Author: Roland PerryRoland Perry
Date: Sep 19, 2008 10:56
I looked for a (single) fare from Gatwick to Waterloo East, and Avantix
he say £11.10 [not Gatex].
Having arrived at Gatwick there was an impressively confusing screen on
the ticket machine, and that's without the added complication of wanting
a single (machines in general seem highly biassed towards returns).
There were a couple of red-uniformed ladies (somewhat reminiscent of
Virgin, but probably Gatex) wandering around trying to help people use
the machines [1] so I said "I need a single to Waterloo East", and she
tapped out "Waterloo East" [2] very deliberately one character at a time
with an outstretched index finger, as if I was too stupid to spell it,
but we seemed not to get what I needed after all that. She then tapped
some other keys a bit too fast for me to follow and I ended up with a
£11.90 "Anytime single" "FCC only" from Gatwick to U12*
As the train was fast approaching and the price seemed close enough, I
accepted it.
1) I can't get the Avantix CD to show me fares to any "London Zones",
despite it having an impressive collection of things that look almost
right. This is probably operator error, so what's the code I want?
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