Bought Advance ticket for the wrong day!

[Malton Seadog]

Hi all,

For the amount of train travel I do, I can't believe I've done this. Complacency maybe.

I'm going to Stansted tomorrow from Doncaster for a flight.

I'm travelling back from Stansted to Doncaster a week on Monday (24th June).

I booked the Stansted to Peterborough section fine, and am picking those tickets up tomorrow.

However, back in January/February when I book the tickets, I failed to notice that I'd booked Peterborough to Doncaster for 24th April.

Having just realised today, and with me travelling tomorrow to the airport (on valid tickets), is there a lot I can do?

My main hope is that I can go to the ticket office at Doncaster tomorrow (where I will be picking all 4 tickets up for both legs) and explain what a fool I am, and flutter my eyelashes at the ladies and hope they can somehow transfer my ticket or put a special notice on it.

The more realistic outcome is that they'll say no, and I'll have to buy a new ticket.

Thankfully, there are still Advances (with 16-25) available for 24th June for £11ish, which is ironically less than I paid for the April ticket!

Is there any way around this that won't involve me parting with cash, even if it is mercifully 'only' £11 if I have to buy a new ticket?

 

[yorkie]

However, back in January/February when I book the tickets, I failed to notice that I'd booked Peterborough to Doncaster for 24th April.

Having just realised today, and with me travelling tomorrow to the airport (on valid tickets), is there a lot I can do?

The T&Cs require that any changes are made before the time of departure shown on the ticket, and even then a £10 admin fee is payable (+ any differences in fares).

Given that the fare is only £11, I advise you pay that before the price increases.

 

[hairyhandedfool]

....Is there any way around this that won't involve me parting with cash....?

To put it bluntly, no.

Had you noticed before the train departed on the 24th April and had you done something about it then, maybe you'd be better off, but sadly at this stage there is nothing to be done, except putting it down to experience and buying a new ticket.