Theo Markettos wrote in
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In uk.railway Someone Somewhere wrote:
Great - yet another train service clogged up by people who have the
luxury of planning things in advance.

Does HEx ever get 'clogged'?

Seems like a cunning plan to lock people into paying long before they
discover there are better cheaper routes, and to prevent them making
the decision on the day.

At least they don't tie you to a given train. Though 6.99 one-way 90
days in advance merely brings them into the land of 'sanely
expensive'.

Theo

I think it's a bit better than that. The Z1-Heathrow Oyster tube fare is
£5.10 peak or £3.10 off-peak (£2.05 with railcard) and the £6.99 becomes
£5.95 each way if you buy a return. If you have booked flights more than
three months out (I usually do) that's a very tempting proposition, even if
the appeal is somewhat dulled by having to buy another ticket to get from
Paddington to where you actually wanted to go (and, if you are heading
South or East of the Piccadilly line, the time saving isn't that great
either).

David