He wanted to do another passenger a favor by swapping places: “two cowboys” fined him 270 euros

He received a fine of several hundred euros even though he thought he was doing the right thing. (drawing) MAXPPP – Vincent Isore

This Monday, March 4, 2024, a TGV season ticket holder swapped places (and class) with someone in 1st so that he could be next to his son. He received a fine of several hundred euros.

The journey ends with a fine of 270 euros (if paid immediately). Hugues is in second class and has a TGV subscription. A man in first class comes to meet him and asks him to trade places to be next to his son. But when the tickets are checked, the flight attendants will be inflexible, reports BFMTV.

"Two cowboys who think they are in the Wild West"

The train controllers believe that the man who thought he was doing the right thing (namely Hugues) does not have a ticket and must pay a fee# 39;a fine. "They threatened to cancel my subscription and call the cops", says he on been paid but because of two cowboys who think they are in the Wild West, the SNCF is being hated even more", he continued.

Ah, @SNCFVoyageurs et ses contrôleurs qui ont le don de vous faire détester le train 🙂

J'ai échangé ma place (que j'ai payée, en 2nde) avec la place d'un monsieur (qu'il a a payée, en 1ère) car il voulait être a coté de son fils qui était en 2nde. pic.twitter.com/xD48aZopVg

— Hugues 👨🏼‍💻 (@huguesdelamure) March 4, 2024

If the passenger with whom he had exchanged gives him support in this story, his help will be of no use. But what is surprising is that occupying a place in 1st, while your ticket is in second, is punished with a &amp ;quot;price adjustment  (difference in price for the upgrade and a penalty), specifies the news channel. But this does not apply if there is no ticket.

"Cancelled"

But Hugues refused to pay and does not want to stay. He wants to contact the Transport Mediator. This story is quickly gaining momentum on social networks with more than 7 million views in just 24 hours, which forced Benjamin Hurteau, director of the southeast TGV axis to answer.

Bonjour. Désolé de cette situation ! Pouvez vous m’envoyer la référence de votre billet en DM ? https://t.co/lqvfJhHttX

— Benjamin Huteau (@BenjaminHuteau) March 4, 2024

SNCF Voyageurs had also contacted Hugues on ;quot; according to the director, who also apologized.