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Cat poni, Whorseman of Apocalypse | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @214fcd33 i am seriously wondering what is the business plan here, raileurope seems to be vaguely useful in price comparison, but then they ask me for effing 7.45 in a "booking fee", after telling me which ticket is the best, lol, surely i am paying that bro
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Jon Worth | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @Cat poni, Whorseman of Apocalypse I don’t get their product at all. I don’t know who’d use it. Trainline - for some routes - I understand better.
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Cat poni, Whorseman of Apocalypse | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @214fcd33 all aboard is not even willing to look up trips today and doesn't even work properly and offers absurd connections, what is this for, clueless american tourists?

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Cat poni, Whorseman of Apocalypse | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @214fcd33 their data model is completely broken, so out of these, only raileurope and trainline seem to be serious competitors (trip com doesn't offer CEE trips by design already), but they are very west eu centric, is it because they don't care for eastern europe (i mean, who in here would pay for a booking fee) or is it somewhat difficult for them?