Manchester Daysaver

[yorkie]

It seems a bit silly that I was unable to buy the said ticket. What do people do if the ticket office in one of the Manchester stations is closed?

You pay at the first "opportunity", so on the next train, or the next ticket office and so on. If there is no opportunity at all, then I guess you could write to Northern requesting that they send you invoice for the ticket!

 

[radamfi]

I bought a Train & Bus Daysaver from the LM ticket office at Euston last year

http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?p=460993

 

[Solent&Wessex]

Funnily enough, I tried this yesterday, giving the codes and ticket names provided by yourselves.

First, on the train to Leeds. The guard attempted to put the code in but could get no joy on the ticket.

Second time I tried at Leeds station, but even though the code showed up (the lady in the booking office even turned the screen round to show me), there wasn't a way to print it out. The consensus seemed to be that it needed its own ticket stock.

Thirdly, I tried on the train which was going to Manchester, and the guard again said he couldn't print it out because it needed its own ticket stock. He suggested I brought it from a station in Manchester.

It seems a bit silly that I was unable to buy the said ticket. What do people do if the ticket office in one of the Manchester stations is closed?

It is perfectly easy to sell them on the train from Avantix Mobile machines. The easiest way is as follows-
From main home screen select "Secondary".
At the next menu select "Rover Enquiry".
In the field for the name of the rover either a) type in "Daysaver" and select TB for Train and Bus, TM for Train and Metrolink, or TBM for Train, Bus and Metrolink. Or b) enter code GM2 for TB, GM3 for TM or GM4 for TBM.

It can be done from the main ticket enquiry but the ticket prints out as a Single ticket and isn't obvious what it is. By selling it via the Rover Enquiry menu it prints out as a Rover with larger text and it is obvious to others - such as bus drivers what it is. In fact I'm sure it is exactly the same as the format from a ticket office.