Re: Automated Ticket Machines - Payment options

On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:32:22 +0100, Roland Perry <roland@perry.co.uk>
wrote:

>In message
><637b2456-a7e7-4ea3-80cf-782c667f2f84@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, at
>07:49:12 on Wed, 11 Jun 2008, The Real Doctor
><ian.groups@btinternet.com> remarked:
>>> Do you mean "buy a single ticket, part of the payment in cash, part by
>>> credit card"? I think most human ticket clerks would blink at that!
>>
>>I've done something similar loads of times: part payment in vouchers,
>>rest by cash or card. Doesn't seem to cause any problems at all.
>
>That's because the vouchers are never exactly the same as the ticket
>price you need. Even for the same journey.
>
>About a year ago I got a refund voucher, but by the time I got to the
>station to cash it in, the price for that exact same trip had gone up,
>so I needed to add some cash. Maybe they need an "inflation promise" on
>the refund vouchers.

People quite often ask to pay part cash/part card.  Sometimes it's
foreign tourists getting rid of their Sterling before leaving the
country; sometimes it's people who obviously don't have a lot left in
the bank (if anything) and pay say £10 and some change of a £14 ticket
in cash and then say "Can you try this card?" for the remaining couple
of pounds. The transaction normally is authorised instantly as it's
too low to be checked out by the system.

As regards vouchers, some TOCs (GNER were an example) give them out in
large amounts like £25 each. Others tend to issue 3 at say £8 even for
one "award" of £24.  Obviously the latter is more convenient for
anyone who wishes to purchase a few relatively low-value tickets with
their vouchers.

--
Ken
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