Originally Posted by
Koby
But as far as I know you can still take the train before or after the one you had booked when on a semi-flex fare, even as a basic member. This at least is how I understand the texts on the page that I linked to earlier.
"With your Thalys TheCard card and a ticket at the Flex fare, you can take any other Thalys on the day - free of charge. A Semi-Flex fare allows you to board trains leaving directly before and after the train for which you hold a ticket."
Nope, that is the precisely the benefit, which has been eliminated for Silver card members. See below for the fare conditions of semi-flex tickets:
- Exchangeable once up to the day before departure.
- 50% refundable before departure and up to 1 hour afterwards at the Thalys departure station.
So, not much of an option for the OP.