East Coast Abolish £5 minimum spend on ticket website

My main objection to this limit is that it was applied after you had typed in all your credit card details, shoe size, mother's maiden name. A little programming tweak would have brought the warning up at a much earlier point in the process and saved irritation. East Coast's predecessor ignored me when I flagged this bug up, but fares guru Barry Doe has used his contact and achievd the better result of removal of the £5 minimum. I last fell for this bug buying a £4.20 ticket. I would have happily paid £5 to avoid the hassle, and finished up paying £5.20 to a competitor who charges £1 per transaction.

Thanks Barry, thanks East Coast (at last).

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According to the website this feature is "coming soon". Presumably other ticket sellers will follow suit and hasten the end of paper tickets. Fare supremo Barry Doe, as far as I know still recommends http://www.eastcoast.co.uk/ for the best ticket prices