I´m looking to get to/from Brussels to Paris CDG airport. Ideally I´d like to go directly (before %26amp; after long haul flight) rather than via Gare du Nord but I´m finding the price differences huge. Thalys to Paris is 50 euro return, the TGV to CDG is 141.
Am I missing a discounted fare on the TGV?
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€50 return is surely a promotional fare for Thalys! If I wanted to go to Paris tomorrow and return the following day I couldn%26#39;t do it for less than €143 (€61 Mezzo one way and €82 Librys the other), although of course there are better prices booking much longer in advance.
I don%26#39;t know what dates and times you were investigating with the TGV to and from CDG, but basically the price is what it is, for the trains in qusetion (don%26#39;t forget that this connection essentially replaces Air France flights - although there is now 1 SN flight a day from BRU to CDG, at 10.40)! I know of no discounted TGV prices, can only suggest you play around with different departures - but I know last time I looked it up there weren%26#39;t that many direct connections between Brussels and CDG, and to avoid long waits it may be necessary to go via RER and Thalys from Gare du Nord anyway.
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I´m not traveling for a few months, in fact my tickets aren´t even on sale yet I was just researching.
On Thalys, if you book well in advance, you can pretty well always get Smileys fares (Amsterdam - Paris 69eur return). It struck me as strange that it costs more than twice that to go Brussels - CDG but if that is the case, so be it.
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