On May 25, 1:52 pm, Roland Perry wrote:
When you get a ticket issued on credit-card sized coupons, it says quite
clearly how many coupons are involved. It also says that you must use
reservations, where they appear on one of those coupons (and obviously
not where they don't).

So all the conductor needs to do is examine your full set of coupons to
see if one of them has a compulsory reservation on the leg you are
currently undertaking. In turn, you should be prepared to show all the
coupons on demand.

It's not quite as simple as that.

For example, I have a ticket issued on credit card coupons for a date
in June. It's for a 1st Advance single from Durham to Leeds. The
ticket says "Vaild only with reservation(s)" but does not say how many
reservations. The seat reservation from Durham to York says "Valid
only with travel ticket" and "Valid at 1608 hours". But neither
indicates whether a seat has been reserved from Leeds to York. No seat
has actually been reserved, because the 1608 is due to arrive York at
1654 and the next train which meets the 8-minute York connection
requirement is the non-reservable 1707 to Blackpool North. But if
everything ran to time I would prefer to join the 1658 to Manchester
Airport, which is reservable (and also has 1st class accommodation,
which the 1707 doesn't).

The Collection Receipt, which states the number of coupons issued, is
no help because it was for a single booking for more than one ticket,
and in any case there is no requirement fo it to be carried on the
journey. The instruction is "Please retain for your records".

In these circumstances, I'm not aware of anything in the rule that
states that I must use a non-reservable train(s) from York to Leeds.
Any thoughts?

John