I have to agree - I pay more - or should I say I don't as I now use BA or GNER. Most of my travel is with only one weeks notice at most. Most cheap fares are gone - and although cheap fares when available are better than before modularisation I find most time I can only get full fares which are consdiderably higher and the service is very poor. If I were paying LCC prices even for a last minute ticket then I wouldn't begrudge paying for a cup of tea. But £350+ return MME-LHR return is too steep a price to pay. First Class GNER inc parking and meals in the dinning car costs cosiderably less (including free wifi for the duration of the Journey).