On 30 Dec 2003 00:40:28 GMT Rian van der Borgt
said...

And this is of course only possible when there's a name on the ticket.
Tickets sold in for example Belgium don't mention any name.

What about bookings made by telephone or internet? Those bookings would
be linked to a name on the booking system but I suppose there is no need
for the name to appear on the actual ticket (but see below).

In practice all Eurostar UK issued bookings (including ones bought over
the counter) will have a name on them. For SNCF generally only ones
booked by phone or internet will have the name of the person who booked
the ticket which of course could be different to the passenger(s) names.

Of course the advantage of having a name on all Eurostar tickets is to be
able to retrieve the booking if tickets are lost. Eurostar's conditions
of carriage allow lost or stolen tickets to be duplicated providing the
original booking reference can be found.

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Phil Richards, London, UK
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