Jon Worth9h ago

There's yield management

And there's WTF 🤯 yield management

Morning of Friday 5th June I need to go to either Bruxelles or Maastricht (I don't know which yet). If Maastricht I will change in Liège

Tickets then...

Paris - Bruxelles, Eurostar
€95 single, standard class

Paris - Liège, Eurostar
*SAME TRAIN, and FURTHER THAN BRUXELLES*
€39 single, standard class

#CrossBorderRail

Show threadBen
@jon I saw that this was the case recently as well for Paris-Antwerp. And it was very surprising to me, because for several years the situation was opposite: eurostar would charge an arm and a leg (ok more like 50 euros) for those 30 minutes between Brussels and Antwerp, and it's not even high speed.
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Show threadJon Worth8h ago
@bentorfs I have seen it this way before (cheaper to Liège), but more like 10-15 Euro difference. Not more than 50 Euro!
Show threadBen8h ago
@jon In fact I was sure they were doing that to extinguish demand in Antwerp, so they could remove that stop.