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Why won't SNCF book this trip? (ADDED- Finally booked at t-56 days)

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This is an odd one. CDG TGV to Lourdes, connecting at Bordeaux. July 20th, exactly 60 days from now. The first segment can be booked separately (CDG-Bordeaux) but the second says "Not bookable yet" just like above. The second segment is a continuation of this train (which can't be booked out of Paris either)-

Quote:

aris Montparnassedep 12:48TGV 8574
TGV Duplex Direction: Tarbes
Subject to compulsory reservation , Global price , Bar , space for wheelchairsBordeaux-St-Jeandep 15:02Daxdep 16:22Paudep 17:14Lourdesarr 17:39

This is very odd. The more I delay, the higher the ticket pricing gets for alternatives (the Montparnasse-Lourdes option), plus I don't want to risk it selling out. Is this unusual? Something special about the Bordeaux-Lourdes section? The only thing I've been able to figure out, that might be a clue, is that the Montparnasse-Lourdes train actually splits in two at Bordeaux, with one section heading to Lourdes, the other to Biarritz if I recall correctly. Thanks-

If you use www.trainline.eu the through ticket is not available but it will sell you a Bordeaux-Lourdes journey

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This is the train I want to take. I'd connect to it in Bordeaux, or, if I had to, from Montparnasse. Preference would be the train direct from CDG to Bordeaux though.
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This is what Trainline says is currently bookable from Bordeaux, which happens to coincide with what SNCF says I can book.

Quote:

Originally Posted by farci (Post 29780491)

If you use www.trainline.eu the through ticket is not available but it will sell you a Bordeaux-Lourdes journey

Not for any reasonable option; missing is the 15:02-17:39 (Bordeaus to Lourdes) train that is referenced in my post. Waiting an extra hour and a half to take a train, with connections, that would take another hour and a half longer isn't something I'd want to do.

I did leave an email with SNCF asking about the train I would like to book. TGV 8574.

Finally booked at 57 days out

Finally, and without any promised email from SNCF letting me know booking had opened up, I was able to buy seats on the CDG-Bordeaux-Lourdes 11:19 train July 20th. Even though "first in line" (or nearly so, presumably), the fare was "normal" (about $100 each for 2nd class, $125 for 1st).