High speed train companies join forces
Jul 2nd 2007 | 11:02 pm
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High speed train companies join forces
http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flandersnews.be/News/070703_railteam
High speed train companies join forces
Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
they compete with air carriers. All seven rail companies operate high
speed train services like the Eurostar and the Thalys.
The new co-operation arrangement is called Railteam. The aim is to
issue joint tickets that are valid across the seven networks.
The tickets should be available by 2009.
The seven rail companies say that they hope to offer a valid
alternative to short haul flights and road travel.
By 2010 Railteam hopes to have 25 million passengers travelling on its
joint network.
At the moment the seven companies have just under 15 million
passengers in all.
They will be target travellers on routes that take between 4 and 6
hours on average.
Rail passengers will be able to check in until minutes before their
train leaves.
Railteam believes this is a distinct advantage to air travel.
The seven companies also point out that rail travel produces far less
greenhouse gas emissions than air travel, another distinct advantage.
High speed train companies join forces
Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
they compete with air carriers. All seven rail companies operate high
speed train services like the Eurostar and the Thalys.
The new co-operation arrangement is called Railteam. The aim is to
issue joint tickets that are valid across the seven networks.
The tickets should be available by 2009.
The seven rail companies say that they hope to offer a valid
alternative to short haul flights and road travel.
By 2010 Railteam hopes to have 25 million passengers travelling on its
joint network.
At the moment the seven companies have just under 15 million
passengers in all.
They will be target travellers on routes that take between 4 and 6
hours on average.
Rail passengers will be able to check in until minutes before their
train leaves.
Railteam believes this is a distinct advantage to air travel.
The seven companies also point out that rail travel produces far less
greenhouse gas emissions than air travel, another distinct advantage.
Jul 2nd 2007 | 11:37 pm
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Re: High speed train companies join forces
On 3 jul, 13:02, "You have therefore been approved to claim a total
sum of £619,063GBP" <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flande...70703_railteam
>
> High speed train companies join forces
>
> Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
> joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
> they compete with air carriers. All seven rail companies operate high
> speed train services like the Eurostar and the Thalys.
> The new co-operation arrangement is called Railteam. The aim is to
> issue joint tickets that are valid across the seven networks.
> The tickets should be available by 2009.
They can start by fixing their crap booking facilities.
E.g. Mrs B wants to travel from Schiphol to Paris with the Bartlette,
and return alone. How do you book a return and a single, with the 2
sitting together? Answer - you can't. Even when you do get booked, it
costs you nearly 400 Euros, even booking weeks ahead.
B;
sum of £619,063GBP" <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flande...70703_railteam
>
> High speed train companies join forces
>
> Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
> joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
> they compete with air carriers. All seven rail companies operate high
> speed train services like the Eurostar and the Thalys.
> The new co-operation arrangement is called Railteam. The aim is to
> issue joint tickets that are valid across the seven networks.
> The tickets should be available by 2009.
They can start by fixing their crap booking facilities.
E.g. Mrs B wants to travel from Schiphol to Paris with the Bartlette,
and return alone. How do you book a return and a single, with the 2
sitting together? Answer - you can't. Even when you do get booked, it
costs you nearly 400 Euros, even booking weeks ahead.
B;
Jul 3rd 2007 | 12:02 am
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Re: High speed train companies join forces
On 3 Jul, 13:37, [email protected] wrote:
> On 3 jul, 13:02, "You have therefore been approved to claim a total
> sum of £619,063GBP" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flande...70703_railteam
>
> > High speed train companies join forces
>
> > Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
> > joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
> > they compete with air carriers. All seven rail companies operate high
> > speed train services like the Eurostar and the Thalys.
> > The new co-operation arrangement is called Railteam. The aim is to
> > issue joint tickets that are valid across the seven networks.
> > The tickets should be available by 2009.
>
> They can start by fixing their crap booking facilities.
>
> E.g. Mrs B wants to travel from Schiphol to Paris with the Bartlette,
> and return alone. How do you book a return and a single, with the 2
> sitting together? Answer - you can't. Even when you do get booked, it
> costs you nearly 400 Euros, even booking weeks ahead.
>
> B;
I just booked Belgium - London return for Euro 69 in July. I will have
to pay extra to get out of London, but its cheaper than flying (and
you try getting a Jeep on the platform !)
> On 3 jul, 13:02, "You have therefore been approved to claim a total
> sum of £619,063GBP" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flande...70703_railteam
>
> > High speed train companies join forces
>
> > Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
> > joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
> > they compete with air carriers. All seven rail companies operate high
> > speed train services like the Eurostar and the Thalys.
