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Are XC trying to stop passengers from breaking journeys at Banbury by increasing fares?
Are XC trying to stop passengers from breaking journeys at Banbury by increasing fares?
Is that a new fare from NFM12?
I've looked on National Rail and WebTIS. No sign of such a fare. Nothing to do with XC, the fare is set by FGW (if you select an Off Peak ticket for this flow on the National Rail site, it shows the FGW logo).
Can you upload a screenshot?
When you scroll down and see the whole page with the £71 fare selected you see it is the price of a 3 in 7 Heart of England Rover.
Because there are no returns other than day returns for this flow the journey planner sees the rover as the cheapest ticket that is valid for your outward & return services.
It would help if people posting these sort of "stories" would post the full details. If the OP had selected the fare and scrolled down he would have found out the answer.
Why would anyone buy a £71 return when the price of two singles is far less?
When you scroll down and see the whole page with the £71 fare selected you see it is the price of a 3 in 7 Heart of England Rover.
Because there are no returns other than day returns for this flow the journey planner sees the rover as the cheapest ticket that is valid for your outward & return services.
Peter
That was not the image that you posted. That departs 26 May and returns 30 MayAll very well, but it doesn't explain why a same-day off-peak return was also showing as £71/£74 earlier today.
That was not the image that you posted. That departs 26 May and returns 30 May