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Barry Salter wrote:
On 20 Jan 2006 13:51:04 -0800, "Keith Raeburn"
wrote:

what is the lower disatance limit for Network AwayBreaks then?

In general, about 50 miles. Having said that, Southern and South West
Trains, Chiltern and WAGN no longer offer Network Awaybreaks, with their
period returns being Savers.

HTH,

Barry

When did South West TRains discontinue them? I had one at the end of
December.

Depends on the destination I think.

I have been denied them to/from STN since October I think,
I can still buy them to/from LGW.

tim

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 00:39:35 +0000, Barry Salter
wrote:

On 20 Jan 2006 13:51:04 -0800, "Keith Raeburn"
wrote:

what is the lower disatance limit for Network AwayBreaks then?

In general, about 50 miles. Having said that, Southern and South West
Trains, Chiltern and WAGN no longer offer Network Awaybreaks, with their
period returns being Savers.

A friend ran into this over the new year (and I posted to uk.railway).

On December 31 SWT at Twickenham apparently claimed they no longer
sold returns to Bedford, only two singles. Fortunately Thameslink at
Bedford said this was nonsense, and upgraded the single to a return.
Southern happily sold me a Network Away Break to Bedford on the same
day - and I'm told the SWT machines now do offer them as well.

I suppose Network Away Break vs Saver is a less extreme price increase
than having to get two singles - which was enough to make the chap I
know get hold of a car and drive home for Christmas, rather than take
the train.


--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:21:43 +0000, asdf
said:

Unless tickets are checked often, daily commuters would be able to get
away with buying this type of ticket and re-using it every day, only
needing to buy a new one if the old one gets inspected and stamped.
The train companies don't want to have to check tickets frequently
enough to prevent this. So they just don't sell period returns at all
where they can help it.

While I can understand this in the general case, it does seem a bit
stupid to not make a special case for the airports. More people, I am
absolutely certain, travel to the airport and come back a few days
later than commute daily to and from the airport.

Oh, wait. Two singles cost more than a return. NOW it makes sense.
And they don't even need to worry about me driving there instead
because airport parkingcos make Shylock look good.

--
David Cantrell | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david