Chris

On May 11, 5:04 pm, Roland Perry <rol...@perry.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <q5ydnV4FHtMvkrrVnZ2dnUVZ8v3in...@bt.com>, at 16:25:06 on
> Sun, 11 May 2008, Peter Masson <peter.mass...@> remarked:
>
> >The new conditions for Advance tickets from 18 May make it clear that these
> >will not be valid for terminating short, or starting at a station after that
> >named on the ticket. It is not clear whether this applies to the
> >'Connections' part of an 'and connections' ticket, e.g. if I buy an Advance
> >ticket Longfield to Edinburgh (route NXEC and connections +) can I travel
> >from Longfield earlier than the 'suggested service',
>
> I have an "and connections" ticket here where the first leg (which is
> undeniably the 'and connection' part of the trip) has been issued with a
> compulsory reservation.
>
> My conclusion therefore is that if you have such a "compulsory
> reservation" coupon then you have to use it, and [this is the important
> bit] if you don't, then you needn't.

Correct. But you do need to srart from Longfield, and nowhere else.