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Title: Return more expensive than 2 singles Post by: thetrout on June 28, 2011, 11:49:12 Am looking for tickets to travel to Stoke-on-Trent tomorrow - returning Saturday. I was thinking of setting off from Frome and splitting the tickets at Bristol Temple Meads.
I noticed that an Anytime Period return is ^12.55 (With Railcard Discount). However I then looked at the price of 2 singles. The cost of an Anytime Day Single is ^6.25 each way (Railcard). Totalling ^12.50!! ::) I can save a further 5p by purchasing an Off Peak Day Single on my return as I will be returning on a weekend (^6.20) So all in all, Had I not have checked, I could have been 10p out of pocket. Not a major problem. But I do think that's wrong!! Sort it out FGW!! Title: Re: Return more expensive than 2 singles Post by: Ollie on June 28, 2011, 12:14:52 This issue is related to how the discount gets applied rather than the fare itself.
^9.50 SDS ^19.00 SOR Title: Re: Return more expensive than 2 singles Post by: JayMac on June 28, 2011, 19:04:35 Yep. If the 34% railcard discount is applied without any rounding then the SDS works out as ^6.27 and the SOR works out as ^12.54
All fares are rounded to the nearest 5p so the SDS is rounded down to ^6.25 and the SOR is rounded up to ^12.55. Title: Re: Return more expensive than 2 singles Post by: vacman on June 28, 2011, 20:08:25 If it means that much to you I'll give you five flippin pence! what a waste of braincells reading that post!
Title: Re: Return more expensive than 2 singles Post by: JayMac on June 28, 2011, 20:27:09 Oh, come on vacman, that's a bit harsh.
thetrout made a perfectly valid query. Yes, it's only 5p but I, in the same situation, would rather that 5p stayed in my pocket than give it to the TOC. Title: Re: Return more expensive than 2 singles Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on June 29, 2011, 13:47:24 you cant really blame fgw unless they now randomly serve stoke
Title: Re: Return more expensive than 2 singles Post by: JayMac on June 29, 2011, 14:58:58 Err... thetrout was splitting tickets at Bristol and was talking about the fare from Frome - Bristol Temple Meads.
Title: Re: Return more expensive than 2 singles Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on June 29, 2011, 21:58:10 ;D lex = moron :P ::)
Title: Re: Return more expensive than 2 singles Post by: Chris from Nailsea on June 29, 2011, 22:01:04 Benefit of the doubt: 'chump', rather than 'moron'. ;D
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