Rail Travel: Tips on Cheap Tickets

dzug1

tashmatthews wrote: »

It does say there that they go up to the 13th June!!

No it doesn't - that is for East Coast trains who do not run services to Cardiff. None of the companies that serve Cardiff (XC, FGW, ATW) have released tickets for 13 June yet


East Coast will sell you the tickets, yes - but they can't sell tickets the operating company hasn't released.

dzug1

tashmatthews wrote: »

Ok thankyou, do you think that I should get the tickets to cariff now and wait for the sunday single ones to come on sale?

Probably safe to do so but not 100%.

tashmatthews

dzug1 wrote: »

No it doesn't - that is for East Coast trains who do not run services to Cardiff. None of the companies that serve Cardiff (XC, FGW, ATW) have released tickets for 13 June yet


East Coast will sell you the tickets, yes - but they can't sell tickets the operating company hasn't released.

Obviously I have read it wrong, so the cheap single tickets they have on sale for the 12th are out already.... but not for 13th, so would you say I should grab the cheap ones for sat now? As I have to get 15 of them!!!

KeithP

tashmatthews wrote: »

Obviously I have read it wrong, so the cheap single tickets they have on sale for the 12th are out already.... but not for 13th, so would you say I should grab the cheap ones for sat now? As I have to get 15 of them!!!

Re-read post #2514 for your answer.

dzug1

tashmatthews wrote: »

Obviously I have read it wrong, so the cheap single tickets they have on sale for the 12th are out already.... but not for 13th, so would you say I should grab the cheap ones for sat now? As I have to get 15 of them!!!

That site is occasionally a day or so out of date

It's probably safe (99%) enough to grab them, but if fares for the Sunday don't turn out that cheap it may be cheaper to buy walkon returns than a cheap single plus an expensive one.

In the absence of any knowledge of your starting point it's difficult to comment sensibly. If you'd said that upfront your question would have been miles easier to answer and you'd probably have got all you need to know in the first reply.

tashmatthews

OK thankyou

I am going from Exeter St Davids to Cardiff Central for my hen night hence the amount of tickets needed

The girls want it to be as cheap as possible as do I, so am trying to find the best way

Thankyou

terryw

tashmatthews wrote: »

OK thankyou

I am going from Exeter St Davids to Cardiff Central for my hen night hence the amount of tickets needed

The girls want it to be as cheap as possible as do I, so am trying to find the best way

Thankyou

For what it worth, I regularly buy the "out" ticket at a cheap price and then wait a week for the return tickets to appear. This has never let me down yet. But as mentioned it not guaranteed 100 per cent.

Sometimes for the really cheap Sunday tickets, these do not appear immediately that the cheap tickets are issued and might appear later in the day or the next day. I am guessing that this is because they do know the exact disruptions at that time.

tashmatthews

Am still unsure as to what to do as today upon checking, they have released some tickets at £19.50 to get bk to Exeter, not sure if these are going to be the cheapest ones they will be releasing

Any ideas?

KeithP

tashmatthews wrote: »

Am still unsure as to what to do as today upon checking, they have released some tickets at £19.50 to get bk to Exeter, not sure if these are going to be the cheapest ones they will be releasing

Any ideas?

I would say that they are going to be the cheapest... but please read my sig...
Cross Country trains haven't been as cheap as they could be lately.

But that price is available on many trains... if I was you I would wait to, say, Tuesday to see if others become available.

Bit of a gamble though.

Edited to add...
Try splitting at Bristol TM.
Off Peak Single Cardiff to Bristol TM is £9.30
Advance Singles Bristol TM to Exeter StD are from £4.00 on your date.

Edited to add two...
While I was writing, Advance Singles Cardiff to Bristol have appeared at £3.00 on 13th June.

tashmatthews

KeithP wrote: »

I would say that they are going to be the cheapest... but please read my sig...
Cross Country trains haven't been as cheap as they could be lately.

But that price is available on many trains... if I was you I would wait to, say, Tuesday to see if others become available.

Bit of a gamble though.

Edited to add...
Try splitting at Bristol TM.
Off Peak Single Cardiff to Bristol TM is £9.30
Advance Singles Bristol TM to Exeter StD are from £4.00 on your date.

Edited to add two...
While I was writing, Advance Singles Cardiff to Bristol have appeared at £3.00 on 13th June.

brilliant thankyou, where have you seen the £3 singles as I cannot find them