On 23 May, 13:12, wrote:
You may find that cheap AP tickets e.g. Reading to Gatwick by AXC and
Gatwick to *Swindon* [1] by FGW are available at quieter times of the
day.

[1] Breaking the rules on ending short.- Hide quoted text -

Which is quite difficult at Reading as the barriers would refuse your
ticket & the grippers, quite rightly, would tell you that the ticket
is invalid to Reading & charge you again, plus Penalty Fare. Silly
idea, really.