> > The new co-operation arrangement is called Railteam. The aim is to
> > issue joint tickets that are valid across the seven networks.
> > The tickets should be available by 2009.
>
> They can start by fixing their crap booking facilities.
>
> E.g. Mrs B wants to travel from Schiphol to Paris with the Bartlette,
> and return alone. How do you book a return and a single, with the 2
> sitting together? Answer - you can't. Even when you do get booked, it
> costs you nearly 400 Euros, even booking weeks ahead.
>
> B;
I just booked Belgium - London return for Euro 69 in July. I will have
to pay extra to get out of London, but its cheaper than flying (and
you try getting a Jeep on the platform !)
Jul 3rd 2007 | 12:40 am
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Re: High speed train companies join forces
On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:37:39 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>On 3 jul, 13:02, "You have therefore been approved to claim a total
>sum of £619,063GBP" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flande...70703_railteam
>>
>> High speed train companies join forces
>>
>> Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
>> joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
>> they compete with air carriers. All seven rail companies operate high
>> speed train services like the Eurostar and the Thalys.
>> The new co-operation arrangement is called Railteam. The aim is to
>> issue joint tickets that are valid across the seven networks.
>> The tickets should be available by 2009.
2009! No urgency then.
>
>They can start by fixing their crap booking facilities.
That's on the list according to an article in my local newspaper.
>
>E.g. Mrs B wants to travel from Schiphol to Paris with the Bartlette,
>and return alone.
You sold Bartlette to Mixi? Good thinking. :-)
>How do you book a return and a single, with the 2
>sitting together? Answer - you can't. Even when you do get booked, it
>costs you nearly 400 Euros,
EUR 76 each way with Mezzo Comfort return obligatory.
I get EUR 55 each way for Mezzo comfort if I book for the last weekend in August
with the advanced search option. Their software has faults in it.
>even booking weeks ahead.
and smoking is still allowed! How does this fit in with Dutch law that bans
smoking on public vehicles?
Duh! For some reason I thought it was cheap. Thalys had a policy of cheap seats
being for the last minute bookers, some years ago.
--
Martin
>On 3 jul, 13:02, "You have therefore been approved to claim a total
>sum of £619,063GBP" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flande...70703_railteam
>>
>> High speed train companies join forces
>>
>> Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
>> joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
>> they compete with air carriers. All seven rail companies operate high
>> speed train services like the Eurostar and the Thalys.
>> The new co-operation arrangement is called Railteam. The aim is to
>> issue joint tickets that are valid across the seven networks.
>> The tickets should be available by 2009.
2009! No urgency then.
>
>They can start by fixing their crap booking facilities.
That's on the list according to an article in my local newspaper.
>
>E.g. Mrs B wants to travel from Schiphol to Paris with the Bartlette,
>and return alone.
You sold Bartlette to Mixi? Good thinking. :-)
>How do you book a return and a single, with the 2
>sitting together? Answer - you can't. Even when you do get booked, it
>costs you nearly 400 Euros,
EUR 76 each way with Mezzo Comfort return obligatory.
I get EUR 55 each way for Mezzo comfort if I book for the last weekend in August
with the advanced search option. Their software has faults in it.
>even booking weeks ahead.
and smoking is still allowed! How does this fit in with Dutch law that bans
smoking on public vehicles?
Duh! For some reason I thought it was cheap. Thalys had a policy of cheap seats
being for the last minute bookers, some years ago.
--
Martin
Jul 3rd 2007 | 6:26 am
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Re: High speed train companies join forces
On 3 Jul, 13:37, [email protected] wrote:
> On 3 jul, 13:02, "You have therefore been approved to claim a total
> sum of £619,063GBP" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flande...70703_railteam
>
> > High speed train companies join forces
>
> > Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
> > joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
> > they compete with air carriers. All seven rail companies operate high
> > speed train services like the Eurostar and the Thalys.
> > The new co-operation arrangement is called Railteam. The aim is to
> > issue joint tickets that are valid across the seven networks.
> > The tickets should be available by 2009.
>
> They can start by fixing their crap booking facilities.
>
> E.g. Mrs B wants to travel from Schiphol to Paris with the Bartlette,
> and return alone. How do you book a return and a single, with the 2
> sitting together? Answer - you can't. Even when you do get booked, it
> costs you nearly 400 Euros, even booking weeks ahead.
