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I also had trouble with my US credit card on the Renfe site, but PayPal works perfectly.I have had trouble getting the Renfe site to take my American credit card sometimes so usually use one of the third party sites, but other people have said they had not trouble or used Pay Pal.
I do recommend that you buy while tickets are available.There are options on the renfe website traveling from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid at noon and 2pm on Sept 20, 2022... which work better for my schedule, why do other travel tool websites like Rome2rio and Omni only show 4 making that route, 2 early in the morning, 1 late afternoon and 1 at night?
Am I not understanding the Renfe site correctly?
No need to not use PayPal because you are sent spam from scammers.I received so many scam notices from PayPal telling my account had been suspended and to respond immediately. When I looked at my account on line, no such thing. I quit using them and closed my account. I still get those kinds of notices.
I just used Paypal to purchase five different tickets Sept-Oct with no problems. 16 days and counting!!Looks like you can buy from Renfe for a variety of times. The other sites may just get a certain number of tickets from Renfe as a third party vendor? I also checked the Trainline App and it showed only the late afternoon and evening trains available while the Renfe site does have many more at this time.
I have had trouble getting the Renfe site to take my American credit card sometimes so usually use one of the third party sites, but other people have said they had not trouble or used Pay Pal.
Those notices didn't come from PayPal. I used to get them even before I had a PayPal account. Just like the notices about the credit cards I don't have (or even do have), and the Amazon deliveries I don't have, or the Microsoft virus I don't have. The scammers know that most people have some such accounts, so they do a blanket issue of the scam email. You will get these notices whether or not you have an account with the targeted site. Some land on fallow ground (where the recipient does have an account) and others do not.I received so many scam notices from PayPal... I quit using them and closed my account.
This thread has wandered a bit but to answer the OP. It’s a reasonable assumption that the company that actually runs the trains knows what trains they are running and when.There are options on the renfe website traveling from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid at noon and 2pm on Sept 20, 2022... which work better for my schedule, why do other travel tool websites like Rome2rio and Omni only show 4 making that route, 2 early in the morning, 1 late afternoon and 1 at night?
Am I not understanding the Renfe site correctly?
Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong.There are options on the renfe website traveling from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid at noon and 2pm on Sept 20, 2022... which work better for my schedule, why do other travel tool websites like Rome2rio and Omni only show 4 making that route, 2 early in the morning, 1 late afternoon and 1 at night?
Am I not understanding the Renfe site correctly?
Possibly because you are buying directly from the service provider, Renfe, rather than including a middle man like Rome2Rio.I don’t understand why it’s cheaper
It's possibly cheaper because it's a bit slower (it stops at more stations) and I think you may have to change trains in Ourense. You can check the details of the trip on the Renfe site once you choose a particular train ticket, it's a link below the ticketing information.Thank you everyone. Seems Rime2rio and Omni just show the ALVIA trains, REnfe also shows trains ALANTE-LD. I have booked one, 20e less and a preferable time of day,to me. I don’t understand why it’s cheaper or why these don’t show on Rome2Rio, hopefully it’s not a nasty surprise.
The trains are different classes. Still should be comfortable.Thank you everyone. Seems Rime2rio and Omni just show the ALVIA trains, REnfe also shows trains ALANTE-LD. I have booked one, 20e less and a preferable time of day,to me. I don’t understand why it’s cheaper or why these don’t show on Rome2Rio, hopefully it’s not a nasty surprise.
Now that’s interesting, I did feel recently Rome2rio wasn’t as good as it used to be. And at the beginning of the pandemic I had to really pressure OMIO to refund some train tickets, Even though I had paid for that refundable upgrade.Rome2rio was set up as an aggregator of information readily available on the internet but not easily accessed by people who did not know that the trains in Spain were operated by RENFE or that Southern Vectis no longer has the bus franchise for the Isle of Wight. The original developers came up with some really great software that did an amazing job at crawling across millions of data points and delivering multiple, simple resolutions to travel logistics. Rome2rio is now owned by Omio. A ticket seller. It will not point you at a logistical resolution for which it cannot sell you a ticket.
Your life has been improved. Glad to be of service
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