Originally Posted by
Jagboi
I think it is relevant, as I can't think of anything else outside of air transport ( and I think the UK trains are also an anomaly in worldwide rail travel pricing) that getting a greater amount of service costs less than a lesser amount of service. If I hire a yard service to mow my grass, it costs more if I have a bigger yard over a small yard. If the crew shows up and mows my front grass and I tell them not to bother with the back (even though I have paid for the back to be mowed), they are not going to send me a bill for not mowing the back yard. The very idea is laughable.
If they chose to price their service such that the service used was more costly than the service purchased they would be entirely within their rights to do so.
You are consuming the convenient service while paying for the inconvenient one - then arguing entirely without taking convenience into account. It is up to you how you value that convenience - but you cannot argue that it has zero value or you would be taking the last leg!