{"id":12508,"date":"2015-06-27T12:59:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T05:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-train-passengers-who-paid-too-much-because-they-bought-tickets-online\/"},"modified":"2016-05-10T13:13:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T06:13:58","slug":"the-train-passengers-who-paid-too-much-because-they-bought-tickets-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-train-passengers-who-paid-too-much-because-they-bought-tickets-online\/","title":{"rendered":"The train passengers who paid too much \u2013 because they bought tickets online"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA glitch on one of the main booking agents\u2019 sites for the Eurostar meant younger and older rail-users were paying a lot more than they should \u2013 until we discovered there was a problemIf you are a young person or someone of more advanced years and are planning a train trip to Europe, keep your wits about you when booking tickets. A Guardian Money investigation has found that some train company websites have been overcharging younger and older travellers for journeys to a number of European destinations.We found that people aged between 12 and 25, or over 60, can end up paying substantially more than the standard adult fare for exactly the same journey, when they should typically be paying slightly less. In one case \u2013 for a journey from London to Lausanne in Switzerland via Paris \u2013 the quoted \u201csenior\u201d fare was twice the amount a standard adult traveller would pay: \u00a3319 compared with \u00a3163. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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