Rail Travel: Tips on Cheap Tickets

miller

scooter_chick wrote: »

London Waterloo --> Salisbury on Thursday in the evening rush hour
Salisbury --> Winchester on Friday morning (looks like that requires a change in Southampton)
Winchester -- > London on Friday afternoon.

Off Peak return from London Waterloo->Romsey (discounted) is £29.90. Chuck the outward portion away on arrival at Salisbury on Thursday.

Single from Salisbury->Romsey (discounted) is £4.30. Pair this up with your return portion (which I believe I am correct in saying is valid via Southampton/Southampton Airport) and you are home and dry with a break of journey at Winchester (the gates can get tetchy in these scenarios but the staff should let you in/out via the manual gate).

wealdroam

miller wrote: »

scooter_chick wrote: »

Hi, I'm quite good at going to & fro and getting the cheap tickets, but now I have to go in a triangle, and I can't work out if there's a cheap way to do it.

London Waterloo --> Salisbury on Thursday in the evening rush hour
Salisbury --> Winchester on Friday morning (looks like that requires a change in Southampton)
Winchester -- > London on Friday afternoon.

If I get singles with my Gold Card, then at the moment I'm looking at 22.90 + 14.40 + 19.35 = 56.65

Any ideas how I can do it cheaper?

Thanks!

Off Peak return from London Waterloo->Romsey (discounted) is £29.90. Chuck the outward portion away on arrival at Salisbury on Thursday.

Single from Salisbury->Romsey (discounted) is £4.30. Pair this up with your return portion (which I believe I am correct in saying is valid via Southampton/Southampton Airport) and you are home and dry with a break of journey at Winchester (the gates can get tetchy in these scenarios but the staff should let you in/out via the manual gate).

Save a few more pounds by getting a Waterloo to Southampton Off Peak Return at £26.00, coupled with a Single from Salisbury to Southampton at £5.55.

Total = £31.55.

Use in a similar way to that described by Miller.

miller

wealdroam wrote: »

Save a few more pounds by getting a Waterloo to Southampton Off Peak Return at £26.00, coupled with a Single from Salisbury to Southampton at £5.55.

The outward portion of the Southampton ticket can be used via Salisbury on the Thursday?

wealdroam

miller wrote: »

The outward portion of the Southampton ticket can be used via Salisbury on the Thursday?

Yes, according to Southern Railway's journey planner.

miller

wealdroam wrote: »

Yes, according to Southern Railway's journey planner.

So it does. I am surprised at that!

miller

There is an Off Peak return to Salisbury (via Southampton) at £29.50 with the discount. Is there any way to excess the outward leg to Any Permitted (should be £0.00). Although arguably this may not be needed?

Edit: Or get the plain Salisbury ticket then just excess the return portion via Southampton?

luckwudaveit

miller wrote: »

Edit: Or get the plain Salisbury ticket

As opposed to a ticket to Salisbury Plain:D

kayl

Just wanted to check about prices for an adult and child with a F and F railcard from Glasgow to London in October. It's a journey which I've down twice before, but prices seem to have increased a lot.

I'm sure that last year I paid £75 for the tickets, but the cheapest I can see are £103 return - am looking at travelling in 12 weeks time. The dates are going on Sunday 14th and back on Wednesday 17th. Can any helpful person let me know if this is really the best?

wealdroam

kayl wrote: »

Just wanted to check about prices for an adult and child with a F and F railcard from Glasgow to London in October. It's a journey which I've down twice before, but prices seem to have increased a lot.

I'm sure that last year I paid £75 for the tickets, but the cheapest I can see are £103 return - am looking at travelling in 12 weeks time. The dates are going on Sunday 14th and back on Wednesday 17th. Can any helpful person let me know if this is really the best?

Wait a week or two for the cheaper prices.

£103.35 is the price of an Off Peak Return which you can buy on the day.

Currently, in mis September Advance Singles are available at £34-ish.

Be patient.

miller

luckwudaveit wrote: »

As opposed to a ticket to Salisbury Plain:D

The "environmentalists" would love to have a station there I'm sure