(01 Apr 2021, 10:32 pm)mb134 wrote I was thinking about this earlier when it was confirmed Explorers would not be valid.
To get to Newcastle I'd need an ANE ticket anyway. The X11 ticket will only be valid on that journey, and there's no flexibility. So that's £20.50 if I want to get to Scarborough. Alternatively, I could get to Newcastle with ANE, hop on an X9/X10 to Middlesbrough, use the X93 to my heart's content, and catch an X9/X10 back up all for £10 (£5.50 ANE NE Regionwide, £4.50 GNE 5-25). Granted, there's no Beachcomber included there but for me that would only bring my total to £15 - and I still have full flexibility.
Obviously that's a situation applicable only to students really, but for me there won't be any real benefit to getting the X11 over the traditional way of doing it. I'll definitely do it once to give it some support mind, but it'll likely be limited to once given how I can do the same trip for half the price using the more flexible services.
Having thought about it, I'll probably not bother with the X11.
I have to be staying with family in Gateshead otherwise it's impossible for me to make it for the outward journey.
And, I don't know about anybody else, but even when I'm travelling from Bishop to Newcastle, I'll often stop off in Durham for a coffee, I'd rather have the flexibility to do that on the way to Scarborough as well.
I also really don't get the appeal of Scarborough, I'd rather go north up the coast than south, and we have plenty of places just as nice locally