I have an eticket for a journey which is routed via a certain station, but the train will not actually pass that station. As I have an itinerary and seat reservations I believe I will be OK.
The journey planner only suggests this route on days when the trains are diverted due to engineering (and an ordinary passenger wouldn't know which route the train was taking). As this ticket is still for sale by all retailers and there are further days when the diversion is planned, I don't wish to reveal it yet - although maybe it is intended and not a loophole. The ticket is definitely not valid on the train's normal route.
I am just wondering if my ticket is scanned on board, would the scanner reject it because it's not valid on the train's normal route? Or would the scanner use the same logic as the journey planners, if it does route checking at all?
The journey planner only suggests this route on days when the trains are diverted due to engineering (and an ordinary passenger wouldn't know which route the train was taking). As this ticket is still for sale by all retailers and there are further days when the diversion is planned, I don't wish to reveal it yet - although maybe it is intended and not a loophole. The ticket is definitely not valid on the train's normal route.
I am just wondering if my ticket is scanned on board, would the scanner reject it because it's not valid on the train's normal route? Or would the scanner use the same logic as the journey planners, if it does route checking at all?