Re: My Lockerbie ticket saga ... Virgin replies!

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:25:59 UTC, Roland Perry <roland@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

: In message <cCUlhtvFIYkV-pn2-9vsdRzi5d62i@localhost>, at 16:20:19 on
: Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Ian Johnston <ian.groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> remarked:
: >PS I wonder if it could be useful to have the letter I now have which
: >says your journey starts when you first use a train, not when you get
: >on the one you need a ticket for. That has interesting implications
: >for journeys when one starts at an unstaffed station and changes
: >trains...
:
: Exactly! See my earlier response. Do they *really* want to have the
: concept of "journey" defined that way? (ie it completely trashes the
: concept of buying a ticket "at the first opportunity" when changing
: trains en-route.)

I think I might ask them to confirm that in my next letter. Could be
amusing...

Ian
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