On Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 08:21:26PM +0100, Peter Smyth wrote:
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I looked on the website http://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that
there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly
surprising.
Split ticketing generally only works for long-distance flows where there
is no Day Return available.

But then it can also complain about your journey being too long and
suggest that you try splitting it up by hand. Brilliant!

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Compromise: n: lowering my standards so you can meet them

"Peter Smyth" wrote in message
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I have to go to Brighton for the day in the middle of next week during
off-peak hours, and I wanted to know if anybody knew of any
split-ticketing from London Victoria.

I looked on the website http://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that
there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly
surprising.

Split ticketing generally only works for long-distance flows where there
is no Day Return available. I wouldn't expect to find anything on journeys
within the NSE area such as this.

Southern are currently offering 25% off on their website so a CDR would be
16.30 instead of 21.70. That is probably as cheap as you will get.

The cheapest way is a Daysave ticket for 10.00, unfortunately you need to
book 7 days in advance so it is too late for this trip.

Is the 25% off only on journeys covered by Southern or is it any TOC - eg.
FGW?

"Steve" wrote in message
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Southern are currently offering 25% off on their website so a CDR would
be 16.30 instead of 21.70. That is probably as cheap as you will get.

The cheapest way is a Daysave ticket for 10.00, unfortunately you need to
book 7 days in advance so it is too late for this trip.

Is the 25% off only on journeys covered by Southern or is it any TOC - eg.
FGW?

It's probably not any TOC, but it's giving me the discount on a Brighton to
London Bridge super off peak return. The booking engine says 'valid on
Southern off peak services only' but sells an any permitted routed ticket
that's valid on FCC.

Go to the website and try for yourself.

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DAS

On Aug 7, 7:59*pm, "
wrote:
I have to go to Brighton for the day in the middle of next week during
off-peak hours, and I wanted to know if anybody knew of any
split-ticketing from London Victoria.

I looked on the website http://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that
there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly
surprising.

Can anybody advise on this, please?

I dunno about split ticketing, but there's a number of options on the
London to Brighton route...

~ ~ ~

(1) Until 20 August as a special offer Southern are offering a 25%
discount on their off-peak fares *but* only if you buy them direct
from the Southern website (no need to choose specific trains though) -
this means an Off-peak Day Return from London to Brighton, normally
priced at £21.70, is now £16.30. Note that you need to use Southern
services, so that limits you to travelling from (and back to) Victoria
(unless you want to use the stopping service between London Bridge and
East Croydon!).

More info about the offer:
http://www.southernrailway.com/offers/save-25-off-peak/

Also this 25% discount applies on top of Railcard discounts, so with a
Railcard the fare drops to £10.75. The T&Cs don't list the Network
Railcard as offering a further discount, but when you put it in the
booking engine it seems to work anyway! T&Cs:
http://www.southernrailway.com/offers/save-25-off-peak/223/

~ ~ ~

(2) FCC's regular Off-Peak Day Return fare is £17 - this limits you to
travel down and back on FCC Thameslink trains, so your departure point
will be one of the central London Thameslink stations (St Pancras down
to London Bridge). This isn't a special offer, and as a regular fare
all Railcard discounts are available as normal. You can buy this

~ ~ ~

(3) Southern's DaySave or Downlander tickets.

DaySave costs £10 and is essentially an off-peak rover for the
Southern network (though check the restrictions), alas you need to buy
it at least seven days in advance...
http://www.southernrailway.com/tickets-and-fares/daysave/

*But* Southern offers something called the "Downlander", the all
network version of which costs £12.50 - it's basically an off-peak
rover too plus it provides bus travel across the South Downs - note
that you need to buy this at least two days in advance, but it's
actually a print at home ticket - see:
http://www.southernrailway.com/tickets-and-fares/downlander/

(Perhaps best not to expect everyone who checks your ticket to know
what it is though... ;-)

~ ~ ~

(4) Alternatively on the Southern website enter "London Victoria" as
your origin station (doesn't work it it's just "London") and then look
for cheap Advance tickets, which are priced at £3.75, £5.65 or £7.50
(this includes the 25% discount for buying them direct from Southern).
If you do this you will of course limit yourself to travelling on the
chosen train (as with any Advance ticket).

~ ~ ~

Correction time! (Only a minor one!)

On Aug 7, 8:37*pm, Mizter T wrote:
[snip]
I dunno about split ticketing, but there's a number of options on the
London to Brighton route...

~ ~ ~

(1) Until 20 August [...]

should read: Until 30 August

[...] as a special offer Southern are offering a 25%
discount on their off-peak fares *but* only if you buy them direct
from the Southern website [...]

Argh, spoke too soon w.r.t. my first correction! Missed off the end of
a sentence here...

Mizter T wrote:
[snip]
(2) FCC's regular Off-Peak Day Return fare is £17 - this limits you to
travel down and back on FCC Thameslink trains, so your departure point
will be one of the central London Thameslink stations (St Pancras down
to London Bridge). This isn't a special offer, and as a regular fare
all Railcard discounts are available as normal. You can buy this

....from the ticket office on the day, or perhaps even from a ticket
machine if you can get it to co-operate and offer what you want.

(Fairly obvious point that is implied above - this is for travel on
FCC trains only.)

In article 82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane, ()
wrote:

I have to go to Brighton for the day in the middle of next week
during off-peak hours, and I wanted to know if anybody knew of any
split-ticketing from London Victoria.

I looked on the website http://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said
that there were no available options on that route, which I found
slightly surprising.

Can anybody advise on this, please?

That site seems completely useless. I tried Cambridge-Birmingham New St
for which I know there are cheaper options splitting at Leicester but it
knows nothing about the route. Pathetic!

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Colin Rosenstiel

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I looked on the website http://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that
there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly
surprising.

I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone has successfully produced a
'split fare system' that does a full search. It might just be a lookup of
splits already reported, or known to the authors...

Paul S

On 8 Aug, 15:17, "Paul Scott" wrote:
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I looked on the websitehttp://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that
there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly
surprising.

I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone has successfully produced a
'split fare system' that does a full search. It might just be a lookup of
splits already reported, or known to the authors...

Paul S

Well I'm not sure how this one works, but if it's a lookup it's
unsuccessful

Honeybourne to Paddington - 'no split available' OPDR £32

Splitting in Slough £22.50 plus £7.50 - £30 total

In the past it (or a competitor) HAS shown the split.

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On 8 Aug, 15:17, "Paul Scott" wrote:
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news:82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane...

I looked on the websitehttp://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said
that there were no available options on that route, which I found
slightly surprising.

I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone has successfully produced a
'split fare system' that does a full search. It might just be a lookup
of splits already reported, or known to the authors...

Well I'm not sure how this one works, but if it's a lookup it's
unsuccessful

Honeybourne to Paddington - 'no split available' OPDR £32

Splitting in Slough £22.50 plus £7.50 - £30 total

In the past it (or a competitor) HAS shown the split.

The examples I saw online just now were of 2008 fares.

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Colin Rosenstiel