Plane, Trains & Customs
Feb 15th, 2016, 09:40 AM
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There should be plenty of seats available.
The website I gave you - www.capitainetrain.com - will work fine. Same schedules and prices as SNCF, and no problem using a U.S. credit card.
The website I gave you - www.capitainetrain.com - will work fine. Same schedules and prices as SNCF, and no problem using a U.S. credit card.
Feb 15th, 2016, 03:06 PM
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Flights to CDG often get in early, it seems to me, mine always do. I would think you could make that first train, and I sure wouldn't want to do the one requiring a bus from Marseille to Aix.
I don't think I've ever booked a train for 3 hours from my arrival, seems excessive to me, but I hate sitting around airports. I would perhaps if the only choice were 3 hours or 45 minutes. I would prefer about 2 hours, that's usually what I do.
If you had booked this on the same flight to begin with, you wouldn't have to worry about anything or even get your luggage. I've flown from the US to Marseille, changing at CDG, on Air France and I never had to get my bags until Marseille.
I'm curious how you could see how many seats were left or not on the train? When I book tickets, I'm allowed to choose a type of seat (window, etc) but I'm never shown a layout of every car with seats marked as to whether they are full or not. Do you just mean when they show you only 1 ticket left (at the cheapest price), etc? That does mean the cheap tickets are limited, not that there aren't any seats.
I don't think I've ever booked a train for 3 hours from my arrival, seems excessive to me, but I hate sitting around airports. I would perhaps if the only choice were 3 hours or 45 minutes. I would prefer about 2 hours, that's usually what I do.
If you had booked this on the same flight to begin with, you wouldn't have to worry about anything or even get your luggage. I've flown from the US to Marseille, changing at CDG, on Air France and I never had to get my bags until Marseille.
I'm curious how you could see how many seats were left or not on the train? When I book tickets, I'm allowed to choose a type of seat (window, etc) but I'm never shown a layout of every car with seats marked as to whether they are full or not. Do you just mean when they show you only 1 ticket left (at the cheapest price), etc? That does mean the cheap tickets are limited, not that there aren't any seats.
Feb 15th, 2016, 03:49 PM
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Christina, you're correct, the # of tickets left, were for that specific price, not the # of seats remaining. My apologies.
Im still working on this but keep getting distracted.
It'll all work out in the end.
Thanks!
Im still working on this but keep getting distracted.
It'll all work out in the end.
Thanks!
Feb 15th, 2016, 04:12 PM
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As I see it, if you can stomach a tight connection and run to the train station after a delay in immigration and a delay at baggage as well as the dollar loss from an unusable train ticket, go for the early train. On the other hand, if you are cautious and hate the thought of lost dollars, book the later train. (my personal preference.)
Just flew into CDG in late December, plane was early, immigration slow to include a surly officer experience and could have made the early trail easily. So I had a very nice breakfast and settled into my comfortable train seat at 9:58. Even the immigration experience failed to dampen my day.
In either case, report back as to whether you made your train.
Just flew into CDG in late December, plane was early, immigration slow to include a surly officer experience and could have made the early trail easily. So I had a very nice breakfast and settled into my comfortable train seat at 9:58. Even the immigration experience failed to dampen my day.
In either case, report back as to whether you made your train.
