Jon Worth10h 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 threadAjinkya Dahale8h ago

@jon is there some airlines logic: that they'll come for your wallet if you're found not to take the complete journey?

I recall reading somewhere that this doesn't happen in European trains, but the situation is different in the UK.

Show threadJon Worth8h ago
@ajinkyapdahale There are no ticket barriers at Bruxelles Midi. So if you got off early no one would even know.
Show threadAjinkya Dahale7h ago

@jon I reckon. Yet, is it possible to be randomly checked and asked for your reason to be on the platform? Or once you're off the train you're legally indistinguishable from someone who walked up to the platform?

My main intention behind this is to learn where this can come biting.

Show threadJon Worth
@ajinkyapdahale In Belgium, no. In Germany, no. The only places it could theoretically be a problem would be France, Netherlands, Italy and Spain (only major stations in all cases). Because there the access to platforms can be restricted. And UK, but it isn't EU, so I don't count it 🙂
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Show threadTom Tom5h ago
@jon @ajinkyapdahale I seriously doubt that it could be legal to forbid you getting off in Brussels if you have a valid ticket to go further. If I were a lawyer, I would very much enjoy going all the way up to the top court to check it.
Show threadAjinkya Dahale5h ago
@tomtom @jon In this hypothetical scenario, could you also bring the fight to the airlines that make it more expensive to take one flight that that flight plus another? 😅
Show threadJon Worth5h ago
@ajinkyapdahale @tomtom thing is airlines can control it. Trains, well, not so much!