Anyone been to Antwerp Belgium on a train from Amsty lately?

[Fat Dro]

Just trying to get a read on some of the prices you paid in Euro's. I get confused easily (especially when stoned )

Please guys don't gimme any links to websites, I already looked + I'm dumb . I want to get some recent prices paid from some members if possible. Thanks.

[thompaw]

I used the Thalys highspeed train. Prices vary, more so if you have flexibly on days to travel. 22€ was the best price I saw, look for "offers & specials" on their site.

Added Note: I was not able to purchase tickets online while I was in the US, and once in Amsterdam, I could not use my credit card at the train station as it did not have a "chip" in it, had to pay cash.

[Balou]

The high speed trains use the airline system. So what someone else has paid is irrelevant. If you buy your tickets on the Thalys site 90 days in advance you get the cheapest fare. And you can use Google to convert the currency.

[Fat Dro]

Not really looking for high speed, just the cheapest. Thanks for the info though.

[thompaw]

Not really looking for high speed, just the cheapest. Thanks for the info though.

So did you get a read on the pricing? What trains and prices were you looking at?

22€ seems cheep to me.

[Kingdoc]

Got the train to Brussels last may! had about 4 rolled joints in my fag packet + a bag of weed & got no searches or anything! ps been to Antwerp twice & never had any search!

[thompaw]

The high speed trains use the airline system. So what someone else has paid is irrelevant. If you buy your tickets on the Thalys site 90 days in advance you get the cheapest fare. And you can use Google to convert the currency.

He will be unlikely to buy a ticket online while in the USA.

[Kingdoc]

Oh I paid about 35/40 euros for the last Antwerp trip! & 52 for the Brussels one, Ie cheap & easy! I say do it!!

[gimmeshelter]

I came down from Amsterdam to Brussels on the Thalys about two weeks ago. Snoozing away peacefully when suddenly woken up by a dog licking my face and a gendarmette saying "don't worry just let the dog do its job, are you carrying any drugs?". I was carrying about 8 grams in my bag and coat! My wife and I shook our heads, the dog sniffed around, licked my face again, and they walked on. It was like a dream, I didn't have the time to get scared or break into a sweat. It's a good thing the dog was more like Scooby-doo than Rin-Tin-Tin.
I make the trip quite regularly and have never seen this before. It was early on a Saturday evening. When I opened my bag where there were 3-4 grams in a side pocket, I realized that by chance I had also stowed in the same pocket a handful of those after-dinner mints in a white wrapper they always give you when you the pay the bill in restaurants in Amsterdam. There were about ten of them in there with the weed and they completely killed the smell. I never eat those things but they served me well!
Maybe the dog was in training, or maybe it was sniffing for something else.
I suppose there is a lesson to be learned. It was a really close shave.

[Pala]

The high speed trains use the airline system. So what someone else has paid is irrelevant. If you buy your tickets on the Thalys site 90 days in advance you get the cheapest fare. And you can use Google to convert the currency.

He will be unlikely to buy a ticket online while in the USA.

You can easily buy a Thalys ticket from the US. I don't know why you would say it's unlikely.

[thompaw]

The high speed trains use the airline system. So what someone else has paid is irrelevant. If you buy your tickets on the Thalys site 90 days in advance you get the cheapest fare. And you can use Google to convert the currency.

He will be unlikely to buy a ticket online while in the USA.

You can easily buy a Thalys ticket from the US. I don't know why you would say it's unlikely.

That was my experience. I tried 3 separate times using 2 different credit cards. Did you manage to buy a ticket from them while in the US?

[Sailor59]

Try the D-Bahn site. https://www.bahn.com/i/view/USA/en/index.shtml

They do pan-european tickets. Good for the cheapest fares.

[Pala]

That was my experience. I tried 3 separate times using 2 different credit cards. Did you manage to buy a ticket from them while in the US?

Yes. I've bought thalys tickets, as well as German, Belgian, and French tickets via their websites dozens of times. All print at home tickets. Just because you had trouble doesn't make it unlikely.

[thompaw]

That was my experience. I tried 3 separate times using 2 different credit cards. Did you manage to buy a ticket from them while in the US?

Yes. I've bought thalys tickets, as well as German, Belgian, and French tickets via their websites dozens of times. All print at home tickets. Just because you had trouble doesn't make it unlikely.

I am only addressing Thalys. I stand corrected, Thank you. Allow me to re-write:

If your experience is anything like mine, the website will not put through sale originating in the US.

My statement, is not only based on my "trouble" with the website but also, includes the information I got from my two banks, "No sir, no declines have occurred", my host in Netherlands suggesting as much and at the ticket counter, the agent who couldn't address my issue about buying online but pointed out that I could not use my credit card at the station as it did not have a chip embedded into it. So that's my experience of buying a ticket from Thalys.

I hope you can understand now how I came to write such a sentence.

Oh, yeah, "Verified by Visa" was also in on the act.

[Fat Dro]

No 30-35 US seems inexpensive.