Trains run every hour from Milano Centrale and take a little more than an hour (sbb.ch); second-class return from CHF41 (£28).
The simple rule is that the further in advance you book, the cheaper the ticket – a second-class return from London to Berlin can cost anything from £87 to £299, depending on when you book – and early birds can get some amazing deals.
Prince Harry spent £10,888 on a first-class return ticket from Heathrow to Washington, Denver then New York.
The first-class return fare for Emirates' launch flight is £6,762, five times the cheapest economy ticket.
And so he averaged 99.94 per Test innings – more than his first-class return, far more than any other batsman.
There was nothing spectacular about his first-class return, as he scored 23 and 19 against Nottinghamshire at Edgbaston, but Brown was already encouraged.
Short Breaks (0181 402 0007) offers a three-night break in Brussels for £219 per person with first-class return travel on Eurostar (departing Waterloo on 30 December) and B&B at the four-star President Centre, a short walk from the Grand Place.
When the Oakland A's, the only other major league team he ever worked for, invited him to attend special games, his price was a first-class return from Miami, his official home, even though he would often be in San Francisco, a $20 cab ride away from Oakland.
Heath sought to give the resilient traveler a first-class return.
For steam train updates and tickets, visit Steam Dreams – first-class returns from Waverley to Tweedbank £75, standard-class £40, under-16s £20, family ticket £100 – the return leg is diesel-hauled.
As Mr Bellos points out, "In 2000 the CBF spent $16m on travel, enough for 1,663 first-class returns from Rio to Australia .But in both Argentina and Brazil there may be hope.
