Ha ha!
On the chunnel train from London to Paris/Brussels, a day-return ticket is
substantially cheaper than a one way. So backpackers are tempted to buy a
day return andnot use the return portion. Except that the trian guards in
London are VERY strict, and if they suspect fomr the size of your luggage
(ie a backpack, suitacse etc) that you will not be coming bacjk the same
day, they actually make you pay the extra to 'upgrade' your ticket from
return to One Way. Yes, they make you pay for the privalege of NOT using the
return portion of the ticket!
(I was warned not to try it by the staff at Kings Cross station, and even
Lonley Planet has a warning about it)
The only word to describe this obnoxious pricing policy is 'suckful'.

BW

>From: "Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@...>
>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Border signal
>Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 06:20:28 -0000
>
>I once heard that Swedish passengers traveling to Denmark were at one
>time forced to buy a return ticket, because otherwise they would use
>up all of their money in Denmark to get loaded, leaving the problem
>of getting back to Sweden to the Swedish embassy in Copenhagen, and
>the embassy was getting fed up with it. Is this a true story?
>
>Peter S.
>
>--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Jesper & Nicolette Nielsen"
><jesniel@i...> wrote:
> > Just travelled the dkse border this weekend, a very wet one aprt
>from the bridge. Anyway we were on the boat between Elsinore
>(Helsing�r) - Helsingborg.
> >
> > Strange shopping rules apply as you can only shop taxfree tobaco on
>Swedish side and alcohol on Danish side.
> >
> > So in order to tell the passengers and staff when you sell what a
>border signal is announced (two short beeps).
> >
> > The trip is 22 minutes only.
> >
> > Jesper
>

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