mirodo
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I often travel from Kings Cross to Burnley Manchester Road, changing at Leeds. Until recently, I used to be able to book Advance tickets as soon as they were made available on the KGX-LDS leg of the journey. The cost of the total KGX-LDS-BYM ticket would be a few pounds more than the KGX-LDS leg. Sometime, recently, something has gone wrong somewhere. I'm currently looking at journeys over the Easter weekend (although I've experience the same issue previously).
19/04/2019 09:33 KGX - LDS is available for £23.00. However, KGX - LDS - BYM (same 09:33 departure) is £94.80 for an Off-Peak single - no Advance tickets listed. It would appear to my untrained eye that the whole journey isn't considered eligible for an Advance ticket until Northern have released Advance tickets on the LDS - BYM leg. Previously, Advance tickets weren't available on this route, and it seems like it was their introduction which has caused the issue.
I'm having to book the two legs of the journey individually: KGX - LDS when made available (don't want to risk the cheaper Advance fares being sold out, especially at busy times like Easter) and LDS - BYM a few weeks later, in order to get reasonably priced tickets.
Can anyone shed any light on this ticketing anomaly? Is this issue likely to be fixed, or is it intended behaviour?
19/04/2019 09:33 KGX - LDS is available for £23.00. However, KGX - LDS - BYM (same 09:33 departure) is £94.80 for an Off-Peak single - no Advance tickets listed. It would appear to my untrained eye that the whole journey isn't considered eligible for an Advance ticket until Northern have released Advance tickets on the LDS - BYM leg. Previously, Advance tickets weren't available on this route, and it seems like it was their introduction which has caused the issue.
I'm having to book the two legs of the journey individually: KGX - LDS when made available (don't want to risk the cheaper Advance fares being sold out, especially at busy times like Easter) and LDS - BYM a few weeks later, in order to get reasonably priced tickets.
Can anyone shed any light on this ticketing anomaly? Is this issue likely to be fixed, or is it intended behaviour?