AshValeCommuter

@MattWalls99 @T0m906 @AJH85_ @AlbzSFC That's not what the conditions of travel say. Any combination of tickets can be used for a single journey, provided the train stops at the stations where you change tickets.

@T0m906 @AshValeCommuter @AJH85_ @AlbzSFC Yes I know. 🙄 But it proves you bought one journey from A to B despite having 2 tickets.

What a normal country

@T0m906 @MattWalls99 @AJH85_ @AlbzSFC Exactly this. They don't know how you bought them. Or care how you bought them. You could have one e-ticket in your phone and another printed ticket from a ticket office, and it wouldn't make any difference.

@MattWalls99 @AshValeCommuter @AJH85_ @AlbzSFC You not quite grasping this. All they see is 2 separate tickets. No where on the ticket does it state it’s a split ticket.

@MattWalls99 @T0m906 @AJH85_ @AlbzSFC But the staff on the train don't know this. They see two tickets with their own ticket numbers. Exactly the same as if you bought them separately.

@AshValeCommuter @T0m906 @AJH85_ @AlbzSFC 🙄 You know what I mean. They’re shown together like this, and you swipe between the 2 tickets. That is not the case when you buy the tickets separately.

@MattWalls99 @T0m906 @AJH85_ @AlbzSFC It might look like you've bought one ticket in the app, but you've actually bought multiple tickets in one transaction. This is obvious if you collect from a station, as they'll be printed separately.

@MattWalls99 @T0m906 @AJH85_ @AlbzSFC A "split ticket" isn't shown as one ticket. You get two tickets. Each of which has its own ticket number.

@MattWalls99 @T0m906 @AJH85_ @AlbzSFC The rail staff don't know how you purchased the tickets. Holding multiple tickets for the same journey give you the same rights regardless of how or where you bought them.

@AshValeCommuter @T0m906 @AJH85_ @AlbzSFC I really wouldn’t want to test that out.

@MattWalls99 @T0m906 @AJH85_ @AlbzSFC You're wrong. It doesn't matter how the multiple tickets were purchased.

@T0m906 @AshValeCommuter @AJH85_ @AlbzSFC You might get a sympathetic staff member but you don’t have the right until National Rail T&Cs as you do with a split ticket. That peace of mind is worth a 70p fee to me.

@MattWalls99 @AJH85_ @T0m906 @AlbzSFC A "split ticket" is just two separate tickets.

@MattWalls99 @AJH85_ @T0m906 @AlbzSFC It doesn't matter whether you buy them in the same transaction or not. Holding continuous tickets for your journey gives the same rights as a through ticket.

@AJH85_ @T0m906 @AlbzSFC The train operator website won't have suggested the split ticket, so they've saved money overall. Of course they could buy the splits directly, but may think £2.79 is worth the lack of effort.

@T0m906 @AlbzSFC It’s mental, people can’t think and book anything directly They don’t realise Trainline is a ticketing agent so almost always more expensive

@rjb_1998 @Denton_james @AlbzSFC Or even just book the tickets separately on Trainline and you won't get charged that fee.

@Denton_james @AlbzSFC Find the splitsave route and book through the operator to save on the splitsave + booking fee

Google Photos has collated a reel of all my recent beer photos 🍺. Starting to think I'm taking too many photos of beer 😅.

@northerness I heard they even sent mystery shoppers in to check the lime is correctly placed on the Corona glasses.

Sat in my local 'spoons earlier and noticed they have a platinum "loo of the year award" sticker in the window. The standard must be extremely low if they've won platinum 😅.

I guess being on the ground floor makes up for the inadequacies!

The men's toilet nearly always has a leaking urinal. And only one sink, with a tap that is loose.

@universe_spark @flyinglawyer73 @lewis_goodall Several Cypriot motorways pass through British territory. We could do the same to them, cutting off access to areas east of Dhekelia.

@flyinglawyer73 @lewis_goodall Established by a treaty. The treaty can be torn up. Treaties fall apart all the time. If the Brits refuse to leave the Cypriots can cause all kinds of problems for the base like cutting power and water to it rendering it useless. A million+ locals will win out over time.

Cyprus PM on future of British bases: “When this unfortunate situation in the Middle East is over, we need to have an open and frank conversation about the status and future of the British bases in Cyprus,”

@PolitlcsUK And over 65s are exempt from passport fees in Gibraltar. In the UK, everyone born after 1929 pays.

@PolitlcsUK A British passport issued by the Gibraltar government is £77.50. It's the same document, other than an extra lines of text on the cover. Why is it so much more expensive in the UK?

🚨 NEW: The price of a British Passport is set to rise by around 8% from the 8th April Adults - £102 Children - £66.50 One-day premium service - £239.50 Overseas adults - £116.50 Overseas children - £75.50