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    Fighting the machine...

    Ok I've spent some hours figuring this out, 3 of them to be exact.

    Last week my return to Cambridge cost me £264 on the East Coast line.

    My matrix of sorts in excel records the cost station to station all the way from Edinburgh to Cambridge and back again.

    I've just gone to the station and printed off 10 tickets at the machine (it took the machine a minute and a queue built up behind me fairly quickly as I waited)

    Its cost me £47!!

    And I'll be using the same train as I did last week

    One section of the journey I have a ticket for a price of £16 from Peterborough to Edinburgh!

    This system is MAD
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

    #2
    Did it give you a different seat reservation for each leg? You'll have to get up and move at every station

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      #3
      Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
      Did it give you a different seat reservation for each leg? You'll have to get up and move at every station
      Yes. But I've only to change seats once on the longest leg. So Peterborough to Newcastle - change seat - then to Edinburgh. But usually after the Newcastle the train is near empty so I'll probably not have to move.
      "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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        #4
        Isn't that a plan b?

        Can it be automated?

        I'm sure there's a market.


        T


        Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
        Ok I've spent some hours figuring this out, 3 of them to be exact.

        Last week my return to Cambridge cost me £264 on the East Coast line.

        My matrix of sorts in excel records the cost station to station all the way from Edinburgh to Cambridge and back again.

        I've just gone to the station and printed off 10 tickets at the machine (it took the machine a minute and a queue built up behind me fairly quickly as I waited)

        Its cost me £47!!

        And I'll be using the same train as I did last week

        One section of the journey I have a ticket for a price of £16 from Peterborough to Edinburgh!

        This system is MAD

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          #5
          Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
          My matrix of sorts in excel records the cost station to station all the way from Edinburgh to Cambridge and back again.


          Not bad. Three hours work at £72.33 an hour.
          My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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            #6
            Scooter, automate what you did and I sense a plan B for you there...

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              #7
              i wonder if this could be automated in some way


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                #8
                I do automation.
                Me, me, me...

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
                  I do automation.
                  Not like Peter Crouch's goal celebration I hope.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
                    I do automation.


                    Now, if only you knew something about search engines...

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