Ben Rhydding
Member
From the attached tickets, you can see that I`ll be travelling from New Pudsey to Ely and back. The outward ticket is an advance so no argument with the mandatory reservation. But for the return, I opted for a flexible off peak single rather than an advance which would have been cheaper. But this ticket carries the same "mandatory reservation" wording.
As I understand, I can return on any train after 9.30 (except not before I actually get there). As part of the booking process I had to select a return train so I chose the most likely one. But I might wish to change which is why I paid more.
We encounter ticket checking staff who make up rules. Here they wouldn`t need to as someone else in the industry has done it for them, making up a restriction and printing it on the ticket.
If I opt for a different train, am I going to have to travel armed with the NRCoT and a print of the restriction for this particular ticket? And would I then still risk having somebody say that what`s printed on the ticket over-rides all that? Surely, the word "mandatory" should not be there.
As I understand, I can return on any train after 9.30 (except not before I actually get there). As part of the booking process I had to select a return train so I chose the most likely one. But I might wish to change which is why I paid more.
We encounter ticket checking staff who make up rules. Here they wouldn`t need to as someone else in the industry has done it for them, making up a restriction and printing it on the ticket.
If I opt for a different train, am I going to have to travel armed with the NRCoT and a print of the restriction for this particular ticket? And would I then still risk having somebody say that what`s printed on the ticket over-rides all that? Surely, the word "mandatory" should not be there.
