Just wondered if you guys could clarify something for me relating to ticket excesses. On Friday, I bought an Anytime Return from Leeds to Barnsley, the outward portion of which is valid for five days. I then made the ouward journey from Leeds to Barnsley the same day.
The next day, we decided to take a day trip from Barnsley to Sheffield. I'm not really knowledgeable about excesses, but I thought I would be able to excess my Leeds - Barnsley Anytime Return to a Leeds - Sheffield Anytime Return (I still had both the outward and return portions of the ticket), as the outward portion would still be within the five day validity window. I could then use this new ticket to cover me down to Sheffield and back to Barnsley, before return to Leeds this morning.
However, upon attempting this at the ticket office, I was told that I couldn't do it because I has reached my destination station on the outward leg and the ticket was now used and invalid. He said, however, that I would have been able to buy this excess if I'd attempted to do so before reaching Barnsley (at Wakefield, for example). I settled for an off-peak day return from Barnsley to Sheffield.
The price difference really wasn't that much, and the staff member was friendly enough, so I'm not annoyed about this or anything. I just wanted to make sure that the staff member was correct, and then I can learn from this for future reference! Thanks.
The next day, we decided to take a day trip from Barnsley to Sheffield. I'm not really knowledgeable about excesses, but I thought I would be able to excess my Leeds - Barnsley Anytime Return to a Leeds - Sheffield Anytime Return (I still had both the outward and return portions of the ticket), as the outward portion would still be within the five day validity window. I could then use this new ticket to cover me down to Sheffield and back to Barnsley, before return to Leeds this morning.
However, upon attempting this at the ticket office, I was told that I couldn't do it because I has reached my destination station on the outward leg and the ticket was now used and invalid. He said, however, that I would have been able to buy this excess if I'd attempted to do so before reaching Barnsley (at Wakefield, for example). I settled for an off-peak day return from Barnsley to Sheffield.
The price difference really wasn't that much, and the staff member was friendly enough, so I'm not annoyed about this or anything. I just wanted to make sure that the staff member was correct, and then I can learn from this for future reference! Thanks.