| Comment | Because while you can transfer the full return ticket, you can't transfer *part* of the ticket. Using one leg of the return then giving away the other is against the [National Rail COT:](https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/National%20Rail%20Conditions%20of%20Travel.pdf)
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5.1 A Ticket may be transferred by the person who bought that Ticket to another person, but
only if:
>5.1.2 the journey has not begun (for example, **if you intend to transfer a return Ticket you
must not have used the outward portion of that return Ticket**, or if you intend to
transfer a Season Ticket you must not have used it for any journeys already); |
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