>
> B;
I just booked Belgium - London return for Euro 69 in July. I will have
to pay extra to get out of London, but its cheaper than flying (and
you try getting a Jeep on the platform !)
> On 3 jul, 13:02, "You have therefore been approved to claim a total
> sum of £619,063GBP" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >http://www.flandersnews.be/cm/flande...70703_railteam
>
> > High speed train companies join forces
>
> > Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
> > joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
> > they compete with air carriers. All seven rail companies operate high
> > speed train services like the Eurostar and the Thalys.
> > The new co-operation arrangement is called Railteam. The aim is to
> > issue joint tickets that are valid across the seven networks.
> > The tickets should be available by 2009.
>
> They can start by fixing their crap booking facilities.
>
> E.g. Mrs B wants to travel from Schiphol to Paris with the Bartlette,
> and return alone. How do you book a return and a single, with the 2
> sitting together? Answer - you can't. Even when you do get booked, it
> costs you nearly 400 Euros, even booking weeks ahead.
>
> B;
I just booked Belgium - London return for Euro 69 in July. I will have
to pay extra to get out of London, but its cheaper than flying (and
you try getting a Jeep on the platform !)
Jul 3rd 2007 | 10:01 am
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Re: High speed train companies join forces
"You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £619,063GBP" <[email protected]> writes:
>Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
>joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
>they compete with air carriers.
>The seven companies also point out that rail travel produces far less
>greenhouse gas emissions than air travel, another distinct advantage.
One would think that the fact that trains don't leave the ground is advantage
enough...
--
http://lastcarriage.com/ - Independent Travel
>Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
>joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
>they compete with air carriers.
>The seven companies also point out that rail travel produces far less
>greenhouse gas emissions than air travel, another distinct advantage.
One would think that the fact that trains don't leave the ground is advantage
enough...
--
http://lastcarriage.com/ - Independent Travel
Jul 3rd 2007 | 7:43 pm
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Re: High speed train companies join forces
Paul Dwerryhouse wrote:
> "You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £619,063GBP" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>
>>Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
>>joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
>>they compete with air carriers.
>
>
>>The seven companies also point out that rail travel produces far less
>>greenhouse gas emissions than air travel, another distinct advantage.
>
>
> One would think that the fact that trains don't leave the ground is advantage
> enough...
>
On the contrary, from an engineering point of view trains are much more
at risk to have catastrophic accidents than aircraft, because aircraft
systems are designed to be intrinsically failsafe. Consider the following:
- a train with 16 coaches has 128 wheels. If any one wheel breaks, the
trail is likely to derail with disastrous results at high speed. An
aircraft typically has two engines. If one engine fails - it keeps flying.
- trains are continuously at risk of hitting obstacles like stalled
cars on crossings, fallen trees, mudslides, even suicidal maniacs.
Aircraft operate at high altitudes under continuous radar control to
ensure separation from other aircraft.
- train accidents can be caused by factors totally out of control of
the driver, such as signal or point failures. In an aircraft, the pilots
have final control.
- commercial aircraft have a minimum of two pilots. Trains operate
with a single driver.
- in addition, trains operate with virtually no security. They are
much simpler to target by terrorists, as recent years have shown.
T.
> "You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £619,063GBP" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>
>>Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
>>joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
>>they compete with air carriers.
>
>
>>The seven companies also point out that rail travel produces far less
>>greenhouse gas emissions than air travel, another distinct advantage.
>
>
> One would think that the fact that trains don't leave the ground is advantage
> enough...
>
On the contrary, from an engineering point of view trains are much more
at risk to have catastrophic accidents than aircraft, because aircraft
systems are designed to be intrinsically failsafe. Consider the following:
- a train with 16 coaches has 128 wheels. If any one wheel breaks, the
trail is likely to derail with disastrous results at high speed. An
aircraft typically has two engines. If one engine fails - it keeps flying.
- trains are continuously at risk of hitting obstacles like stalled
cars on crossings, fallen trees, mudslides, even suicidal maniacs.
Aircraft operate at high altitudes under continuous radar control to
ensure separation from other aircraft.
- train accidents can be caused by factors totally out of control of
the driver, such as signal or point failures. In an aircraft, the pilots
have final control.
- commercial aircraft have a minimum of two pilots. Trains operate
with a single driver.
- in addition, trains operate with virtually no security. They are
much simpler to target by terrorists, as recent years have shown.
T.
Jul 3rd 2007 | 8:19 pm
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Re: High speed train companies join forces
On 3 jul, 14:40, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:37:39 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> >E.g. Mrs B wants to travel from Schiphol to Paris with the Bartlette,
> >and return alone.
