New TSGN ticket web site
 

Anyone here tried it? I have to say it's a pile of poo, far worse than
WEBTIS.

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Colin Rosenstiel

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In message , at 19:57:29
on Fri, 13 Nov 2015, remarked:

Anyone here tried it? I have to say it's a pile of poo, far worse than
WEBTIS.

It's another one of those sites designed by someone with a six-foot
monitor who has lost their reading glasses.

And having started off on the GN site, entering details of a trip next
week it teleported me to the old Southern site, having thrown all the
information away apart from the end points.
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Roland Perry

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In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at
19:57:29 on Fri, 13 Nov 2015, remarked:

Anyone here tried it? I have to say it's a pile of poo, far worse than
WEBTIS.

It's another one of those sites designed by someone with a six-foot
monitor who has lost their reading glasses.

And having started off on the GN site, entering details of a trip
next week it teleported me to the old Southern site, having thrown
all the information away apart from the end points.

Ah! The old site was doing that. I didn't notice it doing that to me on the
new site but then maybe I didn't go far enough in looking up a booking. It
had already been stupid enough at not showing me my options by then.

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Colin Rosenstiel

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On 14/11/2015 01:57, wrote:
Anyone here tried it? I have to say it's a pile of poo, far worse than
WEBTIS.

I don't think I'll bother. Currently if I need to get online tickets I
use First Great Western (though they seem now to have removed the
"First" bit), who still give Nectar points. Only a tiny discount
effectively, 1% I think, but it's better than nothing, which is what I
assume you get with TSGN.

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Clive Page

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In message , at 16:16:46 on Sun, 15
Nov 2015, Clive Page remarked:

Currently if I need to get online tickets I use First Great Western
(though they seem now to have removed the "First" bit), who still give
Nectar points. Only a tiny discount effectively, 1% I think, but it's
better than nothing, which is what I assume you get with TSGN.

No discount on the TSGN site. The only two I know which have discounts
(there may be others) are East Midlands Trains who give a £1 discount if
buying a ticket for one of their trains, and Virgin East Coast who have
some "Web only" cheaper AP tickets.
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Roland Perry

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In article , (Clive Page)
wrote:

On 14/11/2015 01:57, wrote:
Anyone here tried it? I have to say it's a pile of poo, far worse than
WEBTIS.

I don't think I'll bother. Currently if I need to get online tickets
I use First Great Western (though they seem now to have removed the
"First" bit), who still give Nectar points. Only a tiny discount
effectively, 1% I think, but it's better than nothing, which is what
I assume you get with TSGN.

That is why I generally use East Coast's web site, Clive. Didn't you used to
work for them? Cheaper for East Coast travel and Nectar points.

But there have been fares which I could only get on the Southern (WEBTIS)
web site (where GTR's previous crap front end directed ticket purchases).
Their summer-only web-only Super Off-Peak CBG-London Terminals Day Return
was an example.

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Colin Rosenstiel

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Do people have any opinions on Red Spotted Hanky. I use that and it seems very good.

New TSGN ticket web site
 

On 16/11/2015 00:48, wrote:
That is why I generally use East Coast's web site, Clive. Didn't you used to
work for them? Cheaper for East Coast travel and Nectar points.

Not this Clive, maybe another one (seem to be several Clives on this group).

But there have been fares which I could only get on the Southern (WEBTIS)
web site (where GTR's previous crap front end directed ticket purchases).
Their summer-only web-only Super Off-Peak CBG-London Terminals Day Return
was an example.

Indeed, for tickets that can be used on only one operator you have to
use their website, as far as I know (except for Thameslink-only tickets
it had to be the Southern website, which seems odd, except that they are
all the same company now). I didn't know East Coast gave Nectar points
too, useful to know.


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Clive Page

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In message , at 18:08:14 on Mon, 16
Nov 2015, Clive Page remarked:
That is why I generally use East Coast's web site, Clive. Didn't you used to
work for them? Cheaper for East Coast travel and Nectar points.

Not this Clive, maybe another one (seem to be several Clives on this group).

But there have been fares which I could only get on the Southern (WEBTIS)
web site (where GTR's previous crap front end directed ticket purchases).
Their summer-only web-only Super Off-Peak CBG-London Terminals Day Return
was an example.

Indeed, for tickets that can be used on only one operator you have to
use their website, as far as I know (except for Thameslink-only tickets
it had to be the Southern website, which seems odd, except that they
are all the same company now).

You can only use a Royston to Letchworth ticket on GN, but anyone will
sell it.

Or if you mean AP tickets, all sites will sell you them, despite only
being valid on one TOC's train.

I didn't know East Coast gave Nectar points too, useful to know.

General rule is that the number of Nectar points given by anyone is
derisory.
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Roland Perry

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Offramp wrote:

Do people have any opinions on Red Spotted Hanky. I use that and it
seems very good.

It charges a £1 booking fee so there is no reason it to use when the
TOC sites do it for free.

Peter Smyth

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On Mon, 16 Nov 2015 18:08:14 +0000, Clive Page
wrote:

Indeed, for tickets that can be used on only one operator you have to
use their website, as far as I know (except for Thameslink-only tickets
it had to be the Southern website, which seems odd, except that they are
all the same company now). I didn't know East Coast gave Nectar points
too, useful to know.

Most tickets are available from *any* site, certainly all the
long-standing ticket types, whether limited to one operator, Any
Permitted or something else. Short-term promotions are allowed, but
anything else should be made available to all -- or at least that's
the idea. The government was running a consultation about this
recently to see if it still needs to be the case.

You might be thinking of the journey planner Code of Practice that
does allow a TOC site to show only (or prefer) its own trains and sell
its own tickets if it's made clear to the customer -- but nobody to my
knowledge has done this without having another way to get all the
other trains and fares except Heathrow Express, and they may not be
covered by the same rules.



Richard.

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In article , (Clive Page)
wrote:

On 16/11/2015 00:48, wrote:
That is why I generally use East Coast's web site, Clive. Didn't you
used to work for them? Cheaper for East Coast travel and Nectar points.

Not this Clive, maybe another one (seem to be several Clives on this
group).

Another Clive Page indeed!

But there have been fares which I could only get on the Southern
(WEBTIS) web site (where GTR's previous crap front end directed ticket
purchases). Their summer-only web-only Super Off-Peak CBG-London
Terminals Day Return was an example.

Indeed, for tickets that can be used on only one operator you have to
use their website, as far as I know (except for Thameslink-only
tickets it had to be the Southern website, which seems odd, except
that they are all the same company now). I didn't know East Coast
gave Nectar points too, useful to know.

Not so in my experience. I /can/ buy AGA-only CBG-LST tickets on GTR's web
site, not that I ever have.

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Colin Rosenstiel

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In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at 18:08:14 on Mon, 16
Nov 2015, Clive Page remarked:

But there have been fares which I could only get on the Southern
(WEBTIS) web site (where GTR's previous crap front end directed ticket
purchases). Their summer-only web-only Super Off-Peak CBG-London
Terminals Day Return was an example.

Indeed, for tickets that can be used on only one operator you have to
use their website, as far as I know (except for Thameslink-only tickets
it had to be the Southern website, which seems odd, except that they
are all the same company now).

You can only use a Royston to Letchworth ticket on GN, but anyone
will sell it.

Or if you mean AP tickets, all sites will sell you them, despite only
being valid on one TOC's train.

Not just them. There are TOC-only routed tickets, e.g. CBG-LST (AGA only).
AFAIK they can be bought anywhere.

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Colin Rosenstiel