TheManOnThe172
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I am trying to help a young person who bought a York-Chesterfield (YRK-CHD) offpeak return with a 16-25 railcard on Friday (£17.50), planning to return today (Sun). She would now prefer to return early on Monday, when the return portion of YRK-CHD off-peak tickets are not valid.
Had she planned the return trip for Monday from the outset, I believe she would have been OK buying a Harrogate(HGT)-CHD offpeak return (£18.90 with 16-25), starting short at York on Friday. Such a ticket is valid for any return train via York early on a weekday morning, and she could have broken her return (CHD-HGT) leg in York.
Having already done the outward YRK-CHD leg on Friday, can she excess the ticket at CHD booking office tomorrow morning for the £1.40 extra that it would have cost for the HGT-CHD ticket compared to YRK-CHD?
(I did call National Rail enquiries to ask but the guy kept going away to check with a manager, then coming back with the answer to a different question!)
Had she planned the return trip for Monday from the outset, I believe she would have been OK buying a Harrogate(HGT)-CHD offpeak return (£18.90 with 16-25), starting short at York on Friday. Such a ticket is valid for any return train via York early on a weekday morning, and she could have broken her return (CHD-HGT) leg in York.
Having already done the outward YRK-CHD leg on Friday, can she excess the ticket at CHD booking office tomorrow morning for the £1.40 extra that it would have cost for the HGT-CHD ticket compared to YRK-CHD?
(I did call National Rail enquiries to ask but the guy kept going away to check with a manager, then coming back with the answer to a different question!)