Falcon1200
Established Member
You'd simply introduce a penalty for not having a reservation, e.g. a base £50 Penalty Fare.
How would that be enforced though? There is no means of segregating access to Avanti services at say Preston or Wigan North Western, and no way that any full ticket inspection could take place in the 12 minute journey time between them!
Some may of course consider that being a worthwhile price to board the train without one if it's urgent.
Which is what everyone would do.