Shimbleshanks
Member
My dear lady wife commutes on a London Zone 1-6 Travelcard from Purley to London on Southern/GTR every day. She is going to be undergoing some medical treatment and has asked me is it possible to upgrade from Standard to First class on an occasional basis - probably when the train is full and she doesn't feel up to standing. However, she'd rather not have to buy a First Class Travelcard (should there be such a thing).
Am I right in thinking, if she just goes to sit in First Class she'll get hit with a penalty fare? Is there some sort of excess ticket she could buy from the machine or the ticket office? (However, that wouldn't be entirely satisfactory - if it then turned out that there were plenty of seats in Standard, the money would be wasted.)
Am I right in thinking, if she just goes to sit in First Class she'll get hit with a penalty fare? Is there some sort of excess ticket she could buy from the machine or the ticket office? (However, that wouldn't be entirely satisfactory - if it then turned out that there were plenty of seats in Standard, the money would be wasted.)