Megatrain Salisbury to Waterloo - £1

[bnm]

I spoke to 2 Revenue people this morning at Basingstoke, No problem with buying the 2 tickets as stated earlier, first thing she said was, no BOJ as not leaving the station.

They both didnt think Clapham counted as London though. However Im not doing that. No need to double back either they both said

So those two Revenue staff have given you permission to break Megatrain's terms and conditions have they? I hope you got that in writing. Could be an expensive mistake if there is a rail-side revenue block at Clapham Junction.

 

[hantsman1205]

So those two Revenue staff have given you permission to break Megatrain's terms and conditions have they? I hope you got that in writing. Could be an expensive mistake if there is a rail-side revenue block at Clapham Junction.

I will let you know

 

[AlterEgo]

I agree with Clagmonster. The Megatrain rules are expressed to override the NRCoC, and "you must travel between the stations booked" means exactly that. Pettifoggery over when is stopping short not stopping short is a little unbecoming, and national television shouldn't be encouraging people to weasel out of the terms they agreed to.

I'm surprised the expression "bad customer service" hasn't been thrown in yet!

...I agree entirely. I believe the terms and conditions are abundantly clear on Megatrain tickets in this particular respect.

Plus a surprise bonus point from me for excellent use of the word "pettifogging". I almost never hear or read it!

 

[clagmonster]

Do the megatrain conditions over-ride condition 19?

I can see what you are getting at. I think if you used Megatrain as part of a conventional split (ie traveling A-C via B, with Megatrain A-B and another ticket B-C there would be no problem. In this case the requirement is to travel between the stations on the reference, whoch I see more as an ammendement to condition 16 (break of journey), but it does prevent some more complicated use of condition 19.