MSE TicketySplit app discussion

Hi all,

The first ticket I booked with East Coast was £23, all well and good. Had to order another one and the price has gone up to £54, not so happy.
Here's what I've done:
1. London to York -£18
2. York to Newcastle - £9
3. Newcastle to Edinburgh £5
For a total of £32, that's £22 saved, or 40% saving. Oh and its the same train, same time!

Cheers

As a Conductor who shares how to beat the system there is a few inaccuracies, for example only split Advance tickets if it's changing from 1 train to another, if it's an acknowledged connectin train (National Rail website tells what is minimum connection time at each station) therefore if connection is missed by delayed train Advance fare is accepted on next service albeit minus a reserved seat.having for example 2 Advance tickets for 1 journey, 1 passenger, 1 train ride regardless of whether the train stops there is a breach of Advance rules which require the passenger to start and end their journey at specified stations on specified timed train. Splitting other fares are ok as long as its not beating a time restriction, example a peak ticket for 2 stops up the line then off peak when say its after 9am. Train operators have responsibility to price specific regions and the lack of overlap particularly at peak time phenomenal, for example 2 passengers used to travel to same destination at peak, his colleague joined 20 mins down the line and the same restrictions on his ticket was £40 cheaper, often happens it there's 2 possible routes to your destination and your midway between 2 interchanges for connections. Check if the stop before or after is proportionately priced i.e not £40 less for 5 miles less journey. Peak fares of a journey over 50 miles are offered as full opens valid for 1 calendar month so carry the highest premium, under that mileage as day sgl/rtn or off peak day sgl/rtn. This is the basis of saving money splitting tickets, converting your full open tickets to open DAY sgl/rtn which are lower priced due to only valid for a day and non refundable once part used, full open an unused return portion can be refunded. Also look into split tickets using Rover fares (West Midlands Rover, Derbyshire Wayfarer etc) can be cheaper as often part subsidised by local Councils, less so since budget cuts, and often allow OAP bus pass to 50% discount it without rail card some other railcard can discount them too, most Rovers allow travel on Buses and Trams too around relevant Rover area, I could go on. Hope it's helped anyway