hiddeneurope
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Seasonal greetings, and I hope some kind soul here can help me out.
I am travelling Berlin - Brussels - ES - London StP Int - London Kings X - York in January. Berlin to London a snip at 49 euros, and Kings X to York another bargain at 9 pounds.
Because I live outside the UK, the East Coast online shop would not post the London to York tickets to me, but gave me only the option to collect the tickets from a machine at a UK station. So I chose St Pancras as that's where I arrive on Eurostar.
I made the online purchase with a German credit card which does not have the modern style chip-and-pin technology that has been standard in Britain for some years. Never crossed my mind when I made the purchase that it could be a problem. Then I pondered for a week or two... and remembered I have had the experience of one or two shops in Britain refusing to accept it (tho' others just accept it using on of those old manual swipe machines and I then sign for the purchase). Does anyone know if the machines at UK stations can 'read' such prehistoric credit cards? Do I need the PIN number to collect the tickets?
Or if there's a problem can I take the booking confimation to an actual ticket office, speak with a real human being and will she or he then be able to give me the pre-purchased tickets?
I thank you all in advance for any useful thoughts on this conundrum.
Nicky
I am travelling Berlin - Brussels - ES - London StP Int - London Kings X - York in January. Berlin to London a snip at 49 euros, and Kings X to York another bargain at 9 pounds.
Because I live outside the UK, the East Coast online shop would not post the London to York tickets to me, but gave me only the option to collect the tickets from a machine at a UK station. So I chose St Pancras as that's where I arrive on Eurostar.
I made the online purchase with a German credit card which does not have the modern style chip-and-pin technology that has been standard in Britain for some years. Never crossed my mind when I made the purchase that it could be a problem. Then I pondered for a week or two... and remembered I have had the experience of one or two shops in Britain refusing to accept it (tho' others just accept it using on of those old manual swipe machines and I then sign for the purchase). Does anyone know if the machines at UK stations can 'read' such prehistoric credit cards? Do I need the PIN number to collect the tickets?
Or if there's a problem can I take the booking confimation to an actual ticket office, speak with a real human being and will she or he then be able to give me the pre-purchased tickets?
I thank you all in advance for any useful thoughts on this conundrum.
Nicky
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