On 4 Jan, 18:28, Paul Terry wrote:
In message , Paul Corfield
writes

The button only says Alternative Fares - that does not mean cheaper. In
many cases I have looked at the alternative fares can be cheaper or more
expensive or even have several sets of more expensive options.

There's also the difficulty that the Alternative Fares often don't show
practical alternatives that can be both cheaper and faster, unless you
know exactly what to type in.

For example, Lewisham (DLR) to Bank is £2.30 (£1.80 off-peak), but the
considerably faster SouthEastern service from Lewisham (NR) to Cannon
Street is cheaper at £2.10 (or £1.70 off-peak).

The button itself says "alternative fares". The text next to it says
"Alternative Oyster single fares, which may be cheaper, are available
for this journey".

That doesn't suggest to me that the obvious route, which their planner
is about to suggest, is more expensive than the fare shown, so the
information is simply false, whatever the excuse.