Journal
Notes from files we have already argued with
These pieces are not general essays on travel. They come from habits we keep seeing in coach, rail, ferry, and small airline extracts.
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Why a Tuesday Aberdeen departure is not a quieter Friday
Operators often staff Tuesday as a thin copy of Friday. Booking files from Highland and north-east corridors rarely agree.
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Read a cancellation spike before you blame the weather
Storm names are easy to remember. Refund codes and duplicate tickets are not, and they often explain the same empty seats.
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Advance-purchase windows on overnight coaches
Night services fill on a different clock from daytime links. Treating them as the same product in one fare ladder usually wastes either sleepers or revenue.
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When connecting passengers look profitable until you count the wait
A hub can appear to justify itself on through tickets while the dwell times say those tickets are two local journeys taped together.
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What the notes column usually hides
Free-text notes are where complimentary seats, football extras, and ‘leave two rows for the choir’ still live in otherwise tidy extracts.
