I have discovered that you can buy discounted THSR tickets on
Klook.
Has anyone done this?
1) We want to go from Taoyuan to Kaohsiung. There appears to be a shuttle from Taoyuan city to the THSR station. The nearest bus stop for us will be 成功國小. I see that the 206 bus picks up here but it only comes hourly. If we want to take the direct shuttle bus, do we have to go to the main bus station?
2) It looks like we need to exchange the Klook voucher for a train ticket. Will the bus driver accept the voucher on our phone for free travel to the HSR station?
3) Unfortunately, it was not possible to book a convenient flight out of KHH, so we have to go to TPE. Our flight is on CX at 1325.
Furthermore, there is a shop about 7 minutes walk from Zuoying station that I need to go to at 0900 that morning.
There is a train to Taoyuan at 0935 arriving 1109, and the next one is 1000 arriving 1136. Would the 1000 train be too late for our flight, since we still need to metro/bus to the airport? (Hopefully can do OLCI and skip check-in desks as no luggage)
However, not sure if I can make the 0935 train, as it says to arrive 30 minutes before to pick up tickets. Does anyone know if we can pick up the tickets for the "return" journey when we arrive at Zuoying the first time (i.e. a few days in advance) or do we have to pick up on the same day? Also, Klook says the voucher is valid for any train, but would we have to commit to a certain time when picking up the ticket or do you get a flexible ticket?
Thanks.