<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by LondonElite:
I am, however, having drinks with a group of City solicitors tonight and, since this intrigues me, I'll bring this fiasco up tonight when conversation gets boring.
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You can't contract to buy a ticket for £0 because of the absence of valuable consideration, in England (and, I'd assume, all countries with common-law contract).