Justin Smith
Member
Short notice APEX tickets : why do they have to include a seat reservation ?
I know Cross Country trains short notice seat reservations have been discussed to death, but I was thinking about the problem just the other day. Most people agree that the possibility someone can reserve a seat after someone else has actually sat in it is unreasonable and a recipe for potential ill feeling and conflict. It`s also unfair that someone with a smart phone and knowledge of the system gets to go to the front of the queue for a seat. But that shouldn`t necessarily prevent train companies from selling cheaper ticket for services which aren`t that full. Why can`t the system just sell the passenger a ticket (whilst obviously noting down that a ticket has been sold for that train) but, once the train has left its first call, the ticket does not include a seat reservation ?
I know Cross Country trains short notice seat reservations have been discussed to death, but I was thinking about the problem just the other day. Most people agree that the possibility someone can reserve a seat after someone else has actually sat in it is unreasonable and a recipe for potential ill feeling and conflict. It`s also unfair that someone with a smart phone and knowledge of the system gets to go to the front of the queue for a seat. But that shouldn`t necessarily prevent train companies from selling cheaper ticket for services which aren`t that full. Why can`t the system just sell the passenger a ticket (whilst obviously noting down that a ticket has been sold for that train) but, once the train has left its first call, the ticket does not include a seat reservation ?