MSE TicketySplit app discussion

blanik

Hasbeen wrote: »

Same as above post. not working for me?:o

Works OK for me - chrome on windows 7.
Perhaps those people having problems could post their browser and operating system to see if that is a common factor.

snowcat53

Just to log that I have successfully spit a peak time Macclesfield to London return journey, and saved about £45 over the cheapest advance fare for the same trains. This was Macc- Stoke (return)/ Stoke- Milton Keynes (single)/ Milton Keynes - Euston (single)/, and coming back Euston-Stoke (single).

I also got Cashback of 6.06% using Southern Trains booking website (Topcashback).

Have to say though it was complex and time consuming (no app) - different trains stop at different stations. Woudl be easy to get it wrong. Is there an app for adroid phone?

devon_curryholic

Like the ticketysplit iPhone app. Just tried it and it saved over £30 on the walk-on fare to Manchester from here. As you say, it will be a much better app when it can do the same for advance purchase fares. Is there any way you could include a minimum waiting time at the "splitting" station (use chooseable, but say 30 minutes to allow for delays) to enable smokers to exit the station for a cigarette? This would mean the app looking up the next train to the destination, rather than the split route being on the same direct train.

coupleuk

Used the online version tonight - saved approx £12.

Highbridge & Burnham to Birmingham and return using a two together railcard was coming back at £73.30 total for 2 of us.

App wasnt much use calculating a fare BUT did show a change at Cheltenham Spa would save money.

So, entered B&H to Cheltenham and then to Bham (plus same on return) and came in at £61.60.

Did a further check and found we'd be on exactly same train as in the higher original fare.

A saving of 16%.

RESULT !!

[MaccA]

Used it on an iPhone 5.

Was impressed to see how quick the search result came back.

One immediate piece of improvement I would suggest is a button to "reverse" the journey you've just looked up. That would save you having to manually edit the Departure and Arrival fields when searching for the return leg fair.

bethansmum

I cannot get it to accept any arrival destination. I am trying to go to London, but not sure if I should put kings cross, London or something else.

Livingthedream

bethansmum wrote: »

I cannot get it to accept any arrival destination. I am trying to go to London, but not sure if I should put kings cross, London or something else.

Seems to be working for me just tried 'London' and 'London Kings cross' as an arrival station, I got a drop down list of stations once I typed 'lon' then used the slider to find the 'London' station I wanted.

redux

Livingthedream wrote: »

bethansmum wrote: »

I cannot get it to accept any arrival destination. I am trying to go to London, but not sure if I should put kings cross, London or something else.

Seems to be working for me just tried 'London' and 'London Kings cross' as an arrival station, I got a drop down list of stations once I typed 'lon' then used the slider to find the 'London' station I wanted.

I find that on the mobile version of the page in Opera Mini on my phone it gives no drop-down and will only accept the exact spelling of the station, not the first few letters and not the 3 letter abbreviation, so in this case London Kings Cross or London (All) - though letter case doesn't matter.

It seems to regard London stations as interchangeable though, and will give you the right one for the line if you guess the wrong one.

pjrobertson

If anybody's looking for an alternative to the TicketySplit app, I've created my own ticket splitting website called TwoTix. It's a bit more advance than TicketySplit, as it can:

• Split walk on fares for any day
• Split return fares
• Split return fares into two single journeys
• Split advance fares

It's a proof of concept website, and still a work in progress so it may be a bit rough around the corners.

NT4657

Great idea and agree Android App needed please. It isn't a new idea... I used to split tickets in the 1980s when a student... London (Waterloo) to Crewkerne and Crewkerne to Exeter used to save me loads and you could do this at a ticket office - Internet didn't exist then!