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I looked at eurail passes today - the website claims that if you are over 25, the passes are for first class only. That's a quality joke if I've ever seen one.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 11:28:26 AM EST

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Here they seem to sell Adult 2nd class eurail tickets...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 11:41:05 AM EST
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Sadly the second class price is the same as the first class price on the site I was looking at.

It doesn't look like it's worth it anyway unless you're doing some serious blitzkrieg travel, so I'll just do point-to-point tickets.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 11:44:40 AM EST
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There are the n days in a month passes that could be interesting, though. Long range train travel gets expensive very quickly...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 11:47:26 AM EST
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I just looked at some ticket prices - yowza, it is more than I expeced, but then controlling for my crap currency it looks about right.

Austria -> Madrid was coming in at $900. Think I'll just fly...

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 12:04:28 PM EST
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The whole real point of the Eurail passes is that they end up being cheaper than long range ticket.

Don't see them as paying for travelling every day for a month, but more as a way not to have to bother with setting up the travel too much in advance, and a few free nights when you don't have to check in at the youth hostel.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 03:39:37 PM EST
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Which website? I think you've got to keep an eye out for resellers that are less than 100% honest about the options ...

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 11:43:28 AM EST
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I was pointed at raileurope.com by seat61.com (used by many backpackers including myself).

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 11:47:05 AM EST
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It is not a joke, and it is in very bad taste.

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 12:34:43 PM EST
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I've used them when I lived in the U.S. Basically, if you do a lot of travel in a week or two, you don't save any money, but you get to travel first classs for the price of second.

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 03:01:13 PM EST
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