Brutkey

Moof! 🔜 T3chFest
@moof@cupoftea.social

So, today I start on a new #Interrail ticket, in a new modality for me: the one-country ticket for Great Britain.

It turns out to only be available as a flex pass, which works out for me as I’m not travelling on Monday.

I picked the one-country ticket because I knew there was little to no chance of getting a Eurostar off this island on an Interrail with so little notice. So I’m flying in and out.

I looked. My train today (Malvern-Durham) is roughly half the price of the pass that I bought. And that was in second class. In first, the one train was pricier than my first class pass. So I effectively get 5 days travel for free.

And I have long distance (for the UK) travel plans in mind. It’s a no-brainer

Martin Hoffmann
@partim@social.tchncs.de

@moof@cupoftea.social May I ask why you chose Interrail One Country over a BritRail pass?

Moof! 🔜 T3chFest
@moof@cupoftea.social

@partim@social.tchncs.de Simple, it was a matter of price. The price difference becomes increasingly ludicrous the longer the passes get

Also, I did the maths, and found a 6 day pass was the right length for me, and Britrail don't have that offer.

(I also checked out the Britrail continuous passes, and the price difference was not favourable either)

(Prices for britrail in the attached table converted from GBP using today's xe.com rate)

Martin Hoffmann
@partim@social.tchncs.de

@moof@cupoftea.social Interesting. I had a brief look yesterday and BritRail looked cheaper – but I guess the pound hasn’t lost quite a much value as I thought.

Moof! 🔜 T3chFest
@moof@cupoftea.social

@partim@social.tchncs.de I got a 6-day first class interrail for 15% less than the equivalent 4 day Britrail pass. A 6-day second class Interrail costs the same as a 4-day BritRail pass... And a 15-day BritRail pass is 175% the price of an Interrail in second class, and over double in first!

This isn't an exchange rate issue, however we look at it.