excess question

[Alex C.]

I have the return portion of a ticket portsmouth to eastleigh.

I now need to travel back from Southampton.

Travel Southampton to portsmouth appears valid via eastleigh according to NRES.

can I excess the return or do I need a single Southampton to eastleigh? If I can excess the return is the ticket then valid on the direct trains?

Thanks

 

[scotsman]

I have the return portion of a ticket portsmouth to eastleigh.

I now need to travel back from Southampton.

Travel Southampton to portsmouth appears valid via eastleigh according to NRES.

can I excess the return or do I need a single Southampton to eastleigh? If I can excess the return is the ticket then valid on the direct trains?

Thanks

If you can bring a printout of the booking engine saying it's valid on the exact trains you're using, I would do that and nothing more.

If you can't, see if you can get an excess before you travel. The policy on whether or not to excess whole/part tickets and when to do it varies between TOCs.

 

[bb21]

An overdistance excess is fine in your case. The excess is 10p but remember that you must obtain this before boarding the train. Otherwise it will be a new ticket for the additional distance or a Penalty Fare.

I am sure that Eastleigh to Portsmouth is permitted via Southampton but strangely no booking engine is validating it. No major issue here though as the difference is a grand 10p.

 

[swt_passenger]

An overdistance excess is fine in your case. The excess is 10p but remember that you must obtain this before boarding the train. Otherwise it will be a new ticket for the additional distance or a Penalty Fare.

I am sure that Eastleigh to Portsmouth is permitted via Southampton but strangely no booking engine is validating it. No major issue here though as the difference is a grand 10p.

It isn't reversible AIUI. Southampton to Portsmouth group is valid via Eastleigh, but Eastleigh to Portsmouth Group isn't via Southampton.

I think it's 'fallout' from those routeing guide changes that were made after a chap complained about not being able to travel from Basingstoke to Fareham via Salisbury, it came up for discussion some months back...

 

[bb21]

OK, it was then rather than is. That update removed a lot of reasonable routes.