"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
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> Lennart Petersen wrote:
>
>> "congokid" skrev i meddelandet
>> news:uqOvhAZDaFIIFwNE@congokid.demon.co.uk...
>> > In article <680nblF2r5rueU1@mid.individual.net>, S Viemeister
>> > writes
>> >>I've just discovered that the Trainline and Scotrail sites no longer
>> >>accept non-UK cards for online bookings. I've never had problems
>> >>before,
>> >>but I've just got off the phone with what passes for a helpline, and
>> >>have
>> >>been assured that it is no longer possible.
>> >>
>> >>ScotRail Telesales was happy to accept a US-based card, though.
>> >
>> > In March this year one of my relatives in Australia was able to buy
>> > London-York train tickets from there online, but couldn't get them
>> > delivered to an address outside the UK. The ticket cost was about
>> > UKP150,
>> > but buying the same ones via a local travel agent would have cost about
>> > UKP600.
>> >
>> Sounds like extremely expensive tickets ? London-York is 303km only
>
> Depends how many people tickets were being bought for. The price of
> London-York tickets will vary a _lot_, depending on how far you book in
> advance to whether or not you buy a walk-up peak ticket...
I can't see them costing double from a travel agent.
That sounds like a rip off.
You'd be better off just walking into the station and buying a ticket.
--
William Black
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.
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