Thread: Will Advance fares be any fairer with East Coast?

In message <V4idnWk7ztLKSmrXnZ2dnUVZ7v6dnZ2d@bt.com>, at 08:47:58 on Mon, 9 Nov 2009, John Salmon <ihmfdrtl@jwwpng.wrg.tin> remarked: >> And to claim any availability at the lowest price is I think a lie >>these past 4 weeks or so. > >Has anyone claimed that? ToCs frequently use the lowest price in their advertising. In the USA there's a law called "bait and...

On Nov 12, 12:15*pm, "Paul Scott" <notvalidpmsc...@***************> wrote: > dt...@my-deja.com wrote: > > But obviously I've not been paying attention to detail recently - a > > few checks today show just one advance fare on each trip. > > > When did they become that much more sophisticated? > > Well over a year ago I think. On the NREs...

On 8 Nov, 23:07, Howard Fisher <howardn...@locomotive.com> wrote: > Neil Williams wrote: > > On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:51:41 -0800 (PST), Tim Holden > > <timphol....uk> wrote: > > >> I wouldn't call it a rant- the moving goalposts of AP fares is very > >> frustrating > > > Surely it's the whole point?...

dtren@my-deja.com wrote: > But obviously I've not been paying attention to detail recently - a > few checks today show just one advance fare on each trip. > > When did they become that much more sophisticated? Well over a year ago I think. On the NREs online planner, it defaults to the cheapest fare for each service in the Advance, Offpeak and Anytime price bands, but clicking on 'more fares' under...

The answer would appear to be yes. Suddenly on EC taking over the route, the cheapest first Advance fares are suddenly available again at a week or so in the future. Also, on the evidence of just one return journey there are about twice the number of bums on seats. So it seems to me that Nat Ex were unreasonably restricting the availabilty of the cheapest tickets. -- Howard

Neil Williams wrote: > On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:44:18 +0000, Howard Fisher > <howardnews@locomotive.com> wrote: > >> Selling one seat in 6 is hardly good >> commercial practice. > > It is if you can sell it for more than 6 times the price you'd need to > charge to fill all of them. Think VWC's Manchester fares. > > Neil > But not...

On Nov 8, 4:02 pm, Mr.G <M...@invalid.invalid> wrote: > On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:31:44 -0000, "Jonathan Morton" > > <jonathan.mortonbutignorethisp...@ > wrote: > >In any case, the OP's rant is misplaced. The fixing of prices at a given > >level may be many things - but it cannot be "unfair" any more than it can be >...

"Howard Fisher" wrote > If the point of having variable pricing is to increase occupancy, they're > failing. Whilst you (and I) might like that to be the point, it isn't. > And to claim any availability at the lowest price is I think a lie these > past 4 weeks or so. Has anyone claimed that? > If they have put the minimum price up to £42.50, then why don't they say >...

In message <y$Cs2BUYNA+KFA3F@perry.co.uk> Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk> wrote: > In message <V4idnWk7ztLKSmrXnZ2dnUVZ7v6dnZ2d@bt.com>, at 08:47:58 on > Mon, 9 Nov 2009, John Salmon <ihmfdrtl@jwwpng.wrg.tin> remarked: > >> And to claim any availability at the lowest price is I think a lie > >>these past 4 weeks or so. >...

"Neil Williams" <wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk> wrote in message news:4af6de76.1185515542@news.... > On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:44:18 +0000, Howard Fisher > <howardnews@locomotive.com> wrote: > >> Selling one seat in 6 is hardly good >>commercial practice. > > It is if you can sell it for more than 6 times the price you'd need to...