Firstly, what does "exploitng a loophole" mean to you?
Does it mean using any ticket, or combination of tickets, to make a journey cheaper, even if you are using each ticket exactly as intended?
If so, is using a combination of York to Sheffield plus Sheffield to Derby fares really "exploiting a loophole" if you wish to travel from York to Derby?
Or does it mean using any specific ticket in a way that valid but is not intended to be valid?
Slaithwaite to Bradford is obviously intended to be valid via Huddersfield, so would not be a loophole under this definition. However the use of a ticket from Warwick to Hatton via Bristol, Portsmouth and Reading (which was an example I used to provide at fares workshops and was permitted until about a year ago) would be.
Or something else?
Does it mean using any ticket, or combination of tickets, to make a journey cheaper, even if you are using each ticket exactly as intended?
If so, is using a combination of York to Sheffield plus Sheffield to Derby fares really "exploiting a loophole" if you wish to travel from York to Derby?
Or does it mean using any specific ticket in a way that valid but is not intended to be valid?
Slaithwaite to Bradford is obviously intended to be valid via Huddersfield, so would not be a loophole under this definition. However the use of a ticket from Warwick to Hatton via Bristol, Portsmouth and Reading (which was an example I used to provide at fares workshops and was permitted until about a year ago) would be.
Or something else?