Can period return end-dates be extended?

[Broken Viking]

Hail all! Long time no post!
Just a quick question in relation to a journey that I'm currently "out" on, and how it relates to another one that I'll need to make soon...

I currently hold a pair of split tickets that were bought on the 6th September, and of course these are printed to be valid for return up until the 5th October. At present, my plan is to return tomorrow...However, I'll need to make another journey back up to another area close by next week, and my host has just suggested that I could stay here and get a lift to my next destination insted.

Of course; If I were to do as my host suggests, my return portions would no longer be valid and I'd normally have to purchase a new ticket to return home.
However, I'm wondering if there's any way that I could get the return date on both tickets extended by a week or two, and - If so - How would I go about having these extended, and what kind of excess would I be looking to pay?

For reference, the tickets in question are:

• OPR (PU) WOK --> BMO via HWY [Chiltern, rst'n PU]
• SVR (2V) BHM --> DBY Any Permitted [Arrixa XC, rst'n 2V]

Whilst I'm at it:
I did a few look-ups on the LM fares finder earlier for the second working, and their fares seem a little higher than the equivalents listed in NFM 06. Has there been a mid-year fares increase, and - If so - Has NFM07 been made available to the public yet?

Farewell for now, and many thanks in advance for any advice!
>> Death <<

 

[yorkie]

No, you can't excess to something that does not exist. There are very few tickets that have a validity greater than 1 month! (e.g. offshore returns).

However you will have a PM shortly.

BTW, good to see you back, I was wondering where you were..!

 

[bb21]

There has been a small increase to LM fares, especially OPRs, from NFM07

 

[Broken Viking]

I've given some thought to this puzzle, and here's what I reckon works out be(a)st for me in the long run:

• Current return portion will stay unused. (It's only about £2,- more than a single, so I'm not losing too much on it. )
• LM OPR Tamworth --> Euston = £11.55
• SWT SVR Waterloo --> Farnborough = £16.45
• XC CDS Tamworth --> Derby = £7.35,
• EMT ADV Derby --> St. Pancras = £12.00 (If I book in time)

This at least allows me to commence my journey homeward next Sunday with my tickets ordered the "Wrong" way around for a subsequent return Northbounde, using the EMT advance to pick up the slack and hopefully get some HST haulage into the bargain.

That said; Thinking about how the LM return is cheaper than the EMT advance (And much more flexible) I'm thinking it might just work out better for me to buy that first LM return (I'll be starting out from Tamworth next Sunday, which does make things a bit complicated) and once again discard the return portion if I find I can't use it in the end...Given there's only 5p difference, it's not a great loss!
It's a pity that we can't legally sell unused return portions on eBay to get some benefit out of unused bits. That said, is it within the law to give someone your ticket so that they can used the return bit that you might not?

 

[A60K]

It's a pity that we can't legally sell unused return portions on eBay to get some benefit out of unused bits. That said, is it within the law to give someone your ticket so that they can used the return bit that you might not?

Legally no - the condition is that tickets are not transferable, either for payment or or free. In practice it's not easy to tell when most National Rail tickets have been transferred. On London Underground it's sometimes a bit easier, by asking the holder of a suspicious ticket such as a One Day Travelcard where the holder bought it as they don't show an origin station name, only the NLC-type code and (if not from Central London) the pattern of coloured triangles indicating the general area purchased.