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Savings on peak time train commuting?
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I originally posted this in the "Travel, Trips & Holidays" board, didn't spot this sub-board 
. So re-posting in case it's more relevant here.
If you're a train commuter and you buy monthly peak-time rail tickets, you possibly only use it for weekdays even though the ticket covers weekends as well. But you can buy DIY tickets online for any dates you wish (you can on Southern at least) provided it's for a month or more. So what if you buy tickets that start on a Monday and then extend through to the first Friday following the month end? e.g. If you you bought a ticket starting Mon 5/3/07, instead of it running through to Wed 4/4/07 take it to expire on Fri 6/4/07. Then start your next ticket from Mon 9/4/07, etc. You'd be skipping one weekend every five, which might save money unless the fares have been structured craftily enough to prevent it. I've tried to check this on Southern's web site, but the dates on offer don't go far enough into the future to check it properly. Any thoughts?
. So re-posting in case it's more relevant here.If you're a train commuter and you buy monthly peak-time rail tickets, you possibly only use it for weekdays even though the ticket covers weekends as well. But you can buy DIY tickets online for any dates you wish (you can on Southern at least) provided it's for a month or more. So what if you buy tickets that start on a Monday and then extend through to the first Friday following the month end? e.g. If you you bought a ticket starting Mon 5/3/07, instead of it running through to Wed 4/4/07 take it to expire on Fri 6/4/07. Then start your next ticket from Mon 9/4/07, etc. You'd be skipping one weekend every five, which might save money unless the fares have been structured craftily enough to prevent it. I've tried to check this on Southern's web site, but the dates on offer don't go far enough into the future to check it properly. Any thoughts?
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Yes this is certainly possible
the National Fares Manual gives a more detailed explanation and multiplication tables to tell you what price would be charged so you can make an assessment of the cost of the additional days once you know the price of a season ticket.
This link provided by the association of train operating companies is the one you will need:
http://www.atoc.org/retail/_downloads/NFM95/NFM95_Common_D.pdf0
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