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It’s like that weird paper money stuff we used to have to use with those odd metal discs, except one sheet of the paper money can be worth as much or as little as you want it to be, and all you have to do is write on it how much and who it’s for! I actually quite like a cheque - feels a bit...

BA On Business is a totally different scheme which is targeted not at business travellers, but at people booking business travel on behalf of business travellers. BA Executive Club is very much targeted at business travellers, targeted at the traveller themselves...they can both be used on the...

Apologies - right upon app launch. The disruption tab says Good Service, and the Journey Planner is a slow but seems to work (and actually seems to show realtime data, and possibly loadings if they're right! The departures tab doesn't appear to do anything though, just the spinny loading graphic...

I excitedly downloaded the RailChecker app today but I seem to have an issue "Alert - There was an issue fetching data from the RailChecker servicer. Check your internet connection and re-open the app. If problems persist, let the developer know." :( Is this just me or is there a known issue...

The way I read that is that it is a specific easement for a train timed at 0820 from SWI or SJP to EXD, not a general 'from 0820' easement? Whether that/those trains still exist I don't know. I might be wrong!

Sounds like they need a new travel agent!

Yep, always been the way - the full, undiscounted anytime fare if you've already had an opportunity to purchase.

It's simple supply and demand and not by far the only example on the network. Stations with higher footfall get higher priced tickets than stations with lower footfall. Simple economics designed to maximise revenue and encourage spreading of demand across the limited supply. Stopping a journey...

Of course the key difference between roads and railways is that railways are a completely closed system. Network Rail know what the capacity is, and they allow the TOCs to run a specific number of trains to fill that capacity. The TOCs publish the timetable, and contract with their customers...

Waterloo and London Bridge are so close together, is it really worth the hassle of trying to pick out a tiny loophole that nobody will have considered in a ticket that essentially only exists to allow an exception to one specific restriction that has nothing to do with Waterloo?

How can it charge the right amount if it isn't recording the specific journey information? It's available in an online account just the same as Oyster, why wouldn't it be searchable just the same?

Well, being pedantic it charges you the Gatwick Express fare then refunds you if you go through a gate line other than 13/14 at Victoria.... It would be good to know why you feel the need to ask, OP. The Not Gatwick Express ticket is the ticket you want if you want to use the Southern service...

From what I can tell, then dump more water all over the floor than they take away in the waste pipes, so hopefully they'll at least install them properly at the same time as enlarging them!

This! Why are people incapable of just asking to use a seat? I always sit in the aisle - mostly because I do not want someone coming along and jamming me into the side of the carriage for the entire journey. I'm absolutely fine to let anyone sit in the window seat if they so wish, and I'll even...

It's a feeling I can relate to! Although nowadays I find myself preferring airline seats, because it seems nowadays that when sitting at a table, when someone does inevitably join you they'll sit opposite you, rather than across, and spend the journey stamping on your feet! Nobody can deny that...

It’s the same at Victoria 15-19 with 16-25 railcards. They are never let through the barriers, which created massive crowds and queues. Frustrating in the extreme - and if on board staff bothered to check tickets, unnecessary.

Ohh I see... Well, I suppose we're getting there. Slowly but surely!

Ah, ok. I thought one or two of the operators up north allowed any card too- perhaps not online though, that’s much trickier...

What an incredibly weird mix of availability! Looking at it, I’m not sure it’s worth me getting a Chiltern smartcard...but I might anyway just for the collection! Is there a list anywhere of which operators allow you to load tickets on any old ITSO card, not just their own?

GWR have a pathetic delay compensation policy, and in addition will do as much as they can to avoid paying out on it. The sooner they are forced to adopt a fairer Delay Repay compensation scheme that they talk their way out of, the better...