Will book with confidence be extended/made permanent (Ended 30th November)

[Watershed]

Fee free means not charging the £10 change fee. The question of fare uplift is separate.

The two are intractably linked. Even if no fee is charged, a change certainly isn't "free" if you have to pay £50 extra because there are only walk-up fares available.

 

[miklcct]

What usually isn't offered is the ability to change to a different day entirely (rather than the day before/after) without paying any increase in fare, unlike even easyJet/Ryanair where a cancellation entitles you to change for totally different dates at no uplift at all.

Doesn't LNER do so? Is it restricted to same-day change only? (LNER automatically applies a voucher code for a change in Advance ticket resulting from a schedule change, if the fare becomes higher)

 

[Wallsendmag]

Doesn't LNER do so? Is it restricted to same-day change only? (LNER automatically applies a voucher code for a change in Advance ticket resulting from a schedule change, if the fare becomes higher)

Yes

 

[westv]

Bit of a pain reverting back to "fees". I have a journey that I want to book in January but the date is only provisional. It was very "passenger friendly" when I could book early (AP) but know it could be amended if needed. Now the two tickets would involve a £20 additional cost if changed.

 

[alistairlees]

Bit of a pain reverting back to "fees". I have a journey that I want to book in January but the date is only provisional. It was very "passenger friendly" when I could book early (AP) but know it could be amended if needed. Now the two tickets would involve a £20 additional cost if changed.

If you book them from railsmartr.co.uk then they won’t.

 

[westv]

If you book them from railsmartr.co.uk then they won’t.

Thanks for that but it doesn't seem to have any seat plans for seat selection.

 

[Haywain]

Thanks for that but it doesn't seem to have any seat plans for seat selection.

Win some, lose some?

 

[westv]

Win some, lose some?

Or one step forward, two steps back?

 

[Haywain]

Or one step forward, two steps back?

Not really, as the comment is about what using a different retailer may get you. In terms of BwC it’s more one step sideways and three steps back.