Originally posted by thunderlizard
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The payment is for the 'right to travel' IIRC.
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Try that in London and it'll cost you a £10 fine.
The payment is for the 'right to travel' IIRC.My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think. -
Strange indeed. In my student days you could break your journey wherever you wanted to, which was extremely handy for doing some sightseeing on the way.Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
I suppose the new system is a post-privatisation thing.
Mind you, back in the 1990s when I was travelling to Croydon, you could get a half price ticket for the 5 am train from Leeds*, returning on Friday on the Pullman service (with a seat reservation included) from Kings Cross, as long as you bought the ticket before 2 pm on a Sunday.
Ask at the Croydon end and all you got was a blank stare.
* the offer was only valid for the 5 am train.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Out of interest, I checked the Aberdeen > Exeter return 1st class price, and it comes in at £746, which seems a little on the high side.
(Second class at £230 is a lot more reasonable however)Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Aberdeen to Exeter by air (Flybe) £145 return including taxes.Originally posted by Board Game Geek View Post
No contest
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Possibly.Cliphead wrote : Aberdeen to Exeter by air (Flybe) £145 return including taxes.
No contest
Some might say that it depends on the carbon footprint though.
I don't know enough data to make a definitive judgement however.Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Would they give you some sort of carbon credit in return for the £601 extra?Originally posted by Board Game Geek View Post
Nope, didn't think so.
There's also the question of billable hours. How long does the train take?Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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This is nothing new and has been going on for yonks.
Basically the company wants to charge as much as it feels it can get away with and the prices for each of the areas reflect what customers are prepared to pay for that particular journey.
Seemingly no-one wants to go from Leicester --> Market H, hence fares between those stations are cheap. But loads want to do the Leicester --> London, so they jack up that price.
The ticket office is legally obliged to sell you with what you ask for - even if it's a dozen tickets for a single train journey. However, they are under no obligation to point out to you that there is a cheaper alternative (in fact they would probably be sacked if they did).
The only caveat is the train that you take must stop at Market H in both directions. If it doesn't, you can be done for travelling without a ticket between the stops than span Market H. If all trains stop at Market H, you can't lose.
There are all sorts of other quirks that train companies don't want people to know about.Comment
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