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« on: October 21, 2012, 10:26:37 » |
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Received the email below from FGW▸ stating that they were changing their booking system in November and that they were taking the responsibilty under data protection for my details.
"We will be changing our online booking system during November and, in accordance with our obligations to you under the Data Protection Act 1998, we are writing to you to notify you of the change in data controller from thetrainline.com to ourselves as a result of this change.
What does this mean to you?
Your retail contract will be exclusively with,
First Great Western Limited
Milford House
1 Milford Street
Swindon
SN1 1HL
Company registration number 05113733
Your account
When you first sign back in to book your next ticket, you will be asked to acknowledge and accept the First Great Western Privacy Policy. "
Anybody have any further info?
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8 Billion people on a wet rock - of course we're not happy
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2012, 11:25:57 » |
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yes. moving over to the atos mixing deck i.e. the same as redspottedhanky.com but branded as fgw.
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« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2012, 11:40:52 » |
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Good! trainline are awful, whenever im working a train and someone starts by saying "Umm excuse me, i've got a problem with my ticket...." then it's usually accompanied by them holding a trainline ticket envelope, then heart sinks!
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« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2012, 11:54:34 » |
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I've just had this news confirmed by @ FGW▸ on twitter. https://twitter.com/JustinMcAree/status/259966386955239424Most excellent. Some nice cashback tie-in like Southern would be good as well... |
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« Last Edit: October 21, 2012, 12:00:30 by bignosemac »
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
- Sir Terry Pratchett.
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« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2012, 12:17:20 » |
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sound like good news all 'round
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8 Billion people on a wet rock - of course we're not happy
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« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2012, 14:50:07 » |
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I assume that will mean changes to the iPhone app as well.
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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2012, 18:52:08 » |
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I hope they don't use the new Mixing Deck interface, like Red Spotted Hanky occasionally provides. I find this more difficult to use than The Train Line.
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« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2012, 19:13:23 » |
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I've found that by bookmarking redspottedhanky.com I always get the 'classic' interface.
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« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2012, 20:46:00 » |
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Good, I'm glad that first have seen sence and decided to distance themselfs from these rip off merchants this is very very very good news for passengers
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Brucey
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« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2012, 13:08:21 » |
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I have received an email from First TransPennine Express along the same lines as the FGW▸ email. Looks like they are switching to WebTIS also.
Any ideas who will be doing the ticket fulfilment? I believe Southern outsource (or did outsource) theirs to a company in Gatwick, whereas East Coast do the fulfilment in-house.
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« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2012, 22:37:40 » |
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This came from Affiliate Window today. They are the advertising agency who act as the middleman between myself and First TransPennine Express for advertising on my website. First TransPennine Express - New Booking Engine
From approximately 12am until 6am on Thursday 8th November our booking engine pages will be offline and under maintenance while we undertake work to change booking engine providers. This will effect people trying to buy tickets between these times as this won't be possible.
We have been working with the new provider to ensure all tracking is in place to make sure that tracking and sales are not affected once the new site goes live tomorrow morning. However, we ask that publishers are patient as this is a big move and we can't be 100% certain there won't be some small bugs to iron out.
We believe the new booking engine will offer customers a far better buying experience, making it easier for them to purchase the best value ticket for their journey, increasing conversion and sales. The main work will be complete by 6am on Thursday, however, we will be working on the site over the coming weeks to ensure that everything is working properly.
For any queries please contact
Vickie Tennant
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« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2012, 23:48:07 » |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
- Sir Terry Pratchett.
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« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2012, 17:07:41 » |
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I was fortunate enough to see some screencaps of the new booking engine before it went 'live' and I'm glad to see that nearly all of the 'in area' Rovers and Rangers have made it onto the new booking platform.
Hopefully other areas' Rovers and Rangers will be added at a later date. It'll be nice when planning a trip to other parts of the country to be able to purchase an area specific ticket along with the necessary ticket to get you there.
Moderator Note: To reflect the confirmation of the change by FGW▸ to the WebTIS 'Mixing Deck' booking engine I've taken the liberty of re-titling this thread from the original question 'FGW Ditching Trainline?' to something more suitable.
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« Last Edit: November 13, 2012, 17:18:35 by bignosemac »
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
- Sir Terry Pratchett.
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« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2012, 17:18:29 » |
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It is worth noting that rovers and rangers are not available via. ToD, only by post.
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