The SNCF Advantage card is less likely to bear its name from August 29. This subscription, held by 4.5 million people aged 28 to 59, provides access for 49 euros per year to reduced rates of 30% and capped, provided that part of the trip is made over a weekend. end. It is these ceilings that are increasing on Tuesday.
The ceilings were 39 euros for journeys of less than 1.5 hours (i.e. approximately 25% of journeys), 59 euros for journeys between 1.30 and 3 hours (50%), and 79 euros for longer journeys ( 25%). From now on, they are increased by 10 euros, rising to a maximum of 49 euros, 69 euros and 89 euros respectively. The purchase price of the card remains unchanged – it’s even half price until September 5.
During the announcement, made in mid-July, the SNCF assured that this ceiling increase “fits well into the limitation of the tariff increase to 5% on average in 2023, which is therefore not cause “. She also argued that “it does not change anything for all [her] customers who do not have this card, or even for most of the beneficiaries of the Avantage card, because they pay in the majority of cases less than the price ceiling “.
The device had escaped an increase in early January, during the last SNCF price increase, which had seen main line tickets increase by 5%.
