Reminder: Last day to buy discount annual French railcard
Reduction of 50% is currently available on 鈥楢vantage鈥� cards that can be used for weekend high-speed train journeys and local services
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Today (September 5) is the last day to purchase a discounted 鈥楢vantage鈥� annual railcard from the SNCF.
All three versions of the card 鈥� 鈥榡eune鈥� for those aged 12 鈥� 27, 鈥榓dulte鈥� for people between 28 鈥� 59, and 鈥榮茅nior鈥� for those aged 60 and above, have seen the same 50% reduction applied, bringing the price down to 鈧�24.50.
Once purchased, the card has to be activated within five months, and then applies discounts for the following 12 months.
The card offers discounts on high-speed rail journeys across France, as well as on certain regional TER services.
The card can also cap the price of journeys made on high-speed routes 鈥� depending on the duration of travel 鈥� if part of your journey takes place over the weekend.
For the 鈥榡eune鈥� and 鈥榮茅nior鈥� cards, the price cap is 鈧�39 for journeys less than one hour and thirty minutes, 鈧�59 for journeys between one hour thirty minutes and three hours, and 鈧�79 for journeys of more than three hours.
For the 鈥榓dulte鈥� cards, the caps are 鈧�49, 鈧�69, and 鈧�89 respectively.
A discount on the , which offers fully flexible tickets and fixed prices across all routes, is also available until October 5 鈥� provided you purchase the ticket using a code from your employer.
Finally, a flash sale of 100,000 tickets on low-cost Ouigo routes across France for only 鈧�10 will take place on September 6 and 7.
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