SNCF - Where do I pickup ticket?
 

After buying the ticket on SNCF, I heard you can pick up a ticket from the train station (I'm traveling from Paris to Tours), but I also read that there are &quot;SNCF Boutiques&quot; on paris - can anyone tell me where they are?<BR><BR>Also, people mentioned a &quot;J30&quot; discount for reservations made 60 days in advance - how do I type in this dicount on the SNCF website?

For a list of SNCF outlets in Paris, check this page on the SNCF website: <BR><BR>http://www.voyages-sncf.com/info_resa/guide_du_voyageur/Adresses.htm?NumAdress=198<BR><BR>When you make a booking on the SNCF website you should be able to select your fare on the booking page, by clicking the text link &quot;if you wish a special fare, click here&quot;. If the fare is not displayed, it usually means that it is not available.

J30 is short for 30 jours, which means thirty days. There is also a J8 fare and a roundtrip 2+ travelers together fare. All discounted fares sell quickly, especially on main lines. The sooner you can book the tickets the better but SNCF does not allow booking more than 60 days in advance on their website.<BR><BR>All available fares for your trip are listed in your search results as options with each segment &amp; show the difference in price.

Anna--When picking up the ticket, you have to show your credit card. No extra charge is put on it, but they want to see the same one to which the tickets were charged.<BR><BR>As for the boutique locations, we used the website xxx listed, and eventually picked up our tickets at the Les Halles area boutique.<BR><BR>We used a different type of discount (a family type one) so I can be of no help there.

I have used the SNCF system to book tickets in advance. Each time I ordered from home but collected the actual paper ticket at Gare Montparnasse, which was very close to the hotel I used.<BR>When I made the reservation, there was a 6-letter code associated with the purchase. That code is vital when you acquire the actual ticket. <BR><BR>If the agent asks to see your credit card, be sure you show him the same one you used to make the purchase. I am not sure why they do that, perhaps it is a way of controlling identify and ticket theft. I usually had to show my passport because I received an age discount.<BR><BR>You should be able to obtain the discount on the SNCF site as described above. I told the system my age when I placed the order for the ticket, and the discount was forthcoming in the price of the ticket. Not much fuss to it once I overcame my doubts about a blooming computer system actually working. I don't trust them.<BR><BR>