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[Blinder]

Guy comes to my counter today and asks if I know about continental rail travel...

"I have got reservations to travel in France & Spain, but I have forgotten to apply for my free coupons... Do you think that I will get picked up?"

So, he is travelling TGV Paris - Biarritz, Renfe Irun - Madrid- Malaga, Renfe Malaga - Barcelona - Perpignan. TGV Perpignan - Paris..

What do you think of his chances. Oh by the way.. he is a GWR Manager, travelling 1st Class with wife & 2 kids.... AND, travelling on Saturday, 6th August....

 

[Mag_seven]

Best he can do now is buy FIP reduced tickets. (on the assumption he has an in date FIP card)

 

[Flying_Turtle]

Guy comes to my counter today and asks if I know about continental rail travel...

"I have got reservations to travel in France & Spain, but I have forgotten to apply for my free coupons... Do you think that I will get picked up?"

So, he is travelling TGV Paris - Biarritz, Renfe Irun - Madrid- Malaga, Renfe Malaga - Barcelona - Perpignan. TGV Perpignan - Paris..

What do you think of his chances. Oh by the way.. he is a GWR Manager, travelling 1st Class with wife & 2 kids.... AND, travelling on Saturday, 6th August....

nah... probably not...

 

[Blinder]

nah... probably not...

I saw this member of staff again today. Surprisingly he travelled throughout France & Spain by just showing his "reservations". Apparantly he did not even have a FIP card, so one wonders how he managed to get a FIP reduction on Eurostar.

 

[ComUtoR]

Apparantly he did not even have a FIP card, so one wonders how he managed to get a FIP reduction on Eurostar.

I got a FIP rate on Eurostar and never once showed my FIP card. My tickets were ordered over the phone and they took it on pure trust that I was staff.

 

[steevp]

We are travelling through France, Switzerland and Italy at the moment using a combination of FIP and public tickets and free passes. Something like 18 trains in two weeks . Only one real ticket check so far - in Swizerland where he wanted FIP cards and passports

 

[reb0118]

When Raileurope used to provide our continental tickets/reservations they would invariably issue a "dummy" ticket for staff travelling on free coupons (this was over & above the actual reservation coupon).

Also, some supplements issued on DB stock stated "reservation & ticket" so were in a lot of cases accepted as a ticket by on board staff.

In any case, with the exception of the internal french TGVs, free coupons would in general not be valid for the above itinerary.

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I got a FIP rate on Eurostar and never once showed my FIP card. My tickets were ordered over the phone and they took it on pure trust that I was staff.

This is my experience too. However, whenever I've had Eurostar tickets issued on DB stock a quick check of one's FIP card has always been a distinct possibility as one has to pass through the manual gate.

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