Gatwick to London Victoria

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"Alec" wrote:

"Jenn" wrote in message
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Hatunen wrote:

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 11:36:01 -0500, Jenn wrote:


I would use the Gatwick Express but it discriminates against kids.
Its
four for two group ticket (@ £22 single / £43 return) is only
applicable to 4 ADULTS only. If you have 2 adults and 2 kids (as is
my
case) you pay 50% more. (can't figure that out - kids in the uk
must
have bigger butts and carry more luggage than adults). Anyway.

Obviously they are trying to restrict families from using the group
tickets.

are you sure that they don't allow kids on the ticket -- most places,
you can use adult tickets for kids -- but sometimes there are cheap kid
tickets -- are people really restricted from using a 4 person ticket
with kids? [or is that they make clear that 4 adults are covered]

Quote from http://www.gatwickexpress.com:

1. What is the four for two ticket? The four for two is a new
ticket which allows four adults ...

[...]

4. How many people can travel on a four for two ticket? Four
adults.

But you could have looked it up yourself.

you can never avoid being snotty when the opportunity presents itself

but of course, what is written down doesn't answer my question -- which
is 'what is the practice?' have you EVER seen a situation where a child
was not admitted to anything on an adult ticket? Is someone finding
that their children are turned away on this train line when included as
part of 4 on this ticket?

to restate -- sometimes there are child tickets which are cheaper than
adult tickets -- and adults can't use those

when there are adult tickets, children can virtually always use those as
well although it may be more expensive

Anyone have an actual first person example of a child being denied
transport on an adult ticket anywhere in Britain, in the world?

I have sometimes seen TWO children being carried on ONE adult ticket, but
this has no bearing on the use of group tickets on Gatwick Express. Each
ticket type has its own terms and conditions, and in this instance they
specifically state that children CANNOT be carried on this type of tickets:
"9. Can two adults and two children travel on a four for two ticket?
No, all party members must be over 15 years of age."

Alec



THAT is perfectly clear then. A stated no child policy is different
from a simple statement that a ticket allows 'four adults'

so 'nevermind'