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If you twist my arm…

With my discount card for young people from the French train system, sometimes buying train tickets leads to strange results: This time, because second class tickets were almost sold out (and I was unable to get anything more than a 25% rebate), first class tickets actually turned out to be cheaper:

TGV First Class Tickets

So I will soon be able to give the first class seats in the latest-generation French TGV trains a shot. If you twist my arm, I guess I can resort to this kind of traveling ;)

This will of course only happen if they figure out their little major strike problem soon over there. We’ll see.



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3 Responses to “If you twist my arm…”

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    Jean Pierre Says:
    November 19th, 2007 at 11:10 pm

    Nice. Travelling first class isn’t that bad… could be worse, right?

    What does the second icon from the left mean? Mini-bar next to your seat? Cocktails being served by attractive train stewardesses?

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    martin Says:
    November 19th, 2007 at 11:19 pm

    I believe that what you have done there is fairly common in Germany as well. Deutsche Bahn has strong rebates for advance booking and, if I understand correctly, when they are sold out for second class, it is sometimes cheaper to book first class at a rebate than to pay full price for second.

    First class just isn’t what it used to be, with all those advance-booked smart spenders around. ;-)

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    Fred Says:
    November 20th, 2007 at 12:33 am

    Haha, martin, you’re probably right. They will find out immediately that I am not one of them when they don’t see a golden Rolex watch on my arm ;)

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