I have to say I find Yorkie's rather combative attitude and willingness to demonise the LU gateline staff in advance for something they haven't yet done (and may well not do) in this thread a bit unnecessary.
I find the above post a bit unnecessary.
If you are referring with my post above yours, which was only posted in reply to
philthetube's doubts regarding acceptance, then I challenge you to come up with anything inaccurate in it?
There is no "demonising" but there are valid concerns about behaviour of some gateline staff because we have experienced issues before. Perhaps you've never encountered problems at LU gatelines? Many of us
have.
philthetube and I are far from the only ones who thinks there is a possibility of problems...
Given the OP's itinerary, I wouldn't fancy having to debate with a member of LUL Paddington gateline staff at 05.30 in the morning with the deadline for the 06.30 departure from Kings Cross rapidly approaching.
The reality is that we do need to prepare people for potential disputes. I am not saying a dispute is likely in this particular case but it is a possibility. I would offer similar advice and warnings to people using tickets valid on the Great Northern Route into Moorgate/King's Cross using the inter-availability rule (see
http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?p=2803929&highlight=moorgate#post2803929)
There is no point waiting until after the event to give advise. If you can prepare people in advance, then that's all the better. I've only had to reiterate the point because others have posted expressing further doubts about acceptance!