 Virgin to end North Wales fares loophole
On Sat, 10 May 2008 23:22:13 -0700 (PDT), Mwmbwls
<robertg.robinson@virgin.net> wrote:
>Does this situation not exist on other lines into London, especially
>when there is airline competition?
It seems quite normal for Saver restrictions to be more relaxed for
longer journeys (West Wales and the Cotswold Line spring to mind as
possibilities) especially in the evening peak, where I think it does
make some sense. For example, if I'm at London and ready to leave at
6pm for a train home, and I'm a daily commuter, then obviously I'd
want to be home as quickly as possible each evening, and I'd probably
have a valid ticket to do so. If I'm just making a leisure trip on a
Saver, and my journey home takes about an hour, then I'd probably be
quite happy to wait an hour or two until my ticket is valid. But if
home is a few hours away, then waiting for my Saver to be valid would
mean getting home very late in the evening. And of course, some more
distant places have their last trains in the evening peak.
Of course,the Shotton situation refers to the morning peak, where none
of this logic applies as the London arrival times are the same! |