Re: BBC - Meeting over cuts to rail service

On 25 Jul, 13:00, Neil  Williams <pacer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Are they always allocated to the people with cheap
> > advance tickets, or is it just a coincidence that I
> > always seem to get one?
>
> I think they usually start allocating from the end of the coach, and
> Advance ticket holders will usually be in there first.
>
> While it would be less efficient, it would be *very* nice to have an
> airline-style option of choosing your seat from a seat map.  I'd
> reserve a lot more often if you could - the main reason I don't is the
> risk of a crap seat, especially now on an Advance ticket where you are
> required to use it.

Hardly ever enforced though (unless the train is entirely full, in
which case a crap seat is better than none anyway).

Even on GNER-as-was, supposedly the hotbed of reserved-seat-
enforcement, I've travelled tens of times on advance tickets and never
had my seat choice queried. Nor ever on any other operator. From both
their and your perspective, why bother?

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John Band
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