On Thu, 10 May 2007 06:30:12 -0700, poldy wrote:
>Is there a way to look up round-trip fares or is it segment to segment
>only?
Round trip fares are just twice the one-way fare.
>BTW, what are "one-way" and "round-trip" in Italian?
One way is "solo andata" and round trip is "andata e ritorno".
>Do fares vary by time of day or day of week, high or low season?
No, although there is a page of special low prices and promotions.
>Is there any advantage in booking in advance (looks like they let you
>print tickets or reservations and take it to the train station) or just
>buy at the train station? Do they take American Express for ticket
>purchases?
There is little advantage in booking far in advance. You can usually
get reserved tickets up to the last minute, except on very busy routes
and on Friday and Sunday evenings. On trains that don't require or
don't allow reservations, there is no advantage at all to getting
tickets ahead of time if you will be leaving at a time the station is
open. For trains that require reserved seats, there is also
"ticketless travel", where you print out a reservation page and show
it to the conductor.
They don't take American Express or credit cards (as far as I know) at
the ticket window, but if there is an automatic ticket machine (in
most main stations), you can buy the ticket with a credit card. I
don't think that includes American Express, though.
>Do you need to validate the ticket before boarding?
Unless the ticket includes a reserved seat as an integral part of the
ticket, you need to validate it before boarding.
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