>
> You sold Bartlette to Mixi? Good thinking. :-)
>
> >How do you book a return and a single, with the 2
> >sitting together? Answer - you can't. Even when you do get booked, it
> >costs you nearly 400 Euros,
>
> EUR 76 each way with Mezzo Comfort return obligatory.
> I get EUR 55 each way for Mezzo comfort if I book for the last weekend in August
> with the advanced search option. Their software has faults in it.
She needs to travel 15th July, in order to deliver Bartlette to camp
in the Ardeche. And she needs to travel 1st class to avoid the horrid
poor people. :-(
B;
> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:37:39 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> >E.g. Mrs B wants to travel from Schiphol to Paris with the Bartlette,
> >and return alone.
>
> You sold Bartlette to Mixi? Good thinking. :-)
>
> >How do you book a return and a single, with the 2
> >sitting together? Answer - you can't. Even when you do get booked, it
> >costs you nearly 400 Euros,
>
> EUR 76 each way with Mezzo Comfort return obligatory.
> I get EUR 55 each way for Mezzo comfort if I book for the last weekend in August
> with the advanced search option. Their software has faults in it.
She needs to travel 15th July, in order to deliver Bartlette to camp
in the Ardeche. And she needs to travel 1st class to avoid the horrid
poor people. :-(
B;
Jul 3rd 2007 | 8:35 pm
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Re: High speed train companies join forces
On 4 Jul, 10:19, [email protected] wrote:
> On 3 jul, 14:40, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:37:39 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> > >E.g. Mrs B wants to travel from Schiphol to Paris with the Bartlette,
> > >and return alone.
>
> > You sold Bartlette to Mixi? Good thinking. :-)
>
> > >How do you book a return and a single, with the 2
> > >sitting together? Answer - you can't. Even when you do get booked, it
> > >costs you nearly 400 Euros,
>
> > EUR 76 each way with Mezzo Comfort return obligatory.
> > I get EUR 55 each way for Mezzo comfort if I book for the last weekend in August
> > with the advanced search option. Their software has faults in it.
>
> She needs to travel 15th July, in order to deliver Bartlette to camp
> in the Ardeche. And she needs to travel 1st class to avoid the horrid
> poor people. :-(
>
> B;
France is full of farmers, and they are all poor, listen to them rant !
> On 3 jul, 14:40, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:37:39 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> > >E.g. Mrs B wants to travel from Schiphol to Paris with the Bartlette,
> > >and return alone.
>
> > You sold Bartlette to Mixi? Good thinking. :-)
>
> > >How do you book a return and a single, with the 2
> > >sitting together? Answer - you can't. Even when you do get booked, it
> > >costs you nearly 400 Euros,
>
> > EUR 76 each way with Mezzo Comfort return obligatory.
> > I get EUR 55 each way for Mezzo comfort if I book for the last weekend in August
> > with the advanced search option. Their software has faults in it.
>
> She needs to travel 15th July, in order to deliver Bartlette to camp
> in the Ardeche. And she needs to travel 1st class to avoid the horrid
> poor people. :-(
>
> B;
France is full of farmers, and they are all poor, listen to them rant !
Jul 3rd 2007 | 8:47 pm
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Re: High speed train companies join forces
On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:19:50 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>On 3 jul, 14:40, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:37:39 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> >E.g. Mrs B wants to travel from Schiphol to Paris with the Bartlette,
>> >and return alone.
>>
>> You sold Bartlette to Mixi? Good thinking. :-)
>>
>> >How do you book a return and a single, with the 2
>> >sitting together? Answer - you can't. Even when you do get booked, it
>> >costs you nearly 400 Euros,
>>
>> EUR 76 each way with Mezzo Comfort return obligatory.
>> I get EUR 55 each way for Mezzo comfort if I book for the last weekend in August
>> with the advanced search option. Their software has faults in it.
>
>She needs to travel 15th July, in order to deliver Bartlette to camp
>in the Ardeche. And she needs to travel 1st class to avoid the horrid
>poor people. :-(
The website is useless, you have to go back to the beginning for each day that
you want to check.
I asked P&O about smoking on their Hull R'dam boats they "are going to have to
do something about it"
--
Martin
>On 3 jul, 14:40, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:37:39 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> >E.g. Mrs B wants to travel from Schiphol to Paris with the Bartlette,
>> >and return alone.
