Hypno's approach to life, the universe and debtbusting.....

claire0788

lol of course !

taka

Karmacat wrote: »

Just retrieved this from yesterday. Olive, thank you! I'd completely forgotten about going to the carrier itself - stupid, as thats Virgin, bii-ii-iig company! Anyway, I'm trying for the 29th December, and their schedule only goes up to the 15th December. Boom Boom, as the saying goes. Thanks!

You aren't even restricted to the carrier's website either... I used First Great Western's (??) website to book a Virgin train as FGW had a £5 off voucher last time I needed to book! :rotfl: (To confuse things further it turned up in a trainline envelope despite me not using trainline :rotfl:)

The return leg I booked on the National Express East Coast website for one of their trains as at the time I got ~33% off for the date I wanted to travel back!

I got a £1 Citylink (bus) fare Edinburgh to Glasgow (to meet my friend for lunch) then train Glasgow to London then train London to Edinburgh all for under £30! :j :j

Have a look here for curent offers, here for possibly cheap ticket release dates and tips for cheap fares, and here for advice/to ask questions about when your tickets may be bookable / other codes etc.

short_bird

Karmacat wrote: »

Just retrieved this from yesterday. Olive, thank you! I'd completely forgotten about going to the carrier itself - stupid, as thats Virgin, bii-ii-iig company! Anyway, I'm trying for the 29th December, and their schedule only goes up to the 15th December. Boom Boom, as the saying goes. Thanks!

That's one of the more endearing habits of the train carriers:rolleyes: wait for the time of year when lots of people need to be somewhere else and then make sure they can't get advance tickets.:mad:

And then schedule maintenance work so they don't have to compensate commuters:mad:
Oh, and wonder why people prefer to go by car...:rotfl:

Karmacat

Good grief, there's whole *sections* of this website I've just never got to grips with. I've just had a happy ten minutes mucking about with megatrain, tfl and oystercard. I haven't checked for 29 December yet, but what really stands out is that I could do my fortnightly train journey to London a *lot* cheaper. I need to go up this Saturday too, for work, so I'll experiment with that - its not a great deal, but its still a saving.

Right, off to look at December now. For the outward journey, I could go up on 22 December (I'd usually go 23rd, but it doesn't get to Liverpool till 7.30, which cuts out a whole day there) for £1!!! By bus, admittedly, but its not a long trip to Liverpool, not nowadays. I'm really tempted.

EDIT - shortbird, I feel your pain as my own - in fact, it is my own!
Sorry for the hijack, Hypno, but this is serious stuff :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

taka

Karmacat wrote: »

Good grief, there's whole *sections* of this website I've just never got to grips with.

Its scary isn't it... a couple of years after joining and I still haven't explored everywhere on MSE... :rotfl: I only found out there were travel boards, uk and international travel boards a couple of months ago when trying to make my London trip cheaper and price up something for next year... :rolleyes:

Hypno - did you get a refund from Orange Broadband for a part month broadband after you transferred? I just realised they sent me a "give us your correct details or charges" email and phoned up to [STRIKE]rant[/STRIKE] grump at them that i cancelled my Direct just over the 30 days after the switch (as per the T&Cs) and there was no further payment due. I felt very sheepish when I was told I am due a £10 odd refund! :rotfl: Apparently it'll now arrive around the 2nd week of Oct! :j

Surfbabe

Afternoon - been busy busy for last couple of days so no internet!

DD has managed to get Mums Broadband working - very helpful man from Talktalk helped as well but she did it herself !

Nothing else to report - no money in but none out - payday is Friday so guess will still be broke then !!

Am off to sit in sunshine while it lasts... oh and make DH a birthday cake

have a good one

hypno06

Evening all....managed a rare NSD - well, I had to because I only had 3p to my name :rotfl:

Apart from that, nowt to report - hope you have all had a good day.

taka - we are still waiting for our broadband refund :rolleyes:

OliveOyl_2

hypno06 wrote: »

Evening all....managed a rare NSD - well, I had to because I only had 3p to my name :rotfl:

Don't knock it, there are some on here who at one time wouldn't have rested until they'd found something to spend that 3p on :whistle:

hypno06

Payday :j:j

I can sit and work out my new numbers this evening to take into account my payrise and the new payment to the mortgage etc.

Also £40 hit my bank account today from various MSE stuff I did over the weekend, so that has been transferred to the barclayloan pot

Off to finish my morning banking stuff. Have a good day everyone :cool:

Surfbabe

Morning Have got earache this morning - always happens when I start swimming seriously.Have a good day