Well, having found the Eurostar ticket office, the first surprise is that there are only two agents here on the customer service team. So they are definitely running slowly.

I’m not making the 09:46 to Brussels either.

So apparently I didn’t need to talk to customer service. Protocol is to go find the next train, talk to one of the chefs du bord, and ask to be let on. As long as you have an existing reservation, and there is space, it should be fine

It would have been nice to know that in time for the 09:46. Let’s see how well that works on the 10:48

...and what customer service failed to tell me is that I'd need to be able to justify my delay or I'll get charged the full price difference for the ticket by the conductor.

Which is calculated, of course, based on the price of my reservation. So that's 128€.

I could have spent the hour in Gare du Nord trying to get a piece of paper from IDF Mobilités to justify the lateness of my first tram of the day. Though I'm unsure if they’d have accepted it.

As it is, and having seen the alternative options for travel, I decided that I wasn’t going to get a better offer that didn't make me miss my three (very flexible) appointments today altogether. So that's annoying as hell.

Now I need to see if I can deactivate my #Interrail travel day.

Anyway, today's somewhat loose itinerary, subject to further change: https://moof.space/trip/2026-04-09

@moof bastards.

it's worth double checking for enshittification but some TGV reservations can be exchanged for free up to thirty minutes _after_ departure.

not Eurostar, of course...