from
the outlet onto the concourse after customs. We would be taking
Eurostar two weeks hence. The gentleman at the counter pointed
out that since we were me, my wife, and our small daughter, that
there was a family ticket then available that beat all the deals
I saw, including a discount based on our Eurailpass.


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