Re: Spend New Year in London !

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From: Neil Williams
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 21:18

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On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 10:07:14 +0000, Ian Jelf
<ian@bluebadge.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <3c2a6340.4916226@news.freeserve.net>, Neil Williams
><wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk> writes
>>Many of the German Verkehrsverbuende sell passes (not normal tickets)
>>which are explicitly marked as being transferable (e.g. monthly passes
>>at a slightly higher rate than the normal ones for which a photocard
>>is not required).
>I have seen that done *somewhere* in Britain, too, but for the life of
>me I can't remember where.

ISTR that for some time Stagecoach were promoting Megariders in
Manchester as being transferrable.  Since they changed to the small
ticket format, the words "not transferable" have been on the ticket -
though it's pretty much unenforceable with those as there's no way of
tracing the buyer.

Neil

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Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK

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From: wensleydale@pacersplace.org.uk (Neil Williams)
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Subject: Re: Spend New Year in London !
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