Eurostar: Selecting Country of Residence and resulting price differences -- HELP, please!!!
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Eurostar: Selecting Country of Residence and resulting price differences -- HELP, please!!!
Hello,
When I visited the eurostar.com site, it asks for your country of residence. I chose U.S. and checked fares for a weekend trip. Then, I went ahead and played around and chose France as my country of residence (it is for three months , and the fares were lower for the same dates and times.
I didn't go further into logging in and purchasing yet so I was just wondering if it matters which country you choose? Obviously, I'd like to get the cheaper fare but when you go on to purchase the tickets, will it ask for passport info or anything that would stop me from getting the ticket
as a "french resident"???
HELP, please!!!
When I visited the eurostar.com site, it asks for your country of residence. I chose U.S. and checked fares for a weekend trip. Then, I went ahead and played around and chose France as my country of residence (it is for three months , and the fares were lower for the same dates and times.
I didn't go further into logging in and purchasing yet so I was just wondering if it matters which country you choose? Obviously, I'd like to get the cheaper fare but when you go on to purchase the tickets, will it ask for passport info or anything that would stop me from getting the ticket
as a "french resident"???
HELP, please!!!
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Use whichever country is cheapest & collect the tickets at the station.
There's no passport requirement - and lots of Americans with American CC's do live in France legally, so it isn't a problem
Check the SNCF website BTW as sometimes their fares are even cheaper
There's no passport requirement - and lots of Americans with American CC's do live in France legally, so it isn't a problem
Check the SNCF website BTW as sometimes their fares are even cheaper
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Thanks for the responses. I am planning to pick up the tickets at the train station here in Paris FROM a station agent/kiosk since the website says that you can't use non-French credit cards on the automated machines to redeem tickets.
Thanks again!
Thanks again!
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