Why does a Cambridge-Stansted Airport Standard Open Return (4.70) cost 
less than a Saver Return (8.80)?
-- 
Michael Hoffman

On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:40:05 +0100, Michael Hoffman
<cam.ac.uk@mh391.invalid> wrote:


>Why does a Cambridge-Stansted Airport Standard Open Return (4.70) cost 
>less than a Saver Return (8.80)?


Interesting...
CDR 7.00 CDS 6.90
SOR 7.10 SOR 7.00
SVR .13.30
(without railcard discount - I put in railcard initially and was given
both 7.10 and 4.70 for SOR - took me a while to work out it was just
the pre-10am minimum fare rule kicking in!)

Return 10p more than single, and 'SOR' 10p more than CDR: this sort of
structure seems more in keeping with a Standard Day fare.

Compare to Cambridge to Bishops Stortford:
CDR 7.10
SDR 7.30

There the SDR is indeed in the same position in the overall structure.

I think they've decided to offer an Open Single/Return fare for the
airport, but have replaced the Standard Day fare with the Open fare
rather than set a separate fare for it.

But if the Saver costs more, it seems a bit pointless offering it as
well. (perhaps the Saver is set by a different TOC? Again it's
probably only offered over such a short distance because of the
airport).

[Michael Hoffman]

>>Why does a Cambridge-Stansted Airport Standard Open Return (4.70) cost 
>>less than a Saver Return (8.80)?

[1577+2260]
> I think they've decided to offer an Open Single/Return fare for the
> airport, but have replaced the Standard Day fare with the Open fare
> rather than set a separate fare for it.


A Cambridge ticket office clerk says this was due to an advertising 
error, and that the railways must now honor the mistakenly advertised fare.
-- 
Michael Hoffman

Michael Hoffman wrote:


> A Cambridge ticket office clerk says this was due to an advertising 
> error, and that the railways must now honor the mistakenly advertised fare.


Until the next fares round, anyway.
-- 
Rob
http://www.uicstock.org.uk/
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