Monty
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My own personal opinion is that some megatrain tickets and advance fares are heavily discounted tickets to the point the passenger is travelling for mere peanuts, now these tickets do not allow a break of journey and if the passenger decides to alight from the train early then I feel they should pay the standard fare for the journey they have made.
This subject was briefly touched on last Friday's fares workshop and while I can appreciate mitigating circumstances may cause a passenger to change their travel arrangements at very short notice (ie illness, emergency etc). However if a passenger holds a megatrain ticket from say London Waterloo to Southampton Central and simply decides to finish their journey at Eastleigh because it's simply more convenient for them or at worst planned to do it from the starting knowlying it wasn't allowed, the full standard fare should be charged.
I suspect not many will agree with me, but it is just my opinion.
This subject was briefly touched on last Friday's fares workshop and while I can appreciate mitigating circumstances may cause a passenger to change their travel arrangements at very short notice (ie illness, emergency etc). However if a passenger holds a megatrain ticket from say London Waterloo to Southampton Central and simply decides to finish their journey at Eastleigh because it's simply more convenient for them or at worst planned to do it from the starting knowlying it wasn't allowed, the full standard fare should be charged.
I suspect not many will agree with me, but it is just my opinion.