Price of Rail Tickets

[jrichards1]

Yes Scunner, Im sure he must have upgraded at his own expense...

[Scunner]

I'm not sure you fully believe that

[cheers]

If he hadn't have been caught his aide wouldn't have paid the extra money!  Rip off merchant!  I wonder what would have happened if somebody who had bought a 1st class ticket couldn't get a seat on that journey?   

[Highlander]

Oh dear me.....
 

"As soon as the train left Wilmslow an aide went to find the Train Manager to explain the situation and arrange to pay for an upgrade".

[cheers]

Dear me yes 

Why didn't he just travel 2nd class??  Too good for the ordinary people is he??  I thought Gov policy was they used the cheapest form of travel available??     

[Highlander]

cheers - the issue of whether Government Ministers travel first or second class is different from accusing someone of trying to travel first class on a second class ticket.

[Scunner]

what would have happened if somebody who had bought a 1st class ticket couldn't get a seat on that journey?

I doubt that has ever happened in the history of trains cheers - what I generally see is people crammed in like sardines standing cheek to cheek in "standard" class while every one in eight seats in first class is occupied.

[Highlander]

I have seen people paying for tickets on trains many, many times.

[Scunner]

It's obviously a nothing story - those ticket machines are a nightmare and trying to find your route in the first class flavour won't be easy. Funny though.

[cheers]

We must have posh trains here then.  A whole carriage of 1st class on long distance trains and the conductor regularly comes around checking tickets.  On short journeys and you haven't got a ticket you get a £20 fine.  His aide must have known before he got on the train he didn't have the correct ticket so why didn't he sort it at the ticket office before he got on??