Season ticket question

[323235]

Hi,

I have an existing 6 week season ticket but due to work commitments i'm deferring my holiday and so will need to travel for an extra week before my holiday.

Is is possible to extend an existing season ticket by an extra week?

 

[ForTheLoveOf]

Hi,

I have an existing 6 week season ticket but due to work commitments i'm deferring my holiday and so will need to travel for an extra week before my holiday.

Is is possible to extend an existing season ticket by an extra week?

No, unfortunately. However, there's no great loss as 6-week and 1-week season tickets are calculated at roughly the same rate on most routes.

 

[323235]

Yeh it's about £2.80 , which I will ask my employer to pay.

 

[bb21]

No, unfortunately. However, there's no great loss as 6-week and 1-week season tickets are calculated at roughly the same rate on most routes.

They are most certainly calculated at very different rates, not "roughly the same".

"6-weekly" season tickets are calculated at the "monthlies" rate, and pro rated for any days longer than a calendar month, which is cheaper than "weeklies".

For a one-week extension, the difference may not be substantial however as it is only for seven days especially for one covering only a small distance.

 

[PeterC]

"6-weekly" season tickets are calculated at the "monthlies" rate, and pro rated for any days longer than a calendar month, which is cheaper than "weeklies".

So roughly one and a half monthlies? I haven't looked at doing this since BR days but back then I am sure that it would have been calculated by adding monthlie. weeklies and returns to the required number of days.

 

[Wallsendmag]

if a month is the weekly x 3.84 how on earth can 6 weekly be the same rate as a weekly?

 

[bb21]

So roughly one and a half monthlies? I haven't looked at doing this since BR days but back then I am sure that it would have been calculated by adding monthlie. weeklies and returns to the required number of days.

A 6-week long season ticket is costed at 3.84 x weekly base rate (same as the weekly rate except for longer distance market-based flows where the base rate is cheaper), plus any odd days in addition to the calendar month (so varies in number of days depending on the month the ticket starts in) at 0.128 x weekly base rate for each additional day (roughly).

The 6-weekly season ticket should be just under 1.5 x monthly price.