Flexi Seasons undermined by complicated calculations

摘要

FIRSTLY, the good news: Flexi Seasons have arrived in England and the discount is greater than I'd anticipated in my Comment that accompanied RAIL'S news story (page 8, KAIL 932). The media seems to have given Flexis the thumbs-down, and I fear that might be because of this. I'll leave the very bad news to the end as it's outside the industry's control. Yes, the dead hand of the Department for Transport (DfT) still rules! First, however, some clarity on how to load a Flexi Season. Let's assume that you purchase one online on a Monday and that you want the 28-day period to commence the following Monday. To ensure it's all working properly, you visit the station on the Wednesday and tap in on a gate-reader. It will load the Flexi, but it will not deduct a journey as it knows the start-date is not until the following Monday.