Ticket restrictions, Cardiff to Paddington

[krus_aragon]

Could someone dig into the current NFM and tell me the time restrictions on FGW's saver and supersaver tickets (and prices) for travel between Cardiff and London? It'll be one person going for the day in January.

 

[devon_metro]

Cardiff - London Terminals:

SVR £74.00
SSR £60.70

Towards London:
Off Peak Return: before 05:30 and after 08:10
Super Off Peak Return: after 0940

From London:
Off Peak Return: Not between 1640 and 1825
Super Off Peak Return: Not between 1500 and 1859

HTH

 

[John @ home]

Cardiff - London Terminals:

SVR £74.00
SSR £60.70

Yes. The regulated SSR fare goes down from £61.00 to £60.70. But the non-regulated SSS, currently half the corresponding return fare, goes up from £30.50 to £35.00.

So the return goes down 0.5% and the single goes up 14.8%

 

[krus_aragon]

Thanks. Is it possible to excess the outbound portion only of a SSR to a SVR? I recall that it can be done on the return leg.

 

[John @ home]

Thanks. Is it possible to excess the outbound portion only of a SSR to a SVR? I recall that it can be done on the return leg.

When you excess a return ticket to travel one leg by a more expensive route, you only have to pay half the difference and you can excess either the outward or the return leg.

But when you excess a return ticket to travel one leg at a more expensive time, you have to pay the full difference in price, eg. the SSR becomes an SVR ticket.

For Cardiff - London Paddington, the 2010 prices appear to be:
SSS £35.00
SSR £60.70
SVS £42.50
SVR £74.00
Note that in 2010 this SVR is less expensive than SSS + SVS. This was not the case in 2009.

You say that this is a day trip, so I should also mention that there are relevant Travelcards:
Cardiff - London Zones 1-6
Super Off-Peak Day Travelcard £66.00
Off-Peak Day Travelcard £79.00