Hi, I have booked tickets on the Eurostar in July to Brussels Midi / Zuid but realise I should have booked tickets to Brussels Midi/Zuid any Belgian station ticket. Do you know whether I'd be able to change the tickets? I understand that Eurostar do not allow changes to the destination but as I'd still be going to Brussels does this still apply? Thank-you.
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You definitely can't change destination online.
I would try customer services, but if not I'm afraid you will have to buy a separate ticket to (and from) your destination. I assume your destination isn't one of these stations in Greater Brussels?
https://help.eurostar.com/faq/rw-en...e-it-to-travel-to-another-station-in-the-city
duesselmartin
Established Member
Belgian rail travel is rather cheap, so I wonder if it is worth the bother.
I think it costs £15 each way to Bruges which isn't too bad. However, I booked tickets for five friends too so I feel bad that I wasn't aware that we could have paid the same price for tickets all the way to Bruges. Not the end of the world.
Tickets to "any Belgian station" are not usually the same price as tickets to Brussels. You're unlikely to be out of pocket for more than about a tenner each, less if you can get any discount on the braussels-bruges-brussels part of your journey with Belgian railways
Thank you! That's good to know. I don't feel so bad about it now, I thought the price was the same and I'd cost my friends money.
The price was once the same but that hasn't been the case for at least a decade.
Do a dummy booking and you can see what the difference is
hexagon789
Veteran Member
Appears to be £14.50 extra for the 'any Belgian station' option against purely Brussels.
If any of you are under 26 or over 60 there are discounts, and for others returns are half price at weekends, or the multi trip will get five of you there and back for 100 euro https://www.belgiantrain.be/en/tickets-and-railcards/overview-products/adult-senior
AlbertBeale
Established Member
For over-65s (I think, rather than over-60s), there's a day return ticket between any two Belgian stations for about 8 Euros - though not valid to use on weekdays until after the morning rush hour. This is worth it even for single journeys for trips much shorter than Brussels-Bruges.
Also, going back to the original question, note that given the extra you pay for the "any Belgian station" add-on, it's barely worth it for places within half an hour or so of Brussels. It would save money if going to Bruges, but not a vast amount.
Triddle
Member
I wonder whether the +Any Belgian Station ticket would give you CIV protection on your return trip? Might be useful if your Belgian train back to Brussels is delayed.
CIV doesn't provide protection when you have 2 separate contracts, which is what Belgian railways say you have when you book through them.
Eurostar however, state in their conditions that you have a single contract for any journey you book through them.
In practice though, I doubt whether it will make a difference for rebooking onto the next available Eurostar.