Hi all,
You where right, finally due to poor timing/dates (26Oct) was national holiday in Austria, there was no realistic outbound options for the route so all went via Road & car rental.
I'll post soon as i might have a new timeframe (soon) aka within less that 1 week for a trip to Paris via xxx any stopover(s) for my status "runs"...
Will let you know soon in case this time is more suitable,
Man y thanks again,
A.