D854_Tiger
Member
Back in the day, turn up and go, first class fares were calculated at 50% more than the equivalent standard (or second) class fare.
I know a lot of that has now gone out of the window but not so much for peak time full fares.
Also, back in the day, most trains had first and standard class accommodation, even most regional DMUs had a first class.
This is not the case nowadays so there are many journeys for which booking a first class ticket would involve a large proportion of standard class travel, for example, Welshpool to London.
My question is, if booking such a journey is the missing availability of first class travel built into the fare calculation, by way of compensation, or is there still some kind of historical overhang that basically results in you being ripped off.
Split ticketing would appear to be the best solution if not.
I know a lot of that has now gone out of the window but not so much for peak time full fares.
Also, back in the day, most trains had first and standard class accommodation, even most regional DMUs had a first class.
This is not the case nowadays so there are many journeys for which booking a first class ticket would involve a large proportion of standard class travel, for example, Welshpool to London.
My question is, if booking such a journey is the missing availability of first class travel built into the fare calculation, by way of compensation, or is there still some kind of historical overhang that basically results in you being ripped off.
Split ticketing would appear to be the best solution if not.