Rail Travel: Tips on Cheap Tickets

hulagirl79

hi
I am traveling from cheshunt to london in august and really need a travel card but an off peak one is £21+.
Can anyone tell me if i can get it any cheaper.
Thanks

Sam_Bee

I've missed the boat, foregone my own advice of booking when the price is right. So can anyone assist.

Friday 08 August.

London - Honiton
or
London - Tiverton

Leaving London between 14.30 - 18.00.

Can only find £55 single fares. Any ideas for cheaper / split journeys etc?

Many thanks!

dzug1

Sam_Bee wrote: »

I've missed the boat, foregone my own advice of booking when the price is right. So can anyone assist.

Friday 08 August.

London - Honiton
or
London - Tiverton

Leaving London between 14.30 - 18.00.

Can only find £55 single fares. Any ideas for cheaper / split journeys etc?

Many thanks!

Cheap single on 1420 or 1820 from Waterloo (OK just ouside your times) £22

On 1620 £27

Walkup single £43.90.

From Paddington to Tiverton on 1506 - £25 single; on 1703 £29.50

Where the #### does £55 come from????

Sam_Bee

dzug1 wrote: »

Cheap single on 1420 or 1820 from Waterloo (OK just ouside your times) £22

On 1620 £27

Walkup single £43.90.

From Paddington to Tiverton on 1506 - £25 single; on 1703 £29.50

Where the #### does £55 come from????

Sorry - £55, I meant £58 (Saver Single).

I was using Qjump to check general fares (then use the train operators own website to book), and last night and this morning it appeared to flip out and only showed £55 tickets as cheapest. I see what you are showing now, they have resolved their issues, thanks for looking.

Still annoyed at myself for missing a £12 single that was there end of last week.

wagsforever

Does anyone know what day and time Virgin update the cheap tickets for the furthest possible weeks ahead?

If that makes sense. At the moment they have the advance for the 19th September available so i was wondering when they will put the next weeks lot up?

Mike_J

Two queries:-

Me and wife going to Scraborough from Warrington on 18 Sep returning 20th. Tired direct prices and then also split tickets but direct (albeit 2 x singles) comign up best. Any other offers to get this jounrey below £56.

Also Virgin trains website indicating direct tickets from Warrington to Paris via Eurostar at £84. Seeming good value Ive tried to get prices etc but no matter what dates I put in I get "There are no trains running on either your outbound or inbound dates". Do they mean at that price or is the site simply messed up?

dzug1

Sam_Bee wrote: »

Sorry - £55, I meant £58 (Saver Single).

I was using Qjump to check general fares (then use the train operators own website to book), and last night and this morning it appeared to flip out and only showed £55 tickets as cheapest. I see what you are showing now, they have resolved their issues, thanks for looking.

Still annoyed at myself for missing a £12 single that was there end of last week.

Ah that explains it.

But why bother with Qjump at all - the train companies will quite happily display and sell tickets for each other's trains at (with very few exceptions) the same prices. Cut a stage out of the process. The Waterloo fares I quoted came from Great Western's web site for example.

Pity about the £12....

dzug1

hulagirl79 wrote: »

hi
I am traveling from cheshunt to london in august and really need a travel card but an off peak one is £21+.
Can anyone tell me if i can get it any cheaper.
Thanks

Where did you get £21 from?? I've just looked it up at £11.50 or £16 for a peak one.

You can get it cheaper still with a railcard - but have to shell out for that as well so only worth it if you are going to tavel a lot.

Leopardlady

Hi Guys,
My OH and i need to get to edinburgh on the 23rd Aug and returning on the 25th or 26th. Can anyone find us cheap tickets everything i have found is over £200!?
Thanks

donnyboy

Could someone advise me please on collecting tickets, I wish to book a train journey for Monday and I've found that raileasy are best, splitting my journey is about £10 cheaper, questions:

can I book 2 lots of tickets on the same basket, avoiding the £1 booking fee and can I pick the tickets up from a TOD station the day before travel instead of 20 mins before departure as advised on the website?

Thanks