| Re: first class passes and flexipasses |
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Group: rec.travel.rail · Group Profile
Author: HatunenHatunen Date: Sep 12, 2008 19:22
On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:00:33 -0500, Joseph Coulter
comcast.net> wrote:
>Hatunen cox.net> wrote in
>news:8eplc4dokmffmqp7khipib40jqd77d6iqb@4ax.com:
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>> A pass might make sense, but not obviously so; it would be well
>> to do some hard thinking about the many options first.
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>> Usw.
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>FWIW I cannot figure out why anyone would disagree with you. Never the
>less I have had clients insist on the passes, why? Because they are
>scared silly of walking into a station and buying a ticket. So I keep
>telling my clients, I can make a commission on this but you don't need
>it . . .
I've talked to people who seem to have the same fear. I'm not
sure what it is. I tell them that almost all the ticket agents in
at least the larger stations speak English, and that they have
been very helpful to me when I have seemed confused. And I point
out that there are enough trains that they are rarely too full to
let you on and anyway there will be another in a half hour or so.
It's actually simpler than buying an airline ticket at the
airport or even checking in. Certainly the lines are shorter at
the train station.
Since you have to stand in line anyway to make a seat reservation
if you want one even if you have a pass (and reservations are
required on the better trains) you don't really avoid ticket
agents with a pass.
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