HELP purchasing Eurostar tickets off Friends
Dec 31st 2003, 2:18 am
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Re: HELP purchasing Eurostar tickets off Friends
x-no-archive: yes
wouldnt they also need to see credit card, to prove it was you
who booked? or anyone could get hold of carddetails, book
a quick trip, and the holder wouldnt know til he gets the
statement!
wouldnt they also need to see credit card, to prove it was you
who booked? or anyone could get hold of carddetails, book
a quick trip, and the holder wouldnt know til he gets the
statement!
Dec 31st 2003, 2:18 am
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Re: HELP purchasing Eurostar tickets off Friends
"croft" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet
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> x-no-archive: yes
> wouldnt they also need to see credit card, to prove it was you
> who booked? or anyone could get hold of carddetails, book
> a quick trip, and the holder wouldnt know til he gets the
> statement!
Yes, you need to show the actual cc used for the booking when you collects
the ticket from the ticket window. But need for an id.
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> x-no-archive: yes
> wouldnt they also need to see credit card, to prove it was you
> who booked? or anyone could get hold of carddetails, book
> a quick trip, and the holder wouldnt know til he gets the
> statement!
Yes, you need to show the actual cc used for the booking when you collects
the ticket from the ticket window. But need for an id.
Dec 31st 2003, 7:29 am
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Re: HELP purchasing Eurostar tickets off Friends
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 03:18:27 -0000 croft <[email protected]> said...
> wouldnt they also need to see credit card, to prove it was you
> who booked? or anyone could get hold of carddetails, book
> a quick trip, and the holder wouldnt know til he gets the
> statement!
In the UK & France (not sure about Belgium) it is possible to collect
your Eurostar tickets from a self-service machine. You'll need the credit
card and booking reference.
I've seen other self-service ticket machines which work on a similar
principle. However most can only be used for domestic tickets, not
international ones.
--
Phil Richards, London, UK
European Rail Mailing List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/europeanrail/
> wouldnt they also need to see credit card, to prove it was you
> who booked? or anyone could get hold of carddetails, book
> a quick trip, and the holder wouldnt know til he gets the
> statement!
In the UK & France (not sure about Belgium) it is possible to collect
your Eurostar tickets from a self-service machine. You'll need the credit
card and booking reference.
I've seen other self-service ticket machines which work on a similar
principle. However most can only be used for domestic tickets, not
international ones.
--
Phil Richards, London, UK
European Rail Mailing List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/europeanrail/
Dec 31st 2003, 7:47 am
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Re: HELP purchasing Eurostar tickets off Friends
On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 01:32:02 +0100 iMark
<[email protected]> said...
> My girlfriend and I travelled from Amsterdam to London and back on the
> 21st and 29th of December 2003. We bought our tickets through NS
> Internationaal in Amsterdam. The tickets issued by NS don't have a
> magnetic strip so we had to go through the manual check in at both
> Brussel Zuid and London Waterloo. Neither in Brussels nor in London
> passports were checked at the check-in.
ISTR reading in this newsgroup a while back that NS were introducing a
new booking system which incorporated magnetic strips. I'm surprised
other railways (e.g. DB) haven't introduced ATB technology. There are big
advantages, for example the system used in France will allow you to
insert your ticket into a machine to carry out last minute exchanges
(amongst other things) which save having to queue up.
> We got a very good deal: EUR 125 return 1st class from any station in NL
> to London. Both outward and inward the journeys went extremely smooth
> and with the exception of the traditional waiting for a free platform at
> Amsterdam Centraal on the return journey everything went according to
> schedule.
Even the "inconvenience" of the check-in which some regulars in this
newsgroup make a big issue of?
> The trainsets are beginning to look a bit dated. The designs are not
> very good and my girlfriend was not happy at all with the reading light.
> And the lights in the ceiling should be in the middle and not the on the
> edges. A overhaul of the trains would be a good thing.
Agree and a refurbishment program to completely re-fit the carriage
interiors is scheduled. What worse than the decor is the incredible poor
condition/cleanliness of the carpets which are badly in need of
replacing.
