French discounted TGV Tickets Are Now Refundable & Exchangeable

Discounted train tickets for French TGV trains called
“Prem’s ” or “Loisir” tickets in both first and second class are now refundable and exchangeable according to SNCF’s website. Often sold three months in advance, the catch in buying these tickets was that they were non-exchangeable and non-refundable. In some cases the TGV train tickets cost only 15 percent
of the cost of a walk-up ticket bought on the date of travel.
Now, SNCF says customers who have bought the discounted tickets can either get a full refund or will be allowed to exchange the ticket up to 31 days before
your train departs.
Two to 30 days before departure requests for exchanges or refunds will be charged a €5 fee.
On the day before and the day of departure, the ticket exchange/refund fee will be €15.
Within 30 minutes before the train departs you cannot exchange your ticket more than twice for the same journey the same day. If you make an ticket exchange up to 30 minutes before the train’s departure time, the ticket becomes non-refundable.
Once the train departs the Loisir tickets cannot be refunded or exchanged.