Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/31

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Subject: [Leica] Trains in Europe question - Savings
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 11:34:52 +0200
References: <CA+3n+_mNBxvPXZfShTpU1V0XoTG0uS+KuDmSytrrptsHQ7it8w@mail.gmail.com> <e59aecf9-b59f-ea45-3f12-1d15884669d4@summaventures.com> <6979b0ae-5950-7f60-f66a-d57fa66badf8@gmx.de> <CA+3n+_=9RFWSW30GWdW4srNMY87Dsky=DZHxR1DCy9OEvoZ7ZA@mail.gmail.com>

It's just the thing for roaming - turn up at the 
station, buy your ticket at the counter, show the card, 
and get the discounted price.

On 31.05.2018 11:24, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Thank you Douglas.  We intend to roam so standard ticketing won't work.
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2018, 3:52 AM Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> 
> wrote:
>
>> This could be interesting if you are planning to use
>> the German rail network.
>>
>> https://www.bahn.com/en/view/offers/bahncard/bahncard.shtml
>>
>> Cheers
>> Douglas
>>
>> On 31.05.2018 09:20, Peter Dzwig wrote:
>>> The train strike will only take place until June. Nobody knows what will
>> happen
>>> later in the year. At present Eurostar and other international trains
>> appera to
>>> be running OK.
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> On 28/05/2018 19:08, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
>>>> My wife and I are planning a trip to mostly Germany in early October.
>> We
>>>> would like to fly into either Spain or northern Europe and take trains
>> as
>>>> we wish.  However, most tracks pass through France and the news it's
>> full
>>>> of strikes by French workers upset at proposed new work and retirement
>>>> rules.  Currently are they any real impediment if excursions are not
>> time
>>>> sensitive.  Or, would it be better to plan on visiting Italy and
>>>> Switzerland to avoid random plan changes?
>>>>
>>>> I am in the airline purchase phase as fares are fairly good now and the
>>>> euro is in a better place for me than it was a month ago.  Entry cities
>> are
>>>> up for grabs at this point.
>>>>
>>>> All the best and thank you for the advice.
>>>>
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