Over the last 20 years or so tickets have become available in October for Christmas travel.
This year, the LNER website throws up a box saying tickets are not yet available for travel on selected dates (in this case, 24 and 27 December Edinburgh-London).
My resourceful sister then went to the trainline (I know, I know...) who promptly sold her a 5.5 hour journey on the west coast to Euston - £39 advance with a seat so not bad - and a £73.70 super off-peak single coming back from King's Cross for the 27th.
Needless to say the return journey is (a) overly expensive and (b) there's no seat reservation .
What does the regular punter with little knowledge of the UK's ticketing system do in this case?
This year, the LNER website throws up a box saying tickets are not yet available for travel on selected dates (in this case, 24 and 27 December Edinburgh-London).
My resourceful sister then went to the trainline (I know, I know...) who promptly sold her a 5.5 hour journey on the west coast to Euston - £39 advance with a seat so not bad - and a £73.70 super off-peak single coming back from King's Cross for the 27th.
Needless to say the return journey is (a) overly expensive and (b) there's no seat reservation .
What does the regular punter with little knowledge of the UK's ticketing system do in this case?
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