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Argh! I've booked a train for the wrong day!

mrbrightside842
mrbrightside842 Posts: 1,317 Forumite
in Motoring
I'm going away this weekend with a friend. Checked with her the dates before I booked the train, and went ahead. I got the tickets through, fab! Just text her to arrange stuff, and we're not going until the day later. I've got a ticket for the Friday, when I need to travel on the Saturday. Can I do anything to swap it, or do I just have to pay again?

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  • mrbrightside842
    mrbrightside842 Posts: 1,317 Forumite
    ooh, I'm just looking, it says off-peak on my ticket, and on thetrainline.com it's saying I can travel on any off peak train. Is that for any day? I could cancel it and rebook for a £10 admin fee, or just risk it with the original ticket on the next day and hope I'm in the off-peak rules?
  • discplayer
    discplayer Posts: 160 Forumite
    If it's an off peak single or the outward leg of a return you need to travel on the ticket's date. If it's the return leg of a return you have a month.
  • _ollie_
    _ollie_ Posts: 49 Forumite
    Contact the trainline and let them know the error, they are known to be more lenient in regard to admin fee if you are buying the correct ticket from them too.
  • chuckley
    chuckley Posts: 4,405 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    this happened to me once.... ma mate paid for the new ticket.
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