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?

Cheers.

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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.

Peter Smyth

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news:82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane...
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.

Peter Smyth

If you have a Network Railcard there is an off-peak day return available for
around £11.00, failing that you might be able to get single AP tix for
booked trains from £3.75 each way, but these can be very restrictive.

--
DAS

On 07/08/2010 21:14, David A Stocks wrote:
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news:82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane...
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.

Peter Smyth

If you have a Network Railcard there is an off-peak day return available
for around £11.00, failing that you might be able to get single AP tix
for booked trains from £3.75 each way, but these can be very restrictive.

--
DAS

What is AP?

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On 07/08/2010 21:14, David A Stocks wrote:
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news:82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane...
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.

Peter Smyth

If you have a Network Railcard there is an off-peak day return available
for around £11.00, failing that you might be able to get single AP tix
for booked trains from £3.75 each way, but these can be very restrictive.

--
DAS

What is AP?

Advance Purchase. Book ahead, get big discount for putting up with
restrictions that specify which train you must use it on. (It is not
valid on any other, unless the train service goes belly up).
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(55020 (Class 121) at Oxford, 6 Aug 1982)

On 07/08/2010 21:14, David A Stocks wrote:
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wrote in message
news:82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane...
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.

Peter Smyth

If you have a Network Railcard there is an off-peak day return available
for around £11.00, failing that you might be able to get single AP tix
for booked trains from £3.75 each way, but these can be very restrictive.

--
DAS

Ho would I be able to do that in this case, should I need to return to
Brighton?

On Aug 7, 9:31*pm, "
wrote:

On 07/08/2010 21:14, David A Stocks wrote:

"Peter Smyth" wrote:

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.

If you have a Network Railcard there is an off-peak day return available
for around £11.00, failing that you might be able to get single AP tix
for booked trains from £3.75 each way, but these can be very restrictive.

Ho would I be able to do that in this case, should I need to return to
Brighton?

What exactly do you mean by that?

Advance tickets (what are referred to as AP or Advance Purchase
tickets above) are one way tickets that are only valid on the booked
train, that is a specific service that you choose.

You can check out availability on the Southern website - ensure that
you specify "London Victoria" as the origin station:
http://www.southernrailway.com/

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wrote in message
news:82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane...
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.

Peter Smyth

If you have a Network Railcard there is an off-peak day return available
for around £11.00, failing that you might be able to get single AP tix
for booked trains from £3.75 each way, but these can be very restrictive.

--
DAS

Ho would I be able to do that in this case, should I need to return to
Brighton?

I don't understand that question.

You can buy Advance Purchase (AP) tickets from £3.75 each way which are
restricted to the booked train for each ticket. If you can't find an AP
ticket for Brighton at the time/price you want to travel (the allocations
frequently sell out) you may have better luck with a train to/from Hove
(where the allocations rarely sell out), this might be as/more convenient
for you depending on the purpose of your visit.

It's all on the Southern web site but you may need to register (free) to get
the best deals.

--
DAS

On Aug 7, 9:57*pm, "David A Stocks" wrote:

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On 07/08/2010 21:14, David A Stocks wrote:
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If you have a Network Railcard there is an off-peak day return available
for around £11.00, failing that you might be able to get single AP tix
for booked trains from £3.75 each way, but these can be very restrictive.

Ho would I be able to do that in this case, should I need to return to
Brighton?

I don't understand that question.

You can buy Advance Purchase (AP) tickets from £3.75 each way which are
restricted to the booked train for each ticket. If you can't find an AP
ticket for Brighton at the time/price you want to travel (the allocations
frequently sell out) you may have better luck with a train to/from Hove
(where the allocations rarely sell out), this might be as/more convenient
for you depending on the purpose of your visit.

It's all on the Southern web site but you may need to register (free) to get
the best deals.

There's no need to register to check for the best deals - all the
regular tickets (including Advance tickets) are shown on the booking
engine to any user who goes there to look for them - meanwhile info
about the DaySave and Downlander tickets are also freely available.

If someone wants to actually purchase a regular ticket then they'll
need to register as part of the transaction - however if someone wants
to buy DavSave or Downlander tickets then they need to register first.

Good tip about Hove too.

"David A Stocks" wrote in message
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If you have a Network Railcard there is an off-peak day return available
for around £11.00, failing that you might be able to get single AP tix for
booked trains from £3.75 each way, but these can be very restrictive.

The OP is travelling midweek. The Network Card minimum fare is now £13 on
weekdays...

Paul S