On 30 Dec 2003 08:58:44 GMT, (Rian van der Borgt)
wrote:

When you book over the NMBS website, you do get a reference code if you
choose to pick up your ticket at the station (at the ticket window or
machine). This should be enough, I guess. Or the (unique) code on the
ticket.

I'm not sure if the SNCF and NMBS systems work the same way, but a
Eurostar ticket issued on Tribute has three different references on it:

1) The 8 alphanumeric character Tribute Reference
2) The 6 character ERS Reference
3) The 8(?) digit ticket number (prefixed IV)

And, of course, you can also search by name if it was entered into the
record at the time of booking.

Cya,

Barry

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On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:37:29 +0000 Barry Salter
said...

I'm not sure if the SNCF and NMBS systems work the same way, but a
Eurostar ticket issued on Tribute has three different references on it:

1) The 8 alphanumeric character Tribute Reference
2) The 6 character ERS Reference
3) The 8(?) digit ticket number (prefixed IV)

SNCFs system works by the 6 letter reference. The ticket (IV) number also
appears along with a 12-digit reference number (beginning 15) which IIRC
is the HERMES booking reference.

And, of course, you can also search by name if it was entered into the
record at the time of booking.

Presumably to narrow the search down you would have to include some
journey details in too?

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On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 18:54:57 -0000, Phil Richards
wrote:

SNCFs system works by the 6 letter reference. The ticket (IV) number also
appears along with a 12-digit reference number (beginning 15) which IIRC
is the HERMES booking reference.

Yup...Can search by the HERMES reference on Tribute too, though you need
to know the Train Number as well. Can do a recall by feeding the ticket
into the ATB Printer too.

Presumably to narrow the search down you would have to include some
journey details in too?

Well you don't have to, but it makes life easier if you do, as the
search will look through Tribute CTRs, so you'd get Domestic Bookings
too.

HTH,

Barry

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