Apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere, I've just had an internal email regarding Priv discounts. I've not used mine for a while but looking for a bit of clarification.
Highlighted in yellow it says " All tickets must be purchased online at (RST website) before travelling. Tickets cannot be purchased at Ticket Offices or onboard trains."
Can anybody confirm whether this is infact the case? I'm a guard but on leave currently so can't have a look on a machine. I had no issues selling priv tickets onboard a few weeks ago.
I'm planning to travel with Merseyrail next week using my priv, who are ToD collection only. On the RST site when selecting ToD you have to select a station to collect from - it appears no Merseyrail stations are on this list. It says they can be collected from any station on the list. I see no reason why they wouldn't be available to collect at Hooton (the site is happy to sell me ToD tickets from Hooton to Liverpool). Any ideas if this will cause issues trying to collect them at Hooton?
I could always ask when I get to the station if they can sell me priv rate tickets (which is what I've done there many times before) but don't want to then faff around online buying tickets if they say no (to potentially find I can't collect them there!). Admittedly it's hardly an extortionate fare anyway but every little helps.
Cheers all.
Highlighted in yellow it says " All tickets must be purchased online at (RST website) before travelling. Tickets cannot be purchased at Ticket Offices or onboard trains."
Can anybody confirm whether this is infact the case? I'm a guard but on leave currently so can't have a look on a machine. I had no issues selling priv tickets onboard a few weeks ago.
I'm planning to travel with Merseyrail next week using my priv, who are ToD collection only. On the RST site when selecting ToD you have to select a station to collect from - it appears no Merseyrail stations are on this list. It says they can be collected from any station on the list. I see no reason why they wouldn't be available to collect at Hooton (the site is happy to sell me ToD tickets from Hooton to Liverpool). Any ideas if this will cause issues trying to collect them at Hooton?
I could always ask when I get to the station if they can sell me priv rate tickets (which is what I've done there many times before) but don't want to then faff around online buying tickets if they say no (to potentially find I can't collect them there!). Admittedly it's hardly an extortionate fare anyway but every little helps.
Cheers all.