Ticket codes (e.g. OPR) & Avantix Traveller

[yorkie]

Ticket codes

Please ensure that, if you use ticket codes (e.g. OPR, SVR) on here that you use the correct codes.

Some common examples of standard class ticket codes include:
OPR = Super Off Peak Return. (It does not stand for Off Peak Return)
SSR = Super Off Peak Return
SVR = Off Peak Return
CDR = Off Peak Day Return
SOR = Anytime Return
SDR = Anytime Day Return
SCO = Super Off Peak Day Return
SVH = Off Peak Single (not available singly, available with an Advance the other direction when booked on Virgin's website only)
SVS = Off Peak Single (nearly twice the price of SVH for the same validity!)
SSS = Super Off Peak Single
CDS = Off Peak Day Single
SOS = Anytime Single (but only valid for 1 day! So virtually the same as a SDS really!)
SDS = Anytime Day Single

There has been some confusion with people talking about OPRs when the tickets they are talking about are actually SVRs.

It is probably best to use the full ticket name where first mentioned (with the code in brackets), but I realise that people posting on mobile devices may wish to save typing, but please don't post a code unless you're sure it's correct as otherwise it causes confusion.

The ticket codes are not normally available to the public, except in the form of Avantix Traveller.

Avantix Traveller NFM

This software has all the fares in it, it is by far the easiest way to find cheaper ticket combinations, and the only way to find exact validity restrictions. No website will tell you exactly when your ticket is valid. You are 'supposed' to enquire at your local station or ask National Rail Enquiries for each ticket you are interested in finding out what the restrictions are!

The latest Avantix Traveller, NFM07 is available on a CD from TSO Online for £9.01 + VAT + P&P. (If you get your local bookshop to order it, you may be able to avoid postage costs)

NFM06, which is mostly the same and was valid until earlier this month, can be found as a free download on a website called Fares Manual, which appears to be in dispute with ATOC's legal department. Given that dispute, I won't link directly to it here, but if you do a Google search for Fares Manual you will find it. It should suffice for most people, there are not many changes from NFM06 to NFM07, and you can always enquire here asking if the information you find is still correct.

 

[TEW]

You missed SSS which is also Super Off Peak single.

 

[General Zod]

Aha ! I can see why I was causing you all sorts of confusion in one my threads Yorkie. Sorry about that.

 

[bnm]

Slight error with the duplicate SVS there, methinks.

Avantix Traveller NFM

This software has all the fares in it, it is by far the easiest way to find cheaper ticket combinations, and the only way to find exact validity restrictions.

But not necessarily correct restrictions, at least according to some staff. Try using a Didcot-Swanley CDR out of Paddington in the evening peak. I was prevented from travelling by the gateline staff at Paddington and then the Duty Station Manager, despite being armed with a printout of the relevent entry from NFM07. Even told I faced a Penalty Fare if I ignored their advice and boarded a 'fast'. Was told that FGW's evening bar on using fast services to Didcot trumped the entry in NFM even for a fare set by another operator. Complaints were lodged with all relevant bodies.

 

[DaveNewcastle]

SSS which is also Super Off Peak single.

As Yorkie stated, he was just listing "Some common examples", There's dozens more:
The First Class variants (which don't all have an "F" in their code)
The countless codes for Advance tickets (which don't have an "A" in their code)
The multiple journey tickets such as Seasons

How about posting the list as a "sticky" in this Ticketing forum (without these replies)?

 

[philjo]

One common code used round here is for the Super Off Peak Day Return now offered by FCC to London Terminals (usually available at weekends only)
This uses ticket code CBA.