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I'm don't think it will deal with this, and in fact having a quota that is limited to the capacity of the train won't be good for the TOC. If I aimed to travel on one train but the semiflex fare on the next train was cheaper, then I'd be inclined to buy the cheaper fare, but travel on the...

I think the problem was that the tickets booked in this way didn't indicate that they were priv tickets, just that they were discounted, so the only way for an inspector to realise that a priv card was required was to spot that the price was unusually low. I don't know why it wasn't possible to...

That's a bit unfair, as LNER do meal deals as well. You can have a 500ml drink and a packet of crisps with your chicken tikka 'nanster' for £6 in total, which I think is very reasonable.

Looking at it the other way, unless the timetable specifies whether first class is available, a prospective passenger would not know whether it was worth buying a first class ticket. You can't expect people to pay for first class tickets in the vague hope that a train with a coach marked in a...

In fact, the ASA have today found that the advert is misleading (in part): http://www.asa.org.uk/ASA-action/Adjudications/2011/9/Trainline,-d-,com-Ltd/SHP_ADJ_158295.aspx. As you said earlier, the small print on the TV advert itself just says 'Advance fares and selected routes only'; the extra...