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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 4:24 pm
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Originally Posted by estnet
I didn't even get to the point of entering a credit card (but now that you mention it I do remember having that problem -couldn't use a US cc a few years ago. Maybe this is just a way to make non-french citizens pay a premium

OT - I had hoped to get around this by using Platinum concierge but they weren't any help.

I ended up buying a ticket on a LCC and will fly instead.
Actually its appears that problem is some sort of marketing agreement with Rail Europe since in the test I found the very same fares on both the UK and the Spanish site ( that said "pick-up your tickets in the UK or Spain") only the Rail Europe site was much higher.

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