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There is a slightly less ethical way to do this, you buy a ticket that mows you to travel at any time of day. Then when you have made your trip log on to realti
by celticninja 2y ago
There is a slightly less ethical way to do this, you buy a ticket that mows you to travel at any time of day. Then when you have made your trip log on to realtimetrains to find a train on your route that was delayed and then claim that as your journey.
Now your ticket is sometimes scanned when you enter or leave a station but this is rare and even less likely to be scanned on the train by a conductor.
Anyway that is something that someone could do
- ColinWright 2y agoI know people who have done this, but in my mind this is not simply slightly less ethical, is is active fraud.
- celticninja 2y agoYour mind is correct.
- rtkwe 2y agoReminds me of the "Chase Infinite Money Glitch" micro fad from last year. Turns out fraud really is pathway to many forms of free goods the law would consider illegal. Wonder how many people wound up getting hit with check fraud charges off of that...
- edh649 2y agoYou could do, but might be caught as 2 were in 2016 https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/commuters-ordered-to-repay-thousands-after-southern-railway-compensation-scam-a3178031.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/commuters-ordered-to-repa...
- bonobocop 2y agoThe DR system doesn’t look at ticket scans alone. It also builds a profile per customer based on a number data points. It will flag up quite quickly if you are “sniping” delayed trains at different times.
- switch007 2y agoIANAL but that is 100% straight up fraud. It's the most common accusation I believe regarding delay repay (and the train companies allege it is indeed fraud) Do not mess with the railways and their revenue in England.