Agreed, especially since you have form for fare evasion and/or similar in other parts of the country.I think this is good advice fwiw.
Agreed, especially since you have form for fare evasion and/or similar in other parts of the country.I think this is good advice fwiw.
That doesn't make the ticket invalid. Using the ticket made it invalid due to the out of date Railcard. It's not the same thing.It didn't because you purchased it without a valid railcard.
That doesn't make the ticket invalid. Using the ticket made it invalid due to the out of date Railcard. It's not the same thing.
The ticket might have become valid but an offence had been committed in boarding a train without a valid ticket. There's really no point in getting tied up in knots around this.I have no idea whether the ticket became valid as soon as the railcard was purchased, though.
The problem with this advice is that neither side has behaved impeccably - and if the OP's misbehaviour (albeit inadvertent) is picked up, they'll have a lot more pain than the railway will.I personally would consider writing to customer services, the member of staff chose to deal with this by way of selling a new ticket, therefore the offence is disposed of. To then sell you a ticket from Birmingham sounds a bit sus?
That doesn't make the ticket invalid. Using the ticket made it invalid due to the out of date Railcard. It's not the same thing.
They didn't confiscate the Bath to Bristol ticket which was invalid because of the expired railcard, but still operated the gates at Bristol. This left the Bath to Birmingham ticket sold on the train not tagged by a barrier.Unfortunately, for reasons best known to them, the member of staff decided to sell a new ticket but to Birmingham. @mazza887 managed to get this new ticket refunded at Temple Meads, even though technically it had been partly used.
That doesn't alter the fact of its partial use.They didn't confiscate the Bath to Bristol ticket which was invalid because of the expired railcard, but still operated the gates at Bristol. This left the Bath to Birmingham ticket sold on the train not tagged by a barrier.
That's a risky assumption, because the selling guard may well have scanned it as soon as it printed.They didn't confiscate the Bath to Bristol ticket which was invalid because of the expired railcard, but still operated the gates at Bristol. This left the Bath to Birmingham ticket sold on the train not tagged by a barrier.