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An acceptable definition in that case!

I just checked my account and my first claim via the current system was in May 2018. Depends on your definition of 'recent'

We've even got them not far from Bolton, up in parts of Lancashire including Blackburn. Lancashire County Council were reviewing rolling them out further in areas under their control, at the end of last year.

On the point about ASLEF being the ones creating this day, that is how 99% of the various days that get press coverage are created. They come via trade groups, companies or organisations, so ASLEF are doing nothing out of kilter in terms of creating such a day. Will leave the rest of the...

I stand corrected if there has been a change in policy since last September when I queried my lack of credits on a few tickets. At the time the qualification policy was worded slightly differently, (which I've just validated via Wayback Machine) but didn't flag journeys including other...

It has to be a full journey with no other connections with another operator. I fell foul of that one previously, where an Avanti purchased ticket including a one stop connection on Northern meant it wasn't qualifying.

If your SF booking is on a LNER service, they say the following in the help centre: "If you win an upgrade on LNER and your trip is delayed or cancelled you may still be able to use your upgrade. Our agreement with LNER is that if the LNER train on which you have purchased an upgrade is...

It seems to be a reallocation where nobody is winning in the short term. Leeds going from 4 to 3, some electrics on the west becoming 2 car DMUs and some Blackpool to Manchester services going from 6 to 4 or 3.

I've had a look on Wayback Machine. It only took one archive of the Avanti site, but it was around lunchtime, (12:42pm) although it does clearly have a warning on the page to not travel. The social team only returned after the Christmas break on the 27th, so they were slow responding to customer...

As others have said, I can't see anything happening in regards to this. It is also a good thread in that it shows that even experienced travellers make mistakes and on another day, action would have been taken by a TOC that ends up in at least a financial penalty.

Walked through similar protests with no problems at all. All the ones I’ve seen have been noisy, but not aggressive or threatening. Hopefully nobody has crossed the line or done anything illegal at the protest at Bradford. From the description, flag waving and handing out leaflets are not...

Did Northern provide alternative transport? If they did, is there any reason why you didn't take it? That is their normal policy, so they are being consistent. Basically their view is that if their transport delays you, delay repay is payable. However if you choose to make your own way there...

Was the branch line closed with no timetabled services that day, or were they cancelled on the day? If it was the former, then they will continue to reject this as the timetable of the day had no services, so you couldn't have been delayed by a Northern service. Whether this is reasonable is...

BAEC will refer you back to Uber, as they won’t have received any Avios requests from them. Seen this sort of shuffle between the parties involved, many times over the years. Uber are correct in that they need confirmations of earned Avios to come from Omio. However the issue to resolve lies...

I think that based on the scale of your fraud, if you do proactively confess and try to settle, you are going to be landed with a rather large bill just to cover the fares that you will be expected to repay. The benefit of doing this, is the potential for a settlement and getting ahead of any...

The original post said LNER was likely, but not the only option. Avanti may be suitable, but that is up to the OP and their needs. As for keeping a thread focused, you best get policing most of the threads on here in that case :lol:

Well as I was directly addressing a general point about group travel booking pricing in my previously quoted post, it is relevant to where the conversation in the thread has gone.

Avanti for their many faults, are very helpful for such bookings. Booked a school trip to London from Preston a few months ago, at a cost quite a bit below any F&F railcard could manage via group bookings.

Perhaps one or both of those who joined, are neurodivergent and had a strong preference that that particular seat or location, so just went there out of habit. I certainly have known and worked with a few people like that. I wouldn’t be particular happy either, had someone joined me either...

I'm reliably informed by Northern staff at Leyland, that on the engineering days when the Barrow/Windermere services start from Bolton and stop all stations, Leyland has the most ticket sales for stations north of Preston. There has also been a shift back in passengers from Buckshaw to Leyland...