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Old 12th May 2008, 07:25 AM   #15 (permalink)
Charlie Hulme
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Default Virgin to end North Wales fares loophole

Neil Williams wrote:
> On 12 May, 10:14, Charlie Hulme <i...@davenportstation.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Thet's the secret of any possibly-dubious circular journey: book
>> to the most obscure place (roughly half way round the route) you can
>> think of! Works every time ;-)

>
> The *real* secret of it would be for the railway to stop penalising
> its passengers and follow the low-cost airlines completely in making
> *all* fares singles. This has been overdue for years, and would stop
> the silliness over "buying past" and being penalised for circular
> journeys straight away.


Depends on how these single fares were calculated! They'd have to be
very much lower for local journeys than they are now to replace
Cheap Day Returns.

Charlie
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