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    East Coast Rewards Advance Tickets

    Intend to take 1123 chiltern to Marylebone then 1305 KGX to Leeds traveling via bakerloo and Victoria line or Bakerloo and Circle
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    East Coast Rewards Advance Tickets

    Thinking of visiting Shilton next month then using a 'free' rewards ticket to return to London between Darlington & KGX. Journey planner gives an itinerary with 7 minutes to change at Darlington, should I be delayed and miss my connection would I have any problem in catching a later train...
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    Bonus Nectar points on FGW website

    I had a email offering the bonus Nectar points when I followed the link and tried to book a ticket it would only let me opt to have the tickets posted, this was confirmed by FGW ? Customer service?
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    Bonus Nectar points on FGW website

    There is catch, you have to pay to have the tickets posted to you, you can't collect from a TVM.
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    East Coast Rewards

    Never having redeemed any of points yet, overall I have enough for a second class return trip. Some of my points are due to expire within the next 14 days. I really want to travel at the beginning of September i.e. more than 12 weeks time which currently shows no availability. If I redeem...
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    Best Booking Site with option to select seats

    I want make advance booking(s) for a date in early August between Paddington and Cardiff Central for three people to travel together and return the following day preferably first class if advances available at a reasonable price. (All of us have Senior Railcards) It's slightly complicated as...
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    Oyster Single Fare Finder Alternative Routes

    I can confirm that I did touch in & out at Vauxhall in both directions. took fastest route with least amount of walking at interchanges.
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    Oyster Single Fare Finder Alternative Routes

    Recently travelled Rickmansworth to Wimbledon Return both journeys off peak with a railcard on Oyster PAYG Outward Rickmansworth - Marylebone (Chiltern) M'bone - Oxford Circus - Vauxhall (underground ) - Vauxhall (NR) - Wimbledon charged £2.60 Returned same way except via Baker Street & Met...
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    Oyster evening peak fare capping

    Assuming you have a PAYG Adult Oyster if your railcard is paired to the card, your daily capping rate will be lower.
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    Rail Travel Voucher question

    In a similar thread 'maniacmartin' supplied a link to an LU document 'Ticket Office Operations' which explains to ticket office staff how to add RTV's to PAYG oyster cards. When my local station didn't know what to do I printed the relevant page and they were happy to do.
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    Oyster/Advance purchase during disruption.

    Is using Chiltern Railways service and PAYG Oyster from Rickmansworth to Marylebone and allowing the minimum connection time between Marylebone and Kings Cross considered to be having started a journey via National Rail and therefore in event of disruption be eligible to be put on the next...
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    Split Ticketing starting Journey using PAYG oyster

    I periodically buy Advance tickets to travel from Kings Cross to Leeds or York as It is always more expensive to purchase a fare from the start of my journey at a joint Met Chiltern Line station to the final destination. Normally I use my PAYG oyster to travel via Marylebone to Kings Cross...
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    DLR penalty fare - touched in oyster card but fare not registered

    I agree it's unfair and I freely confess to having no expertise in this area other than being a fairly frequent Oyster user. Had the OP not been stopped the journey would have easily been resolved by a phone call to the Oyster helpline. I would think the resolution of CCTV is never going to show...
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    No Credit Card to pick up pre-bought Ticket

    Tickets can be collected from any machine not just the one you specified when you ordered online, just get you partner to use your card with the booking reference and then post tickets Special Delivery to you or your daughter.
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    East Coast delays - 01Aug13 - York/Selby-Doncaster

    Apologies I should have said 2115 Stevenage (not very good typing on my phone)
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    East Coast delays - 01Aug13 - York/Selby-Doncaster

    I having to meet my partner at Stevenage she boarded a train at about 1830 at Newcastle originally due Stevenage 2015
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    East Coast delays - 01Aug13 - York/Selby-Doncaster

    Can anybody give more details of the problems between York and kings cross
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    London North Eastern Railway (LNER) First Class service

    Yesterday mid morning, I travelled on a very lightly loaded first class train between Kings Cross and York and was very surprised by the attitude of the catering staff when a passenger joining at Peterborough was told that we won't be coming round with any sandwiches until after Newark, given...
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    Southeastern... suspicious letter...

    Just a thought, if you topped up your Oyster card, I assume it is PAYG card, have you logged on to your account and printed out your journey history.

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