trainophile
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I am going on a little break to Berwick-upon-Tweed with a friend in September. Because she lives in London, I was able to buy her return ticket some time ago with the 24-weeks Advances. She said that Standard Class would be fine, so I booked her a seat in coach B. (I am a bit more au fait with booking tickets than she is, and it made sense for one of us to co-ordinate things).
My own return as far as York, where I will leave the train, now has tickets available, on the same train that she is booked on, for the Berwick-York leg. Last night I checked, and found that it was only £3 dearer to go First Class than Standard, and there were two First Class tickets left in the lowest price tier. So I bought them both! It seemed like a good idea because (a) if we're on the same train it would be silly to travel separately, and (b) if we were both in the Quiet coach we might accidentally forget to observe the Quiet rule, and annoy other passengers!
Now, the question is - will it be it okay for her to travel with me in First as far as York, then when I leave the train, for her to go and sit in her reserved seat in Standard for the rest of her journey? (We would walk through together just before reaching York, rather than her having to dash along the platform). She will effectively have two Advance tickets - BWK-KGX in Coach B, and BWK-YRK in Coach M. When she moved to Standard at York, would a guard object to the fact that she would appear to have just joined the train, even if she could show him her Coach M ticket?
Just want to do the right thing, and I know how easy it is to contravene the rules!
My own return as far as York, where I will leave the train, now has tickets available, on the same train that she is booked on, for the Berwick-York leg. Last night I checked, and found that it was only £3 dearer to go First Class than Standard, and there were two First Class tickets left in the lowest price tier. So I bought them both! It seemed like a good idea because (a) if we're on the same train it would be silly to travel separately, and (b) if we were both in the Quiet coach we might accidentally forget to observe the Quiet rule, and annoy other passengers!
Now, the question is - will it be it okay for her to travel with me in First as far as York, then when I leave the train, for her to go and sit in her reserved seat in Standard for the rest of her journey? (We would walk through together just before reaching York, rather than her having to dash along the platform). She will effectively have two Advance tickets - BWK-KGX in Coach B, and BWK-YRK in Coach M. When she moved to Standard at York, would a guard object to the fact that she would appear to have just joined the train, even if she could show him her Coach M ticket?
Just want to do the right thing, and I know how easy it is to contravene the rules!
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