>>
>> You sold Bartlette to Mixi? Good thinking. :-)
>>
>> >How do you book a return and a single, with the 2
>> >sitting together? Answer - you can't. Even when you do get booked, it
>> >costs you nearly 400 Euros,
>>
>> EUR 76 each way with Mezzo Comfort return obligatory.
>> I get EUR 55 each way for Mezzo comfort if I book for the last weekend in August
>> with the advanced search option. Their software has faults in it.
>
>She needs to travel 15th July, in order to deliver Bartlette to camp
>in the Ardeche. And she needs to travel 1st class to avoid the horrid
>poor people. :-(
The website is useless, you have to go back to the beginning for each day that
you want to check.
I asked P&O about smoking on their Hull R'dam boats they "are going to have to
do something about it"
--
Martin
Jul 3rd 2007 | 8:50 pm
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Re: High speed train companies join forces
On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 08:01:11 +1000, Paul Dwerryhouse
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £619,063GBP" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>>Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
>>joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
>>they compete with air carriers.
>
>>The seven companies also point out that rail travel produces far less
>>greenhouse gas emissions than air travel, another distinct advantage.
>
>One would think that the fact that trains don't leave the ground is advantage
>enough...
... other than the problems they get when they occasionally unintentionally
leave the ground.
--
Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £619,063GBP" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>>Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
>>joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
>>they compete with air carriers.
>
>>The seven companies also point out that rail travel produces far less
>>greenhouse gas emissions than air travel, another distinct advantage.
>
>One would think that the fact that trains don't leave the ground is advantage
>enough...
... other than the problems they get when they occasionally unintentionally
leave the ground.
--
Martin
Jul 5th 2007 | 6:06 am
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Re: High speed train companies join forces
On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 08:01:11 +1000, Paul Dwerryhouse
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £619,063GBP" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>>Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
>>joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
>>they compete with air carriers.
>
>>The seven companies also point out that rail travel produces far less
>>greenhouse gas emissions than air travel, another distinct advantage.
>
>One would think that the fact that trains don't leave the ground
At least that's the hope.
>is advantage enough...
The German ICE accident a few years ago would seem to say it's
not all that much an advantage.
--
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £619,063GBP" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>>Tue 03/07/07 - Belgium's publicly owned railway company, the NMBS, has
>>joined six other European rail companies in order to improve the way
>>they compete with air carriers.
>
>>The seven companies also point out that rail travel produces far less
>>greenhouse gas emissions than air travel, another distinct advantage.
>
>One would think that the fact that trains don't leave the ground
At least that's the hope.
>is advantage enough...
The German ICE accident a few years ago would seem to say it's
not all that much an advantage.
--
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
Jul 7th 2007 | 9:08 pm
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Re: High speed train companies join forces
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> On 3 jul, 14:40, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:37:39 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> >E.g. Mrs B wants to travel from Schiphol to Paris with the Bartlette,
>> >and return alone.
>>
>> You sold Bartlette to Mixi? Good thinking. :-)
>>
>> >How do you book a return and a single, with the 2
>> >sitting together? Answer - you can't. Even when you do get booked, it
>> >costs you nearly 400 Euros,
>>
>> EUR 76 each way with Mezzo Comfort return obligatory.
>> I get EUR 55 each way for Mezzo comfort if I book for the last weekend in
>> August
>> with the advanced search option. Their software has faults in it.
>
> She needs to travel 15th July, in order to deliver Bartlette to camp
> in the Ardeche. And she needs to travel 1st class
If one insists on travelling 1st class then I think it unreasonable to
complain about the cost. Just try booking a cheap 1st (or business)
class air fare inside Europe and see how far you get.
tim
news:[email protected] ups.com...
> On 3 jul, 14:40, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:37:39 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> >E.g. Mrs B wants to travel from Schiphol to Paris with the Bartlette,
>> >and return alone.
>>
>> You sold Bartlette to Mixi? Good thinking. :-)
>>
>> >How do you book a return and a single, with the 2
>> >sitting together? Answer - you can't. Even when you do get booked, it
>> >costs you nearly 400 Euros,
>>
>> EUR 76 each way with Mezzo Comfort return obligatory.
>> I get EUR 55 each way for Mezzo comfort if I book for the last weekend in
>> August
>> with the advanced search option. Their software has faults in it.
>
> She needs to travel 15th July, in order to deliver Bartlette to camp
> in the Ardeche. And she needs to travel 1st class
If one insists on travelling 1st class then I think it unreasonable to
complain about the cost. Just try booking a cheap 1st (or business)
class air fare inside Europe and see how far you get.
tim
