why do ticket prices vary so much?

why do ticket prices vary so much?
why do ticket prices vary so much?

Since Wednesday October 2 in the morning, it is possible to reserve your train for the Christmas holidays. The SNCF opened its ticket office with six million tickets on sale and sometimes very different prices for the same journey. To fill its trains, SNCF uses the yield management method, as for planes and hotels.

She does vary its prices according to demand and the reservation period. The SNCF’s argument is to say that if there was a fixed price, those who have means would be very happy, they would get a good deal. But the price of the ticket would be too expensive for a large part of the population, who would not be able to leave.

The fair price is therefore not known. For example, for a - TGV journey, depending on the period, the price is 25 euros or 123 eurosor five times more expensive. To get your bearings, there is a little trick. When you search for a journey on the SNCF Connect app, at the bottom of the search page, a tab is displayed. It indicates the cheapest price and the most expensive price practiced on this route. Overall, prices range from 1 to 5.

Ticket prices only increase once they go live

Can you get the best deals by grabbing tickets as soon as they open? The SNCF confirms that of the 6 million train tickets that will be sold for the Christmas holidays, one million will leave on the first day. This is the principle at SNCF: first come, first served. The earlier we bookgenerally three months in advance and before the weekend, the more likely you are to find low prices.

You don’t have to wait, because, contrary to popular belief: train ticket prices are not going to go up and down. Once they go live, they just go up. The second tip, to really pay less for your train ticket, apart from booking as early as possible, is to choose a less popular train, at a slightly different timetable. There, prices will stay lower, for longer.

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