London to Banbury return

[MrCub]

Help needed here.

I'm planning a circular trip from London to Banbury and back; this will be during a weekend in December. I'd prefer turn-up-and-go tickets for flexibility. In one direction, I plan to travel via Chiltern, and on the other via FGW via Oxford. It makes no difference which way around this is.

I will stop in Banbury overnight.

Searching through, no ticket search engines can cope with this. The fare when I put each leg in as singles is the same (super off peak return with Gold Card: £19.00 single, offering a return for £19.10) The route doesn't make any difference to the fare.

So, am I allowed to do this? Does it fall foul of any of the usual ticketing rules?

 

[Paul Kelly]

A return ticket from London Terminals to Banbury is valid to go out from Marylebone and back to Paddington, or vice versa - no issues at all there, if that's what you're asking?

I don't think any current booking engines allow you to select different via points for the outward and return journeys...

 

[MrCub]

A return ticket from London Terminals to Banbury is valid to go out from Marylebone and back to Paddington, or vice versa - no issues at all there, if that's what you're asking?

I don't think any current booking engines allow you to select different via points for the outward and return journeys...

Yes, that was precisely what I was asking. Good stuff; so I can do a circular trip. That works nicely, thanks!