ticket or billet

lesson 3.3 - in this conversation they are going on the tram & Paul says - On ne doit pas acheter un ticket d'abord ? - isnt "ticket" billet in french or is "ticket" also used in French. Also if they are interchangeable when would you use ticket instead of billet or visa versa Also in the quiz they ask about full price & the choices are “Tarif complet” or “plein tariff” - when do you need to say “plein tariff” versus “billet” – in the extra vocabulary both are used - Un billet aller-retour (here i assume it is full price ) – or Un billet plein tarif zone deux s'il vous plait** which would be the "French" way to speak? or are the 2 interchangable Thanks

Salut Vicki! Thank you for your post. Excellent questions! To clarify: You use "billet" for train or plane and mostly long distance tickets. You use "ticket" for bus, subway and tram. Also, the most proper way to say full price is "plein tarif". I hope this helps! All the best for your French learning! :) Marie-Claire

Merci! J'ai le meme question. or something like that!

I also queried the same thing. In Lesson 3.3, we have Paul and Claire travel around town and need to by "tickets" which fits what Marie-Clarie wrote above, "for bus, subway and tram"; however, suddenly further down the same page in the lesson, they need to "acheter duex billets". There's no indication that the people suddenly want to leave town on the airplane. Instead, they are talking about what they want to do the next day, presumably in the same town.

Bonjour Diana! I wouldn't dwell too much on when to use 'billet' and when to use 'ticket'. The explanation that I gave above is a not overly strict and you will find people using 'billet' sometime where we couldn't also use 'ticket' so there is a certain flexibility when using 'billet' but this is generally not so for 'ticket'. Even if you do happen to confuse the two, the important thing is that French people will understand what you are meaning. I hope this helps and keep up the good work! - Marie-Claire