Any Permitted Tickets not valid on LNER from 2nd August???

[10-Car-Fan]

Any permitted tickets are not available to purchase on LNER trains from 2nd August. A couple of screenshots attached show them available on Hull Trains services (e.g. the £63.60 SSS at DON and the £73.80 CDR at GRA), but nothing for LNER.

Anyone got any ideas why? Is it a move to remove the Super-off-peak/Off-peak products and just have anytime/70-minute flex on the whole route, like Edinburgh/Newcastle, from August? But the Anytime Single is also not available in the screenshot for Doncaster. Strange?

 

[mikeg]

They've probably messed up the fake compulsory reservations system. GC did this a few months ago. My understanding is they'd have to accept it whether they like it or not.

 

[Bletchleyite]

LNER offer booking further in advance than normal, but only Advance fares, no quotas are released for walk-ups*. This isn't a new thing. If you search for August on their app a pop-up appears explaining it.

The "trial" will I'm sure be rolled out more widely in due course having been declared a brilliant success, but I don't believe this is evidence of it (yet).

* All fares require a quota to be sold on LNER trains because of the fake compulsory reservations.

 

[Benjwri]

The "trial" will I'm sure be rolled out more widely in due course having been declared a brilliant success, but I don't believe this is evidence of it (yet).

Getting off topic but I haven’t seen such a claim, I understood it was a rather different story…

 

[Bletchleyite]

Getting off topic but I haven’t seen such a claim, I understood it was a rather different story…

Fairly recently (though I forget when) there was a Modern Railways article where David Horne sung its praises. But he would, I suppose.