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Anyone Know Gatwick Express vouchers?

Anyone Know Gatwick Express vouchers?
they will be very helpful thank you

:-) :beer:

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  • morg_monster
    morg_monster Posts: 2,392 Forumite
    Hello
    I don't have a voucher, sorry, but wanted to make sure you knew that there is a cheaper alternative to the gatwick express which is just as convenient.

    The gatwick express goes from victoria, every 15 mins and takes 30 minutes on weekdays (35min on sundays) (goes less frequently on the reverse journey I think), and costs £18.10 for an adult single, or £30.80 for an open return.
    A Southern train from victoria to gatwick can be as quick as 31 minutes depending on route, but almost all journeys are under 40mins, it goes about as frequently or even more frequently and costs £9.50 for an adult single (£21.80 for an open return or you can buy singles before each leg for £19 .)

    Just wanted you to know about what (in my humble opinion) is a big old ripoff by gatwick express!!! Even worse than the heathrow express!!!
  • Curbside
    Curbside Posts: 14 Forumite
    :T
    Hello
    I don't have a voucher, sorry, but wanted to make sure you knew that there is a cheaper alternative to the gatwick express which is just as convenient.

    The gatwick express goes from victoria, every 15 mins and takes 30 minutes on weekdays (35min on sundays) (goes less frequently on the reverse journey I think), and costs £18.10 for an adult single, or £30.80 for an open return.
    A Southern train from victoria to gatwick can be as quick as 31 minutes depending on route, but almost all journeys are under 40mins, it goes about as frequently or even more frequently and costs £9.50 for an adult single (£21.80 for an open return or you can buy singles before each leg for £19 .)

    Just wanted you to know about what (in my humble opinion) is a big old ripoff by gatwick express!!! Even worse than the heathrow express!!!
    ]:T

    Thanks very much :-) i shall be looking at doing that
  • If you buy tickets on the Heathrow Express or Gatwick Express web sites and use promo code caxfx, you will get 15% discount.
  • omelette451
    omelette451 Posts: 1,900 Forumite
    The Gatwick Express is the biggest waste of railway capacity in the south-east of England. Normal Southern services are slmost as quick and much cheaper, and if we got rid of the useless Expresses the extra trains and paths could be used much more effectively to bring about a general increase in capacity where it's much needed. So tell everyone you know to boycott it - if no one uses it there is much more reason to scrap it!
  • or go from st pancras with first capital connect - 17.50 open return, takes about 40 mins or easy bus 2.00 one way (don´t know if you have to be booked on an easyjet flight for this)
  • omelette451
    omelette451 Posts: 1,900 Forumite
    or easy bus 2.00 one way (don´t know if you have to be booked on an easyjet flight for this)

    No, the two are completely separate companies and anyone is free to use it. Indeed I have used the Stansted one having flown in on the arch-rival Ryanair.
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