> A tip for people from the Eurozone travelling to the UK. Take out some
> money from your savings account. London is incredibly expensive.
The exchange rate between the Pound & Sterling is a lot more favourable
for visitors to the UK now than say two years back. But I agree, London
(hotels and admission fees especially) is an expensive city compared to
others in the Eur ozone. Another expensive city is of course Dublin.
--
Phil Richards, London, UK
European Rail Mailing List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/europeanrail/
<[email protected]> said...
> My girlfriend and I travelled from Amsterdam to London and back on the
> 21st and 29th of December 2003. We bought our tickets through NS
> Internationaal in Amsterdam. The tickets issued by NS don't have a
> magnetic strip so we had to go through the manual check in at both
> Brussel Zuid and London Waterloo. Neither in Brussels nor in London
> passports were checked at the check-in.
ISTR reading in this newsgroup a while back that NS were introducing a
new booking system which incorporated magnetic strips. I'm surprised
other railways (e.g. DB) haven't introduced ATB technology. There are big
advantages, for example the system used in France will allow you to
insert your ticket into a machine to carry out last minute exchanges
(amongst other things) which save having to queue up.
> We got a very good deal: EUR 125 return 1st class from any station in NL
> to London. Both outward and inward the journeys went extremely smooth
> and with the exception of the traditional waiting for a free platform at
> Amsterdam Centraal on the return journey everything went according to
> schedule.
Even the "inconvenience" of the check-in which some regulars in this
newsgroup make a big issue of?
> The trainsets are beginning to look a bit dated. The designs are not
> very good and my girlfriend was not happy at all with the reading light.
> And the lights in the ceiling should be in the middle and not the on the
> edges. A overhaul of the trains would be a good thing.
Agree and a refurbishment program to completely re-fit the carriage
interiors is scheduled. What worse than the decor is the incredible poor
condition/cleanliness of the carpets which are badly in need of
replacing.
> A tip for people from the Eurozone travelling to the UK. Take out some
> money from your savings account. London is incredibly expensive.
The exchange rate between the Pound & Sterling is a lot more favourable
for visitors to the UK now than say two years back. But I agree, London
(hotels and admission fees especially) is an expensive city compared to
others in the Eur ozone. Another expensive city is of course Dublin.
--
Phil Richards, London, UK
European Rail Mailing List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/europeanrail/
Jan 4th 2004, 8:10 pm
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Expensive cities, was: Re: HELP purchasing Eurostar tickets off Friends
Phil Richards <[email protected]> wrote in article
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> On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 01:32:02 +0100 iMark
> <[email protected]> said...
>
> > A tip for people from the Eurozone travelling to the UK. Take out some
> > money from your savings account. London is incredibly expensive.
>
> The exchange rate between the Pound & Sterling is a lot more favourable
> for visitors to the UK now than say two years back. But I agree, London
> (hotels and admission fees especially) is an expensive city compared to
> others in the Eur ozone. Another expensive city is of course Dublin.
And don't forget the Scandinavian cities. I found especially Oslo to be
very expensive.
On the other hand, cities in Central and Eastern Europe are still much
cheaper than in Western Europe. Even Prague, where prices are much higher
than in regular Czech cities, is still cheaper than capitals in Western
Europe.
Regards,
David
<[email protected]>...
> On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 01:32:02 +0100 iMark
> <[email protected]> said...
>
> > A tip for people from the Eurozone travelling to the UK. Take out some
> > money from your savings account. London is incredibly expensive.
>
> The exchange rate between the Pound & Sterling is a lot more favourable
> for visitors to the UK now than say two years back. But I agree, London
> (hotels and admission fees especially) is an expensive city compared to
> others in the Eur ozone. Another expensive city is of course Dublin.
And don't forget the Scandinavian cities. I found especially Oslo to be
very expensive.
On the other hand, cities in Central and Eastern Europe are still much
cheaper than in Western Europe. Even Prague, where prices are much higher
than in regular Czech cities, is still cheaper than capitals in Western
Europe.
Regards,
David
