I’ve recently been lucky enough to get my TFL 60+ Oyster card, and have been using the forums ticketing site which supports adding the 60+ Oyster in the advanced options. However, I’m running into some issues where I believe the site is not giving me the correct/cheapest ticket options (or possibly I’m misunderstanding some of the rules?).
I am looking for a return from London Waterloo to Warminster this Saturday, using my Senior railcard/TFL 60+ combination. I am leaving on the 0850 train from Waterloo, but need flexibility on the return journey so I can return on any train (via Salisbury route) that evening.
https://tickets.railforums.co.uk/re...lass=false&flexible=true&selectionMethod=Grid
Looking at the flexible fares, it is offering me a £34.05 off-peak day return from Clapham Junction to Warminster (returning on the 18:46 from Warminster). Why does it not offer me the cheaper £33.35 off-peak day return from Surbiton (last station in Zone 6 covered by my 60+ Oyster), taking advantage of 14.3 of the NR conditions of travel which I believe does not require the train to stop at this station in these circumstances (https://www.brfares.com/!faredetail?orig=SUR&dest=WMN&rlc=SRN&rte=800&tkt=CDR).
Additionally, the cheaper £33.35 fare would presumably also be valid on the 18:11 return journey from Warminster, for which the forums website is giving the cheapest flexible fare of £47.50. So the cheaper £33.35 fare would also give me much more flexibility in my choice of return trains.
Any help in unravelling this would be appreciated. In particular, can I confirm that getting a £33.35 Surbiton to Warminster is my best option?
I am looking for a return from London Waterloo to Warminster this Saturday, using my Senior railcard/TFL 60+ combination. I am leaving on the 0850 train from Waterloo, but need flexibility on the return journey so I can return on any train (via Salisbury route) that evening.
https://tickets.railforums.co.uk/re...lass=false&flexible=true&selectionMethod=Grid
Looking at the flexible fares, it is offering me a £34.05 off-peak day return from Clapham Junction to Warminster (returning on the 18:46 from Warminster). Why does it not offer me the cheaper £33.35 off-peak day return from Surbiton (last station in Zone 6 covered by my 60+ Oyster), taking advantage of 14.3 of the NR conditions of travel which I believe does not require the train to stop at this station in these circumstances (https://www.brfares.com/!faredetail?orig=SUR&dest=WMN&rlc=SRN&rte=800&tkt=CDR).
Additionally, the cheaper £33.35 fare would presumably also be valid on the 18:11 return journey from Warminster, for which the forums website is giving the cheapest flexible fare of £47.50. So the cheaper £33.35 fare would also give me much more flexibility in my choice of return trains.
Any help in unravelling this would be appreciated. In particular, can I confirm that getting a £33.35 Surbiton to Warminster is my best option?
