We have purchase a train ticket, Paris to Barcelona, two seniors on SNCF Connect.
On the confirmation email it reads: Make sure to bring your valid discount railcards with you.
Does anyone know what they are referring to?
Many thanks,
Posted by
Bend, Oregon
2460 posts
Did you purchase discounted senior tickets?
Posted by
Paris
7216 posts
Normally SNCF Connect does not let you buy railcard-discount tickets without providing the railcard number or forcing you to buy one.
Does your ticket / receipt say anything about a "Carte Avantage"?
Posted by
Florida (previously California)
3856 posts
Maybe purchased discounted senior tickets. If you did you need a discount card. If you do not have the discount card, you may have to pay a penalty on the train. See this thread: https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/france/french-train-travel-for-over-60-s. You can order a discount card at https://www.sncf-connect.com/app/en-en/catalogue/description/carte-avantage-senior.
Posted by
OP
18 posts
Thanks…when I was ordering, they asked age…only category we fit into was the senior…so didn’t realize it was in fact a discounted ticket…they wasn’t any indication that we needed a discount ticket…will get to train station early , and see if I can ask there…
Thanks
Posted by
OP
18 posts
Double checked our tickets…I didn’t check the discount ticket box….so hopefully we’re good to go! But as I said above,we'll go early to double check.
Thanks again
Posted by
Paris
7216 posts
"going early" won't do anything: the lines are terrible.
Would you mind just copy-pasting the actual text of your ticket (you should be able to download a PDF)? Does it say "Avantage" anywhere?