London to Exeter

[DavyCrocket]

Hello everyone, I had been waiting (until this weekend ironically) to book a fare Kentish Town (as cheaper than Paddington) to Exeter St Davids as Standard Advance each way at £30.50 each. All trains this morning showing as more than nine tickets left (as have for a while). This evening they have all gone and are now sadly £53 each way.
Though no good for me, I have looked at the Saturday and the Monday either side and there are many available at the £30.50.

Is this a case that the tickets really have gone or is it possible that they have been Removed to suppress demand due to their staff shortages on Sunday?
And is it possible that the lower price will reappear or have I simply been too late?

There don’t appear to be any suitable splits either

Thank you

 

[takno]

Hello everyone, I had been waiting (until this weekend ironically) to book a fare Kentish Town (as cheaper than Paddington) to Exeter St Davids as Standard Advance each way at £30.50 each. All trains this morning showing as more than nine tickets left (as have for a while). This evening they have all gone and are now sadly £53 each way.
Though no good for me, I have looked at the Saturday and the Monday either side and there are many available at the £30.50.

Is this a case that the tickets really have gone or is it possible that they have been Removed to suppress demand due to their staff shortages on Sunday?
And is it possible that the lower price will reappear or have I simply been too late?

There don’t appear to be any suitable splits either

Thank you

London Exeter is a route where cheap tickets just seem to disappear from under me frustratingly regularly. I pretty much just grab whatever the cheapest ticket is via Salisbury as soon as I know when I'm going. Open returns that way are also relatively reasonable if you're planning on coming back.

That said, they may have that route closed for engineering work this weekend

 

[DavyCrocket]

Thank you. Also for mentioning the Open ticket, which I hadn’t thought of and adds lots of flexibility