 Travelling short: Would this be wrong, and would I get caught?
On 2008-07-01, Chris Tolley wrote:
>> Being required to pay twice over - once for the journey that you can't
>> make and then all over again for the new journey - looks like an
>> attempt by the railway to sell the same seat twice over - and that
>> should be made an offence, superseding any restrictive terms that you
>> are obliged to sign up to in order to get the discounted fare.
>
> Your argument would be fine if that were the only ticket the railway
> offered, but the railway also offers tickets which do enable people to
> change their travel plans. They just cost more. People can freely choose
> to buy a restricted or an unrestricted ticket, to suit their needs.
Your argument would be fine if the conditions were symmetrical.
If for some reason the train doesn't go all the way, will the TOC pay
the OP more than his original ticket price as a penalty for stopping
short? No. If the train is 20 minutes late, will the compensation
equal what he has to pay (a new ticket at a higher price) if he
arrives at the train station 20 minutes late? No.
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