Hello,
A friend of mine travelled from London to Ipswich today. He had a railcard-discounted Advance ticket, but missed his train due to a late coach arrival in London, so he got the following train 30 minutes later.
When the conductor came round, he had to buy a new ticket as his Advance ticket was not valid. However, he was sold an Anytime Single for £47.30. I think he should have been sold a railcard-discounted Off Peak Single for £23.85, as this is the ticket he would have been sold had he bought a ticket immediately before travel from the ticket office.
Does anyone agree/disagree with my reasoning? Is there any reason why the Anytime Single was the right fare to be charged?
A friend of mine travelled from London to Ipswich today. He had a railcard-discounted Advance ticket, but missed his train due to a late coach arrival in London, so he got the following train 30 minutes later.
When the conductor came round, he had to buy a new ticket as his Advance ticket was not valid. However, he was sold an Anytime Single for £47.30. I think he should have been sold a railcard-discounted Off Peak Single for £23.85, as this is the ticket he would have been sold had he bought a ticket immediately before travel from the ticket office.
Does anyone agree/disagree with my reasoning? Is there any reason why the Anytime Single was the right fare to be charged?