Not exactly. It's a different method that I imagine requires different training. I have been warned not to go off topic but it's a different way of doing things that some RMT members didn't sign up for.
Giffgaff (and other mainstream providers) offer SIM only deals at under £10 a month with good data offerings, and these can be changed from month to month. There is really no need for anyone to have a contract if they don’t want one.
Is the issue the RMT have not the idea of scanning e-tickets, but that TOCs are not providing appropriate training in the use of the new equipment? Because if so, that's a rather different kettle of fish.
It's quite similar yes (and without the possibility of a ticket you need to retain being kept by the barrier!)
Some people have a different mindset, but it's not for this thread!
e-tickets don't have to be printed in colour so a black & white home laser printer is perfectly adequate (and cheaper to run in the long term)
Indeed and ink printers are a false economy too.
Surely in future ticket machines will print barcode tickets?
Customers who don't want to buy eTickets on the internet will still be able to buy tickets from booking offices and TVMs (and, in some cases, on board trains).
It’s happened in the airline industry.
There's no suggestion ticket machines will disappear - the only likely change is that magnetic strip tickets will go. Ticket machines and ticket offices will continue in some form - but print Aztec codes on paper roll rather than credit card sized card.
Are you implying that there might be a 'Promise To Pay' scheme like what Northern do for those who don't want to pay with a bank card at TVMs? This is what concerns me, they introduced card payments to TVMs alongside cash. Then they removed the cash option at many of their TVMs. How can we be assured that they won't do the same with hard tickets? The LNER website now automatically selects E-tickets if you book with them, which has caused me many an issue as it is easy to miss. The fact that they automatically select E-tickets suggests a push for them to be used as the first option. I don't think this is a good thing, as they might then argue that hard tickets are redundant, just as TOCs have tried to argue that cash is redundant when I have queried them on why their TVMs don't take it. E tickets are not usable for :- People who do not have a mobile telephone, elderly people who are less familiar with technology, people with mental impairments or people who perhaps their phone has broken/been lost. I am worried about a situation where if someone for what ever reason doesn't have a mobile phone and will be unable to travel. My examples of what has happened with cash at TVMs demonstrate my right to be concerned.
There is no contractual or legal requirement to use such machines, but that's a whole new topic, not for this thread!
Out of interests, which TOCs don't accept cash for online ticket sales, and if a customer boards at an unstaffed station and is paying by cash, what happens next?
You are in a minority.
That’s rather offensive. Age does not preclude familiarity with simple technology.
This is probably one of the main factors of the high rate of e-ticket takeup, even on TOCs like Southern which seem lukewarm to e-tickets.
Cash remains a required method of payment. I don't see that changing.
Exremely low - about 1% or 2%.
I was referring to ticket vending machines, as I think it is a good example of why people ought to be concerned about E tickets. The situation with Northern is, that you have to ask the machine to issue a 'Promise To Pay' notice and present this to the guard onboard for a ticket.
In the South East I think that will depend on the take up of PAYG (and the future fare structure). If there is no advantage to having a ticket purchased before travelling there won't need to be ticket machines.
How could someone use an E-ticket without a mobile phone?
It could be displayed on any electronic device, or printed on paper.
Out of interest, where/when does this occur; what industry is this in?
Catering retail onboard, not good when there are still tens of thirsty people to serve.
Is Wi-Fi/mobile data needed to open the app and display the ticket?
Stop going on about mobile phones. You don't need a phone. You don't need an app.
But no more than 2 of them will be expecting to pay cash and both of them can probably pay by card.
No app is needed to show an eTicket and therefore no WiFi or mobile data is required.
Out of interest, what proportion of your customers pay by card, by mobile phone and by cash?
70% Cash, 30% Card/Phone
Is it downloaded from an Email link?
Do you ever come across fake Etickets that people have made on their phone/computer?
Once downloaded onto any device (or printed), no internet connection is needed.
I am sure some people try to do that, but you cannot fake the Aztec barcode as it is encrypted, so much harder to get away with forging e-tickets than paper tickets.
now? surely not! a few years ago?
Read my post above (#115).