Hi All,
Thanks for the replys and apologies for any offence/confusion caused by the use of the term 'rip-off'.
The reason I used the word rip-off was that I felt that charging extra for a single ticket on different days was over-charging unreasonably, however after consideration, I can see the view of other posters.
My usage of the term rip-off was incorrect but I do think that pricing policy is still a bit strange in that it only affects users buying a one way ticket. I find it a bit unusual that it is only single journey tickets that are increased and can't really see how discouraging single ticket journeys would affect the volumes of people on the trains.
But I take the point made by other posters that there may be some logic by IE using this approach to control passenger volumes, I just can't really see how this approach works.
Thanks,
Stef