New Ticket Type?

[First class]

Just checking through Avantix and an 'Offshore Return' appeared on a Aberdeen-Penzance enquiry.

It doesn't say who sets the fare and is available via +London (1W) and Not London (8A).

I assume that CC set the Not London and NXEC set the +London.

When did this ticket appear, and why isn't it named something a bit more conventional like Off-Peak?

Simples

 

[glynn80]

This ticket is within the FRPP and is designed for those workers who work "Offshore" who need extended ticketing validity

OSR OFFSHORE RETURN

Notes:

Offshore return is available from Aberdeen and Montrose stations only. It has a validity of two calendar months to permit travel by offshore workers

Ticket

Ticket Code: OSR
Class: Standard
Name: Offshore Return
Single or Return: Return

Outward Validity

Day: Date on ticket
Time: Any

Return Validity

Day: Two Calendar Month
Time: Any

Break of Journey

Out: Yes
Return: Yes

Pre-booking requirement

None

Reservations compulsory?

No

Child

No

Railcard

No

Group

No

 

[krus_aragon]

Perhaps it has something to do with this airline concept: http://www.mybusinesstravel.com/advice/obt/advice.php?id=7688

"...travellers can sometimes cut their costs by carefully planning where they buy their tickets. "Offshore ticketing" occurs when a traveller buys a ticket somewhere other than his or her home country."

Edit: Or not, as per the post above...

 

[jopsuk]

Suprised then it isn't avilable to more stations- Norwich for example- that are close to airlinks to the oil fields.