Re: Booked out Melb XPTs

[David Bromage <dbromage@omni.com.au>]

Craig Haber wrote:
> 
> G'day,
> 
> WhaleOilBeefHooked wrote:
> 
> > Actually, that would work in its favour - the through fare is always cheaper
> > than the sum of two intermediate fares - so selling a seat three times for
> > the one trip (Sydney - Cootamundra, Coota - Albury and Albury - Melbourne,
> > for example) would result in even more revenue.
> 
> How are the fares calculated in NSW?  The above statement is not necessarily
> correct in Victoria - a through fare Melbourne - Colac is $19.50, yet
> Melbourne-Geelong is $8.60, and Geelong-Colac is $8.60 (hence $17.20 total).  No
> doubt this quirk occurs elsewhere in Victoria.

There was a famous quirk discovered by commuters from Bendigo. A 14 day
Victoria Pass (first class) was cheaper than two economy class weeklies.

Cheers
David