Air France train check in Tours
Jan 7, 2022, 4:18 am
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Air France train check in Tours
Hi
I am doing my first AF train connection in a good weeks time. OSL-CDG-Nantes, and return Tours-CDG-OSL
However, it says that for the return from Tours I have to check in at an SNCF Ticket desk. Fine... except that the SNCF ticket sales there opens at 09:00, and my train leaves at 07.58.
The night before I arrive late in Tours and the sales office closes at 19:00. Well before I arrive.
Does anyone have experience with such issues, and have solved it?
I wake up in Rennes the day before. Can I check in there as long as it is less than 24hrs to departure?
All help is much appreciated
I am doing my first AF train connection in a good weeks time. OSL-CDG-Nantes, and return Tours-CDG-OSL
However, it says that for the return from Tours I have to check in at an SNCF Ticket desk. Fine... except that the SNCF ticket sales there opens at 09:00, and my train leaves at 07.58.
The night before I arrive late in Tours and the sales office closes at 19:00. Well before I arrive.
Does anyone have experience with such issues, and have solved it?
I wake up in Rennes the day before. Can I check in there as long as it is less than 24hrs to departure?
All help is much appreciated
Jan 7, 2022, 8:08 am
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Hi
I am doing my first AF train connection in a good weeks time. OSL-CDG-Nantes, and return Tours-CDG-OSL
However, it says that for the return from Tours I have to check in at an SNCF Ticket desk. Fine... except that the SNCF ticket sales there opens at 09:00, and my train leaves at 07.58.
The night before I arrive late in Tours and the sales office closes at 19:00. Well before I arrive.
Does anyone have experience with such issues, and have solved it?
I wake up in Rennes the day before. Can I check in there as long as it is less than 24hrs to departure?
All help is much appreciated
I am doing my first AF train connection in a good weeks time. OSL-CDG-Nantes, and return Tours-CDG-OSL
However, it says that for the return from Tours I have to check in at an SNCF Ticket desk. Fine... except that the SNCF ticket sales there opens at 09:00, and my train leaves at 07.58.
The night before I arrive late in Tours and the sales office closes at 19:00. Well before I arrive.
Does anyone have experience with such issues, and have solved it?
I wake up in Rennes the day before. Can I check in there as long as it is less than 24hrs to departure?
All help is much appreciated
So if you show up at 7:30 or something, it should give you plenty of time to find said agent, or any agent, and escalade and fix any issues that could arise with AF on the phone or SNCF.
Rennes won't be able to help you here.
Also, the TGV check-in won't check you in for the CDG-OSL segment. You'll have to do it on the app or, as it might not work, at CDG when arriving.
Jan 7, 2022, 9:36 am
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I won't tell you all the horrors stories I've had with TGVAir, but last time I was in a similar situation they told me that an agent was waiting with unclaimed TGVAir tickets on the station platform 30 mins before departure.
So if you show up at 7:30 or something, it should give you plenty of time to find said agent, or any agent, and escalade and fix any issues that could arise with AF on the phone or SNCF.
Rennes won't be able to help you here.
Also, the TGV check-in won't check you in for the CDG-OSL segment. You'll have to do it on the app or, as it might not work, at CDG when arriving.
So if you show up at 7:30 or something, it should give you plenty of time to find said agent, or any agent, and escalade and fix any issues that could arise with AF on the phone or SNCF.
Rennes won't be able to help you here.
Also, the TGV check-in won't check you in for the CDG-OSL segment. You'll have to do it on the app or, as it might not work, at CDG when arriving.
It is certainly surprising why they do not have an online method. But it is what it is and we do get the XP's.
Jan 9, 2022, 4:00 am
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Be careful, most likely the station is Saint Pierre des Corps, not Tours City Center, check your ticket very carefully.
Saint Pierre Des Corps is a few km outside Tours city center, that's where most TGV trains stop.
Saint Pierre Des Corps is a few km outside Tours city center, that's where most TGV trains stop.
Jan 9, 2022, 4:20 pm
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