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« Reply #15 on: October 16, 2018, 18:05:37 »
Quote from: lordgoata on October 16, 2018, 17:14:18
When I went to Heathrow a couple of weeks ago, I got off a GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) service at Paddington, went through the barrier so I could go around to get on HEX. The barrier promptly ate my All Routes Heathrow Rail ticket. Spoke to the gateline staff and showed her the Return portion and she happily opened up the barrier to fish out the ticket for me.

What I was most impressed by, was how she almost went straight to it in the pile of a zillion tickets which had been fed into the machine while we were waiting - they must do it regularly to know how many tickets equals how far down the pile to look!  Smiley

Blimey, so it does happen then and quite a bit by the sound of it. It's never happened to me but now I'm a little more concerned. This is a particular nightmare scenario if you are time pressured or encounter unsympathetic or inexperienced staff.
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