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Mark Gleeson · 25-06-2007, 12:49

A flat fee is the industry standard approach where reservations are optional, in fact on a Mk4 train it costs Irish Rail just the credit card transaction fee to issue the reservation, the rest is electronic

The €3 per journey applies only if the reservation is obtained after the purchase of a normal ticket, the inabilty to reserve a seat with a prepurchased ticket was a issue to a lot of people, it also bypasses the issue with Social Welfare tickets which can't be booked online due to the terms of the contract the CIE group has

If you buy the ticket online and reserve a seat you pay the normal fare, you have no choice but to reserve a seat online

All I can say is reservations are not worth the hassle, its not like the train staff will inforce them.

25-06-2007, 12:49	#4
Mark Gleeson Technical Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Coach C, Seat 33 Posts: 12,669	A flat fee is the industry standard approach where reservations are optional, in fact on a Mk4 train it costs Irish Rail just the credit card transaction fee to issue the reservation, the rest is electronic The €3 per journey applies only if the reservation is obtained after the purchase of a normal ticket, the inabilty to reserve a seat with a prepurchased ticket was a issue to a lot of people, it also bypasses the issue with Social Welfare tickets which can't be booked online due to the terms of the contract the CIE group has If you buy the ticket online and reserve a seat you pay the normal fare, you have no choice but to reserve a seat online All I can say is reservations are not worth the hassle, its not like the train staff will inforce them. Last edited by Mark Gleeson : 25-06-2007 at 12:51.