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Post by londonstuff on Jun 1, 2011 10:16:37 GMT
Not strictly relevant here, I know, but as a few of you travel up and down the country by train a fair bit, it might save you a bit of money; I nearly got caught out by this yesterday. I'm only writing from what I've found out about Virgin Trains but I wouldn't be in the slightest bit surprised if it's a widely-used racket. londonstuff.posterous.com/companies-charging-different-amounts-dependin |
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Post by cso on Jun 1, 2011 10:47:30 GMT
Interesting... I shall remember that in future!
I wonder what the new EU cookie policy would make of these tactics too... (not that I can find enough useful information about it!)
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Post by andypurk on Jun 1, 2011 11:40:52 GMT
I don't think this is a cookie problem, more that refreshing the browser has 'broken' the webpage. If you look at the images, all the flexible fares (anytime or off-peak) are still there at the same price, but there are no cheaper advance fares listed at all.
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Post by SE13 on Jun 1, 2011 11:43:45 GMT
Hmmm... I spotted your post on Twitter earlier (or was it yesterday) - Now I tend to book my train tickets through FGW (Thanks to Phil for the link ages ago) and they don't appear to be following this patten.
Another thing I find (perhaps it's because I don't live on the mainline) is that prices don't vary from one place to another when initially looking around, and they are at their cheapest 90 days before travel. Prices do start to vary the closer to the time of travel however, so perhaps that's the cookie thing kicking in?
Certainly one to remember for the Christmas meet which will probably be my next expensive train journey.
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