Jon Worth1d 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 threadOliver Blanthorn1d ago

@jon my understanding is that the idea is to save some seats for Liège, which only sees 1tp2h vs 2tph to Brussels. the Brussels passengers can just take a different train

that doesn't particularly explain why the non-liège trains are also expensive, though

Show threadJon Worth1d ago
@bovine3dom I see the idea, OK. But this much discrepancy? Simply shows they run too few Bruxelles-Paris!
Show threadpglux.bsky.social
Yield management à la SNCF has become a semantic over years: it's now closer to shortage management.
Mar 25 at 4:53pmWeb
Show threadpglux.bsky.social1d ago
*semantic abuse