£6 ticket for £1 with First Great Western

rose28454

kevin.nicholls wrote: »

It's been a huge success for me... saved about £40 quid so far.

Please tell me how you got a password??

Crabman

rose28454 wrote: »

Please tell me how you got a password??

If you click the link in the first post and register, you'll get a £5 voucher pin code emailed to you.

You'll then need to register with the First Great Western website in order to make your booking.

gelato_cat

Call me blonde but how do they know - is it when you try and enter/exit the barrier using the ticket? Surely they won't know if they check your ticket while on the train?

Suze

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)

"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

monkeyspanner

Just booked a single for £1 Thanks
Offer extended to 30 November.
Looks like it is £5 code per e-mail address.. So you could look at split ticketing for longer journeys

hstudent

Suzey wrote: »

Call me blonde but how do they know - is it when you try and enter/exit the barrier using the ticket? Surely they won't know if they check your ticket while on the train?

Suze

I agree that page is poorly written and out-of-date even though it says "updated." The only type of ticket generally available where you can't break your journey is an advance ticket where it something like
xx:xx station X to station Y
is printed on your ticket where xx:xx is the time of the departure.

Then if you exit at station Z, or join at W and your ticket is checked then it's seen as invalid and you could be made to purchase an additional ticket or charged a penalty fare. However, most train operators don't issue penalty fares; companies like Merseyrail and London Midland do though.

nzseries1

Thanks First Great Western! First thing that's actually worked as it said it would in my 3 years travelling on your trains.

lauraza

hstudent wrote: »

You're only allowed one £5 discount per person.

Not if you have more than one email address, I have used code several times and saved a lot of money!

hstudent

lauraza wrote: »

Not if you have more than one email address, I have used code several times and saved a lot of money!

Well I suppose you could have John Smith Senior and John Smith Junior at the same address, with John Smith Junior not being old enough to have a debit/credit card.