£6 ticket for £1 with First Great Western

hstudent

First Great Western are offering £5 off rail tickets costing £6 or more, when purchased online from http://www.fgw5pounds.co.uk/

Note: When you go to the website, you'll be shown single prices first, even if you choose a return journey, so make sure that you get the £5 discount off the cheapest fare.

anyfreebies

Ordered two tickets yesterday and they arrived today!

The note about Single prices appearing first was very useful, as I would have been confused otherwise!

UltraCheap_2

Thanks, will book some holiday travel! :j


Terms and Conditions

• This promotion (the "Promotion") is operated by First Greater Western Ltd of Milford House, 1 Milford Street, Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 1HL ("First Great Western").
• The Promotion consists of a maximum of 200,000 promotion PINs, which will be available on a first come first served basis and each offering a £5 discount (the "Discount") for one single transaction only.
• When all the PINs are allocated, no more will be issued. Each PIN can only be used once.
• First Great Western reserve the right to withdraw or amend this promotion at any time without notice.
• The Promotion is open to UK residents aged 18 or over, except employees and their immediate families of First Great Western, its agents or anyone professionally connected to this Promotion.
• By entering this Promotion, the entrant will be deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and First Great Western's Privacy Policy available on this web site.
• This Promotion requires either completion of a registration form on the promotional web site or registration through a telesales channel. Only one registration per person may be completed (either on the web site or through a telesales channel) and only one PIN per person will be permitted for the whole duration of the Promotion.
• First Great Western may, at its sole discretion, refuse registration and may withdraw a PIN from a participant at any time.
• The Discount applies per transaction, not per ticket. Each transaction can be made up of a single ticket purchase or multiple ticket purchases, however no more than one Discount may apply per transaction.
• A PIN can only be applied to secure a Discount for a transaction of a value of at least £6.
• Participation in this Promotion is only available via internet and telesales channels specified on this web site.
• This Promotion is only valid for the period 07/10/2008 – 30/11/2008. During this period PINs must be received by registering on the promotional website, and travel bookings using the PIN and Discount, must be made. Please note: As long as the tickets are booked during this period, actual train travel can be made after this date in accordance with the validity of the ticket purchased.
• PINs are not transferable to another person. No cash or other alternative will be offered in lieu of the Discount or for PINs not used within the period of validity of this Promotion. The Discount is not subject to refund.
• The Discount only applies to transactions involving the purchase of single (one ticket for a one-way journey) or return (one or more tickets for outward and return journeys) tickets available through the internet and telesales channels. specified on this web site. It can be used on tickets for journeys on train companies other than First Great Western.
• The Discount is not available on other ticket types including Season tickets, Rover / Ranger tickets and Group Travel.
• The Discount only applies to travel tickets and cannot be used against other goods or service provided by First Great Western, The Discount can be used as part of the total purchase cost of train tickets and travel insurance on the First Great Western website).
• Tickets which can be used in conjunction with this Promotion may be subject to availability and no guarantee is given that these may be available during the duration of this promotion.
• Normal Railcard and Groupsave discounts, where available and offered through the promotional sales channels, may be combined with this Promotion.

dora37

Thanks for that - just booked a trip in to Manchester for 4 of us next week for £5.90 return.

spora

excellent thanks! can get to where i wanna go for £2.30 anytime return

moneysavingmumofone

How very annoying that the ticket i want is £5.90.:rotfl:

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moneysavingmumofone wrote: »

How very annoying that the ticket i want is £5.90.:rotfl:

Try booking to/from the next station along the line

phsychoduck

I would be slightly weary about that, as its technically against T+C's to travel short (I only knew of this thanks to MSE http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/cheap-train-tickets)

"Saver fares are often less likely to be available on more popular routes, especially commuter ones. This means it's sometimes possible to buy a ticket for a longer journey that incorporates your route at a cheaper price and make some serious savings.
One, example, that’s recently been shut down is that while Chester to London peak time saver fares weren't usually available, for some journeys starting in Wales, going via Chester, they were, meaning absurdly it was actually substantially cheaper to travel further.
Sounds good, but it's banned
Many people do this, on lots of different routes and it's known as travelling 'short', but sadly it's a no-go as it's against the ticket's terms and conditions, and you can get kicked off a train if you do. "


Though I doubt you'd get found out anyway, but just a warning

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phsychoduck wrote: »

I would be slightly weary about that, as its technically against T+C's to travel short (I only knew of this thanks to MSE http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/cheap-train-tickets)

Good point about the Advance fares. I'd assumed that as the fare was quite low, the ticket was for an Off-Peak fare where breaks of journey are allowed.

stphnstevey

Great - how long is it on for?

Crabman

moneysavingmumofone wrote: »

How very annoying that the ticket i want is £5.90.:rotfl:

Booking for a station ahead is not technically allowed, you could however select the £1 insurance policy to bump the price above £6.