LNW-GW Joint
Veteran Member
While trying to book an Amsterdam (Schiphol)-Luxembourg ticket on the NS International site, I discovered this excellent offer.
Any station in the Netherlands to any station in Belgium, 19 single.
Until November 3, valid after 0900 Monday-Thursday. Any train on the route (not Thalys).
https://www.nsinternational.nl/en/promotions/fallspecial/to-antwerp
The ordinary single price for my route was 66 (on classic services to Brussels). Even Schiphol-Roosendaal was 19.70.
I can now book Schiphol-Arlon for 19, with just the Arlon-Luxembourg cross-border leg to pay on top (an exorbitant 10.20).
I don't even have to buy an SNCB Senior ticket Roosendaal-Arlon (an off-peak day return for 9.20), which was my default option to cross Belgium).
During August, I noticed this fare was available as a "Shopping Special" or some such, but it has come back for the autumn under a different name.
The "Intercity Brussel" trains evidently need filling up off-peak.
It's odd that the offers do not extend to Luxembourg.
I had always thought "Benelux" was an integrated region, but when it comes to rail, it doesn't seem to work like that.
Any station in the Netherlands to any station in Belgium, 19 single.
Until November 3, valid after 0900 Monday-Thursday. Any train on the route (not Thalys).
https://www.nsinternational.nl/en/promotions/fallspecial/to-antwerp
The ordinary single price for my route was 66 (on classic services to Brussels). Even Schiphol-Roosendaal was 19.70.
I can now book Schiphol-Arlon for 19, with just the Arlon-Luxembourg cross-border leg to pay on top (an exorbitant 10.20).
I don't even have to buy an SNCB Senior ticket Roosendaal-Arlon (an off-peak day return for 9.20), which was my default option to cross Belgium).
During August, I noticed this fare was available as a "Shopping Special" or some such, but it has come back for the autumn under a different name.
The "Intercity Brussel" trains evidently need filling up off-peak.
It's odd that the offers do not extend to Luxembourg.
I had always thought "Benelux" was an integrated region, but when it comes to rail, it doesn't seem to work like that.