Re: National Express funfare oddity

Cheeky <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Could it be that there's only one ?1 funfare available and the next
available one on that bus is ?7 each way?

Well, that's the obvious conclusion except:

The same happens for any other bus I pick that day (a Sunday). For example
leaving at 06:00 and returning at 23:30 - hardly peak time buses.

The flexible price is 16 pounds - why would anyone want to pay 14 pounds for
an inflexible return? The single price is 10 pounds, so 7 pounds is a
bit of a saving from that, I admit.

All the buses are saying 'from 1 pound' - I presume that means there are
actually seats available at that price?


Anyway, as an experiment (since it was only 2 quid) I've booked one funfare
for the journey. The price has now gone up to 4 pounds each way - return
for two 10 pounds, not 16. It now says 'from 4 pounds' on the timetable.
So it seems there's only one seat available at the price of a pound. After
playing with prices for the 06:00 it has also caused the price for that to
go up to 4 pounds - maybe because it still thinks I'm in the checkout
process for one, or maybe because it measures the number of people checking
prices and adjusts them accordingly (I think Easyjet etc do this).

So: to avoid being overcharged book each funfare separately.

Theo
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