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Rail: More than one person travelling, price goes up..madness????

Computersaysno
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edited 30 May 2013 at 9:35AM in Public transport & cycling
Rail: Looked up a ticket price....comes back at £30 single each way.

Crowd of us going so I do 'change journey', amend number of people and price goes UP to £45.50 out and £37.50 return.

I actually call up and they say 'that's they way it is'...so I say, 'can I just book the same one ticket 7 times' and she says 'yes'.

!!!!!! is going on???

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  • p00hsticks
    p00hsticks Posts: 14,930 Forumite
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    This really doesn't sound right - can you provide details on the journey / train comany and website you are using ?

    If you increased the number of people travelling, then I'd expect the price to go up, as the price quoted will be the total for all the people travelling - but the price per person shouldn't go up.
  • thelawnet
    thelawnet Posts: 2,584 Forumite
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    without knowing what the ticket and the website you are using is, I have no idea.
  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    Could be the £30 is advanced fare and only one left for the train in question??
  • spiro
    spiro Posts: 6,405 Forumite
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    Try booking flights, this sort of thing happens all the time. As already said could be limited availability ticket.
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  • dzug1
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    Computersaysno wrote: »
    I actually call up and they say 'that's they way it is'...so I say, 'can I just book the same one ticket 7 times' and she says 'yes'.

    !!!!!! is going on???

    Well yes you can - but it may not be the same price on all the bookings

    Like Quentin I suspect there is only one ticket left at the lower price.
  • Computersaysno
    Computersaysno Posts: 1,252 Forumite
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    dzug1 wrote: »
    Like Quentin I suspect there is only one ticket left at the lower price.

    Possible. I shall soon know as I'm going to go into a station and book as opposed to online....see if a human can do better than a computer!
  • wealdroam
    wealdroam Posts: 19,180 Forumite
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    How many people in this 'crowd'?

    Have you looked at groupsave?

    Have you investigated the particular train operator's group booking schemes?
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