Pricing anomaly

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Re: Pricing anomaly

« Reply #15 on: June 26, 2013, 20:15:40 »

Quote from: paul7755 on June 25, 2013, 21:09:58

Quote from: lhrdave on June 25, 2013, 00:04:03

Oh, if you look online for Zone 6 you won't find it. It seems only ticket offices can print a ticket with that as the start / end point.

That's probably because tickets from Boundary Zones are effectively a specific type of excess fare, to be precise an excess fare that is pre-calculated and loaded into fares systems. A ticket office is only supposed to sell you one if they have sight of the ticket you are extending, hence they aren't available online, and usually aren't available from TVMs^▸ - except in Southern's area...

Paul

Interesting... The next station down the line from me is a Southern station. I'll have to investigate.


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Southern Stag

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« Reply #16 on: June 26, 2013, 22:14:51 »

Works from Southern TVMs^▸ because you can buy tickets from another origin station. If you can only buy tickets from the station you're at, like with most TVMs, you obviously can't buy a Boundary Zone ticket.


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Brucey

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Re: Pricing anomaly

« Reply #17 on: June 27, 2013, 16:12:03 »

Quote from: Southern Stag on June 26, 2013, 22:14:51

Do Southern's TVMs have "Boundary Zone x" available to buy to/from? I've tried buying to "Boundary Zone 6" on both SWT^▸ and London Midland machines without success.


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Southern Stag

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« Reply #18 on: June 27, 2013, 16:33:36 »

I don't think you can buy to, but you can apparently buy from.


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jamestheredengine

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« Reply #19 on: May 16, 2019, 08:30:01 »

Noticed another weird one in much the same vein:

Bristol Parkway to Newport
SDS ANYTIME DAY S          ◊    STD SINGLE   ADULT: £12.30   CHILD: £6.15
CDS^▸ OFF-PEAK DAY S   W1    ◊    STD SINGLE   ADULT: £12.00   CHILD: £6.00

Bristol Parkway to Cardiff Central
SDS ANYTIME DAY S          ◊    STD SINGLE   ADULT: £12.00   CHILD: £6.00

Both set by GWR^▸ . Presumably this is a mistake, as I can't exactly see them getting many 30ps from people who want to go to Newport and never come back.


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