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inspector_blakey
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« on: December 14, 2009, 20:31:15 » |
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Is there anywhere at Heathrow where I can buy a through rail ticket, including the RailAir bus to Reading? Or do I have to purchase the RailAir ticket on the bus then buy a ticket for the rest of the journey at Reading?
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JayMac
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« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2009, 20:53:55 » |
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You able to access this website from across the pond? http://www.railair.come-ticket printing facility available. Then mebbes just collect your rail tickets from a TVM▸ at Reading? |
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ChrisB
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« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2009, 13:36:41 » |
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I think the enquirer wants to pick up a combined ticket, like you can if travelling to Heathrow via Rail & RailAir....
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inspector_blakey
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« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2009, 15:29:10 » |
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That was originally true, but having checked out bignosemac's advice it's actually a pound cheaper to purchase a RailAir eticket then collect tickets for the remainder of the journey at Reading.
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ChrisB
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« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2009, 15:39:53 » |
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That's rather stupid....you'd expect the combined to be cheaper or at least the same price!
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bemmy
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« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2009, 15:55:08 » |
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AIUI▸ combined tickets are the price of 2 separate tickets, ie the same as if they weren't bought together. The ^1 saving inspector_blakey refers to is for booking the coach ticket online. As far as I can tell, Railair fares are a different system to train fares and there are no cheap advance tickets available.
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ChrisB
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« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2009, 15:57:09 » |
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Like station+bus tickets, combined tickets usually give a small discount - that was what I was referring to.
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inspector_blakey
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« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2009, 15:18:12 » |
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RailAir is unusual because it's a flat GBP15.00 add-on to any fare to Reading, so since RailAir gives you a GBP1.00 discount for "etickets" booked online that saves you a quid.
I've just discovered that it's actually a few pounds cheaper for the journey I'm making to take Heathrow Connect into Paddington then catch my train there rather than Reading (with big thanks to FGW▸ for halving the fare for a PAD» - WTL off-peak single!).
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JayMac
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« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2009, 16:09:05 » |
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Enjoy that 'half the return price' off peak single to Whitland. In January both the off peak and super off peak singles rise by around 15%. The returns stay almost the same, excepting that the super off peak return drops by 0.4% as it is a regulated fare. It thus becomes a whopping 30p cheaper.
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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moonrakerz
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« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2009, 09:56:43 » |
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This thread reminds me of a piece of lunacy that I encountered many years ago when travelling regularly from Edinburgh to Eastleigh whilst serving in the Royal Navy.
My journey involved using the rail-air coach from Heathrow to Woking. The coach operator would not accept a coach travel warrant as they claimed they were operating a "rail service". BR▸ would not accept a rail travel warrant as it was patently not a train.
The Navy paid us a mileage allowance in the end !!!!
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ChrisB
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« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2009, 09:59:25 » |
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BR▸ were in error - it is part of the timetable and thus a warrant could cover the coach journey..
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TheLastMinute
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« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2009, 23:59:44 » |
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Thank goodness we don't have those "that ticket is only valid on another company" problems now, eh?
Ahhh.....
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