NB: The following excesses have been calculated in accordance with the instructions in The Manual. I make no claims as to whether they're what you'd
actually be charged or not, as not all Ticket Issuing Systems implement the rules in the same way, and I suspect that most don't apply the "correct" rules for First Class upgrades.
All Line Rover said:
1. I have a Manchester to London "route Chesterfield" SOR at £196. I wish to travel with Virgin Trains on the return journey (during the Off-Peak, if this makes any difference). I turn up at Euston in the evening and request an excess fare - how much will this cost?
Short answer: It depends. But potentially either £0.00 or £41.50.
Longer answer: If your outward journey was made at a time when you would have needed an Anytime Return to travel, it'd be
HALF the difference between the two SORs, on the basis that the excess rules refer to the
appropriate fare for the journey now being made. That would be half of £279.00 - £196.00, or £41.50.
If you made your outward journey at a time when the Off-Peak or Super Off-Peak was valid, it'd be a zero fare excess, or possibly suggesting purchasing a new Single for £69.00 and seeking a refund for the original ticket.
All Line Rover said:
2. I have a Manchester to London SVR at £70. I wish to travel First Class on the return journey. I turn up at Euston in the evening and request an excess fare - how much will this cost?
If it's a weekend, £15, payable on board and subject to space being available.
On a weekday, £198.50 (being the difference between the sum of the Off-Peak Single and First Anyitme Single and the fare already paid).
All Line Rover said:
3. I have an Anytime Single ticket from Crewe to Stoke, which I bought in advance. On the day, I end up wanting to continue travel to Derby. What excess fare should I pay at the ticket office at Crewe?
Short Answer: Depends on when you're travelling.
If it's at a time when Off-Peak Day tickets are valid (in this case, that's from 08:30), the difference between the price already paid (£5.80) and the price of an Off-Peak Day Single for the through journey (£9.20), i.e. £3.40.
If it's at a time when Off-Peak Day tickets
AREN'T, then it'd be £9.40 for an Anytime Day Single from Stoke-on-Trent to Derby
providing the train stops at Stoke-on-Trent. (Thus complying with Condition 19(a) of the NRCoC).
If getting a train that
doesn't stop at Stoke-on-Trent, it'd be the difference between the Anytime Single from Crewe to Derby (£18.00) and the price already paid, i.e. £12.20.
All Line Rover said:
4. I have an Anytime Return ticket from Stoke to Crewe. On the return journey, I end up wanting to continue travel to Derby. What excess fare should I pay at the ticket office at Crewe?
As with the previous example, either the full difference in fares or a new Single (providing you comply with Condition 19).
If the outward journey was made at a time when the Off-Peak Day Return would have been valid (i.e. a train that would have left Derby after 08:30), then it'd be the difference between the the Off-Peak Day Return from Derby to Crewe (£9.30) and the price already paid (£6.90), i.e. £2.40.
If, however, it was at a time when the Off-Peak Day Return wouldn't have been valid, it would be £7.70 for an Off-Peak Day Single from Stoke-on-Trent to Derby
providing the train stops at Stoke-on-Trent. (Thus complying with Condition 19(a) of the NRCoC).
If getting a train that
doesn't stop at Stoke-on-Trent, it'd be the difference between the Anytime Return from Derby to Crewe (£22.00) and the price already paid, i.e. £15.10.
Cheers,
Barry