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LNER only selling AP on own channel

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10-Car-Fan

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This Sunday, LNER are only selling London to NCL AP on their own website, not any third parties/other TOCs, etc (See Picture attached). Same for other flows like Edinburgh.

The 16:03 for example is c. £140 cheaper on their website? I didn't think TOCs were allowed to do this???

Not very fair competition.
 

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This Sunday, LNER are only selling London to NCL AP on their own website, not any third parties/other TOCs, etc (See Picture attached). Same for other flows like Edinburgh.

The 16:03 for example is c. £140 cheaper on their website? I didn't think TOCs were allowed to do this???

Not very fair competition.
This is really bad especially from a Dft operator!
 

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This Sunday, LNER are only selling London to NCL AP on their own website, not any third parties/other TOCs, etc (See Picture attached). Same for other flows like Edinburgh.

The 16:03 for example is c. £140 cheaper on their website? I didn't think TOCs were allowed to do this???

Not very fair competition.
Well, to start with, the top journey begins with a walk to St Pancras for the 14:44 service to Bedford. You then take the 15:45 replacement bus to Peterborough before connecting onto the 17:19 LNER service to Newcastle.

TrainSplit and the forum's site both sell tickets for this itinerary, actually saving a tiny bit in the process:

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It also offers a through Advance, but requiring the ticket to cover Underground Zone 1 for some reason, which I'll take a look into.

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Evidently, it's not limited to prevent third parties selling them. Trainline have just screwed something up which means they won't sell them instead.

On Track Retail (GTR, Southeastern) also sell advances for the journey:
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