Recent content by Belperpete

My argument is that I am due enhanced Delay Repay compensation as advertised in Avanti's Customer Charter, rather than the more basic compensation specified in the NRCoT.

Interesting that they haven't mentioned the NRCoT once, but seem to keep banging on about European practice. And as they haven't mentioned it yet, before issuing the deadlock letter, can they now use it as a reason? However, my point still stands that they are actively encouraging people to...

Apologies that this is a long post, but it is a summary of a dispute that has been going on now for the best part of 6 months. Last year, I had a weekend away to London, travelling on an off-peak return bought from TfW. I was delayed by over 2 hours by Avanti West Coast on my outward journey...

Very badly, I suspect. Whatever you might think of her policies, Thatcher was a conviction politician, and so would have thought very poorly of the kind of politician that Trump is. She also wasn't shy of speaking her mind, which wouldn't have gone down well with Trump, who doesn't like...

It does look like Iran is trying to de-escalate the situation. They couldn't just ignore Israel slapping them in the face with the strike on their embassy, but retaliated in a way that looked impressive but was easy to ward off. Now they seem to be down playing Israel's response, I am hoping...

Yes, the 16-18 TT ticket says Adult Standard Class on it, as it is a specially-discounted version of the Adult Standard Class ticket, the discount coming with additional restrictions (not valid evenings, etc.) shown on the ticket by the "MRAIL 16-18 TT" text. The new ticket does not show the...

EXCEPT on the urban trains, where passport is not valid ID, you need an ID card. I got my >65 ID card in Prague last week - only cost 60 Cz plus a passport-sized photo, and valid indefinitely (and saves having to carry my passport around).

I agree with you about the paper tickets, I have seen so many people having issues with electronic tickets that generally I won't use them. However, I was easily converted to the Oyster cards, as they are so simple and easy to use. You don't have to worry about the fare cap, as the system...

Agreed that there is the hassle of initially getting the Oystercard(s). But that can be done fairly easily at somewhere like Euston underground station, where in my experience there always seems to be plenty of LT staff in attendance. Whereas my experience at outer London underground and...

With an Oyster card with disabled persons railcard it would only be £2.10 each way. I don't really understand your aversion to tap-in tap-out with Oyster. It is what you would be doing if paying by contactless, and is little different to having to put your paper ticket/travelcard through the...

If going to Hungary, a trip on the Children's Railway and Cogwheel Railways in Budapest are a must.

Agreed. And how would management know that the passenger had left without taking their cash? It does seem like some kind of test/sting operation.

I think that you have hit the nail on the head there. There is nothing on the new ticket to say that it is a 16-18 TT, it just appears to be a standard adult season ticket of some sort. How it was calculated is irrelevant, she has been sold a different ticket to before. If she wants to...

True, but an attack on an embassy is considered as an attack on the country it represents. So, technically, Israel directly attacked Iran when it attacked its embassy.

The impact of any war depends very much on where the front lines are. For both WW1 and 2, Europe was a major front line, and suffered greatly. The USA on the other hand came out of both quite well.