I bought an advance from Gatwick Airport to Birmingham, then my flight time got moved later, so I amended the advance to later in the day. I have the amendment ticket coupons; but not the original ticket and am now abroad until to the tickets are needed. So I will be attempting to collect a ticket at noon from the machines at Gatwick when it was meant to be used for journeys from 9am that morning. Is the machine still going to spit it out or will i have problems? Thanks for any help.
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Collecting an Advance after it was meant to start..
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Yes I don't think the machines are that sophisticated! I haven't tried picking up one after the validity date but I am sure that would work, and definitely on the same day would be fine!
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Well, the machines are largely dumb so far as collecting tickets is concerned. The system they connect to doesn't care though. After all, you might still want to collect an unused ticket after it's validity has expired because you couldn't use it for some reason, and would like to get a refund.
About a month after the last validity date any uncollected tickets are "swept up" though.
About a month after the last validity date any uncollected tickets are "swept up" though.
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