Comments on: The bizarre UK rail fare structure http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/02/13/the-bizarre-uk-rail-fare-structure/ Online interactive travel magazine about authentic travel in Europe on a modest budget Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:01:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Kyle http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/02/13/the-bizarre-uk-rail-fare-structure/#comment-99161 Kyle Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:58:44 +0000 http://www.europealacarte.co.uk/blog/2008/02/13/the-bizarre-uk-rail-fare-structure/#comment-99161 Some people are catching on that it is cheaper to buy a ticket for a longer journey, particularly to a more popular destination, even if it is further away. So I would just get the same tickets for Glasgow again and just hop off at Edinbrugh? The train operators, needless to say, aren't so happy about people "taking advantage" of this and not utilising the full journey for which they got tickets for, so there's probably caveats in the conditions now. Some people are catching on that it is cheaper to buy a ticket for a longer journey, particularly to a more popular destination, even if it is further away. So I would just get the same tickets for Glasgow again and just hop off at Edinbrugh?

The train operators, needless to say, aren’t so happy about people “taking advantage” of this and not utilising the full journey for which they got tickets for, so there’s probably caveats in the conditions now.

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