This advantageous device is however little known. We explain the procedure to follow to benefit from it.
The annual leave ticket was created on September 9, 1936, following on from the introduction of paid leave. It is possible to benefit from it once a year for a round trip, in 2nd class, as part of your paid holidays. Le Figaro provides an update on the device and explains how to benefit from it.
What reductions can be obtained with an annual leave ticket?
- You can get a discount of 25% on your return ticket, once a year. The journey must be at least 200 km and made on TGV, INOUI, TER or INTERCITES trains.
- The reduction can reach 50% if you pay at least half of your ticket with holiday vouchers. This 50% reduction is only valid on SNCF blue timetables.
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Who can benefit from the annual leave ticket?
Everyone (or almost) can benefit from it: public and private employees, employees in early retirement, home workers, civil servants, vocational training trainees, self-employed and home workers. , artisans and farmers, job seekers, retirees, recipients, orphans or war widows. This annual reduction can also benefit your relatives if you are traveling with them and you live under the same roof: your spouse, your children under 21, your parents, if you live alone with them. You can therefore take advantage of it as the ticket holder or as the companion of another holder. The price must be paid in one go for all travellers.
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What is the procedure for buying an annual leave ticket?
- Fill in the file that corresponds to your situation: the file for employees, vocational training trainees, employees in early retirement or the file for homeworkers or craftsmen, farmers, job seekers, pensioners and beneficiaries, orphans or war widows.
- Contact your employer or the organization that employs you to sign the document.
- Attach the supporting documents requested according to your situation.
- Submit your completed file at the counter of an SNCF station with your Vital card, at least 24 hours before the departure of your train.
- Pay for your ticket at the counter and… you’re done!
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To know :
- It is possible to make several stops along the way, on the way there and back, during your trip.
- The return journey must be made no later than the 61st day following the date indicated by the traveler for the outward journey. In the event of an exchange of the ticket, this period cannot be extended.
- Also note: the annual leave ticket cannot be combined with other reductions, nor with SNCF Advantage Cards (TGV Max, Carte Avantage Jeune).
- Try to locate your tickets as soon as they go live as collecting all the supporting documents you need can take time.