Hi all,
Had what I felt was an unusual experience an SWR station and I'd be interested in knowing who is in the right here.
I asked for a ticket from Woking to Stansted Airport on my PRIV and was bluntly and dismissively given a 'no.'
Initially thought it was a bit of staff-staff banter but they were dead serious and when I asked why they told me that I can't use a priv discounted ticket on the underground. Told them I'm going to Stansted, not travelling around all day on the underground. They responded with yes but how are you going to get there and I told them what my planned itinerary was including some form of cross London travel to either Liverpool Street or Tottenham Hale. That's when the guy said it was not a permitted route because of the non safeguarded priv rules. Did tell him I'm aware of that and but journeys as part of a through ticket are exempt and even showed him condition 5 on the back of the priv that has it all in black and white but he didn't want to know. Gave up in the end after being told that I may be investigated by RDG and that he's been doing the job for 20+ years and knows what he's talking about yada, yada, yada.
Have the rules changed or is this something that's always been a condition but never enforced? The fact that the back of the priv references through journeys with the Maltese cross sort of gives it away but it's been bugging me all week!
Any thoughts appreciated
Had what I felt was an unusual experience an SWR station and I'd be interested in knowing who is in the right here.
I asked for a ticket from Woking to Stansted Airport on my PRIV and was bluntly and dismissively given a 'no.'
Initially thought it was a bit of staff-staff banter but they were dead serious and when I asked why they told me that I can't use a priv discounted ticket on the underground. Told them I'm going to Stansted, not travelling around all day on the underground. They responded with yes but how are you going to get there and I told them what my planned itinerary was including some form of cross London travel to either Liverpool Street or Tottenham Hale. That's when the guy said it was not a permitted route because of the non safeguarded priv rules. Did tell him I'm aware of that and but journeys as part of a through ticket are exempt and even showed him condition 5 on the back of the priv that has it all in black and white but he didn't want to know. Gave up in the end after being told that I may be investigated by RDG and that he's been doing the job for 20+ years and knows what he's talking about yada, yada, yada.
Have the rules changed or is this something that's always been a condition but never enforced? The fact that the back of the priv references through journeys with the Maltese cross sort of gives it away but it's been bugging me all week!
Any thoughts appreciated
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