On 21/01/15 09:32, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 20:17:08 on Tue, 20
Jan 2015, Neil Williams remarked:
For example: London-Exeter route Honiton is £71.60, and via Taunton
£103.50
If I had a via Honiton ticket and wanted to return via Taunton could
I excess it for half the difference? Or would they want the full £31.90
Similarly, in reverse, can I excess a "via Taunton" ticket to be
"via Honiton" for a negative amount [in practice I wouldn't expect a
cash refund, just the ability to travel for no extra charge].

Yes, half the difference, though finding a member of staff that knows
that and how to do it can be very challenging indeed. In the second
case you can technically get a zero fare excess

Thanks.

but in practice the more expensive ticket should just be accepted via
the cheaper route.

There must be a reason why the tickets are "via Taunton" & "via
Honiton", and not "Any permitted" & "via Honiton". A lack of faith in
ORCATS apportioning the revenue fairly, I guess.

What you can't do is have half a ticket with NSE discount and half
not, if I'm reading your thread on uk.r (this is on uk.t.l) correctly.

Yes, I posted in the wrong newsgroup.

I was pondering if this would be a better answer to the question "Is a
via Taunton ticket valid on a train to Paddington that's bypassing
Taunton because of engineering works, and going via Honiton".

Surely it's allowed under the rule permitting use of any individual
service going from the start station to the finish station. Unless it's
not another operator only ticket.