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Old 04-07-2004, 12:07 PM   #10 (permalink)
Giovanni Drogo
 
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Default Re: Throw away air tickets, rules, legality??

On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Earl Evleth wrote:

    > The other question is Eurostar. We have use Eurostar one way and
    > the tickets are VERY EXPENSIVE, clearly near or more than one say
    > tickets.

I remember that 20 years ago (in British Rail times) in the UK a "day
return" or "weekend return" ticket had a price comparable to a single.

I also know that in Germany railways sometimes have offers (typically
for off-peak days in a week) with a fixed price (or a few fixed prices
for a range of distances) for a return trip. Buying two of those, not
using the return trip on one, staying over a weekend and not using the
first half on the other, could have been cheaper than a return ticket,
when travelling across two weeks. I remember a colleague told me that
Max Planck Institute was actually encouraging their staff to do so.

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