...it's my birthday soon and because I have the time available next week I decided that I'd treat myself to a day trip to continental Europe on Wednesday 18th - I would plan on a basis of purely seeing how far I could travel in a day before having to turn back towards home. London - Marseille and return is just achievable within a day. Considering that I've never been south of Paris on a TGV, a jaunt across LGV-SE and LGV-Med all the way to Marseille would be new ground.
I logged on to the Eurostar website to see what fares are available. £58 each way. Considering I'm booking just a week ahead that is a respectable deal. I'll have it.
(N.B I'm under 25 so entitled to youth fares)
£58 outward on 05:40 London - Paris then 10:19 Paris - Marseille.
£58 return on 14:14 Marseille - Lille Europe then on 20:30 Lille Europe - London.
Therefore the price should be £116 but at the payment page it's now randomly inflated to £252 for no apparent reason! WTF!? :-?:-?:-?
I telephoned Eurostar and spoke to a very nice lady who tried to book my itinerary over the phone, once again the grand total was £252 despite being quoted £58 each way. The booking clerk was also none the wiser as to why two £58 tickets have inflated from £116 to £252... :roll:
Plan B, I'll try Rail Europe. No tickets despite I've just found them on Eurostar. :roll:
Plan C, I'll try Voyages SNCF. All goes well until the booking page when I am introduced to an “erreur technique“.
Looks like I won't be going to Marseille, then.
As the saying goes, we can put man on the moon... :roll:
I logged on to the Eurostar website to see what fares are available. £58 each way. Considering I'm booking just a week ahead that is a respectable deal. I'll have it.
(N.B I'm under 25 so entitled to youth fares)
£58 outward on 05:40 London - Paris then 10:19 Paris - Marseille.
£58 return on 14:14 Marseille - Lille Europe then on 20:30 Lille Europe - London.
Therefore the price should be £116 but at the payment page it's now randomly inflated to £252 for no apparent reason! WTF!? :-?:-?:-?
I telephoned Eurostar and spoke to a very nice lady who tried to book my itinerary over the phone, once again the grand total was £252 despite being quoted £58 each way. The booking clerk was also none the wiser as to why two £58 tickets have inflated from £116 to £252... :roll:
Plan B, I'll try Rail Europe. No tickets despite I've just found them on Eurostar. :roll:
Plan C, I'll try Voyages SNCF. All goes well until the booking page when I am introduced to an “erreur technique“.
Looks like I won't be going to Marseille, then.
As the saying goes, we can put man on the moon... :roll:
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