Cyclone Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Assuming that daftlad is paying for his son (it doesn't say so) then his son getting a railcard would be sensible. It's not possible for daftlad to get a railcard though, nor will his son having one save him anything on his own ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granra Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 It really doesn't make sense. I was booking a train from Glasgow to Sheffield the other day, and two consecutive trains were priced at £60 and £23, and it wasn't even the off peak/peak change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 It really doesn't make sense. I was booking a train from Glasgow to Sheffield the other day, and two consecutive trains were priced at £60 and £23, and it wasn't even the off peak/peak change. That’s what I said earlier, I went to London once and there was two trains a few minutes apart but the difference in price was eye watering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matssundin13 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 It's not possible for daftlad to get a railcard though, nor will his son having one save him anything on his own ticket. Do you mean he can't get a rail card? Period. Because this http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/railcards-discounts/railcards_national.html would disagree Or do you mean he can't get a 16-25 rail card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Peaches* Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 I'm afraid he told you fibs then! The reason your fares are different is that if you buy a direct fare, it is purchased from the TOC - in this case, Northern Rail (believe me when I say no other TOCs call here). If you buy them separately, you qualify for the subsidised fares under the Passenger Transport Executive. Well either way I get cheaper fares = happier me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiglet Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 It really doesn't make sense. I was booking a train from Glasgow to Sheffield the other day, and two consecutive trains were priced at £60 and £23, and it wasn't even the off peak/peak change. The train lines book in the way as the budget airlines - i.e. they have a certain number of advance tickets at each price, hence why some trains minutes apart can have vastly different ticket prices when booking ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Do you mean he can't get a rail card? Period. Because this http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/railcards-discounts/railcards_national.html would disagree Or do you mean he can't get a 16-25 rail card? Yes, I mean that daftlad will not qualify for a 16 - 25 rail card as he has a 21 year old son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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