"Any permitted route" if you're flying.

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[grahame]

If we think rail fares and routings can be a web of illogical logic, just look at these air fares ...

[eightonedee]

Are some of these what used to be known as "Excursion Fares"!

[Thatcham Crossing]

I assume the above is from Skyscanner which does come up with some fairly wacky routings....who would really fly from Stansted to Glasgow via Alicante!?

[rogerpatenall]

In the absence of travel restrictions, and bearing in mind that my time is my own now, I think that a return trip like that at 40  quid or thereabouts may be a lot of fun.

When I was working, I had many interesting roundabout journeys. One day, with a blizzard setting in, my direct flight from Kansas City to Memphis (about 250 miles) was cancelled. An alternative airline sent me Kansas - Detroit - Atlanta - Nashville - Memphis, accepting my TWA^▸ (Transport and Works Act 1992)/AA ticket and charging no excess - (but declining, not unreasonably, to give me airmails for the journey!).

And was it not Cecil J Allen who, finding himself at Glasgow St Enoch with a hotel reservation at Glasgow Central, used his pass to travel there via Edinburgh, saving himself 15 minutes walk or a taxi fare. Top Man, I say.

[bradshaw]

In 1965 I was travelling on the overnight plane from Glasgow (Renfrew) to Heathrow for a weekend at home in Crewkerne. We were on the Heathrow approach with undercarriage down when the engines powered up and the Vanguard climbed rapidly. The fog which surrounded the airport meant that we were diverted to Manchester, where a special Peak hauled train took us back to London.
It was the only time I travelled the complete Midland route.
The cost of the air ticket - £5!