 Travelling short: Would this be wrong, and would I get caught?
"Charlie Hulme" <info@davenportstation.org.uk> wrote
>
> Would it not be reasonable, though to allow someone to pay
> the difference between their advance fare and the Saver or
> Open fare rather than having to buy a completely new ticket?
>
That is allowed, as long as it's done at a ticket office before the
departure of the 'Advance' train, and subject to a GBP10 administration fee.
Indeed, if an Advance ticket is available for the journey the passenger now
wishes to make, the original Advance ticket can be exchanged for the new one
(but no refund will be paid if the new ticket is cheaper, and the
administraton fee is still payable).
This thread started with the concept of starting long, by when of course the
reserved seat may have been reallocated by the conductor, or by a passenger
who sees that it has not been claimed). However, in practical terms, at
ungated stations how is a passenger going to be prevented from finishing
short?
Peter
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