Rail Travel: Tips on Cheap Tickets

thelawnet

What day of the week is this mcphail?

mcphail

It is on a Sunday - thanks:o

Jeff_Bridges_hair

FRom what I can see an off peak TC on FCC ONLY is £12.50 and will give you what you want.

dzug1

The ticket (which you can buy at Gatwick for the same price as in advance) allows unlimited travel in zones 1-6 as well as one journey from/to Gatwick. O2 is well within the zones.

If you buy in advance you may (depending on which site you buy it from) have to specify an outward train - but you are not committed to it. Any valid train will do.

mcphail

Thanks for the information - great advice

miller

If you do buy in advance, the Southern website may be the best to go for due to their money back guarantee:
http://www.southernrailway.com/offers/money-back-guarantee/
Also, Southern is on some cashback sites (Topcashback offer 6% so thats another 75p off).

redux

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I can't see how the trip could be FCC only.
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I can see a return Gatwick to London Bridge for £9.50

Then to North Greenwich you might get an off-peal Travelcard for zones 1 and 2 only for £7.00, as singles are £4.30 each

If you will go to London again in the foreseeable future then think about an Oyster card. Off-peak singles for London Bridge to North Greenwich £2 each way

If you want to split hairs you could get a return to East Croydon for £5.90 and then change and work your way there avoiding zone 1 (via New Cross Gate, Canada Water), with either an off peak travelcard for £8.50, or two ordinary singles for £2.60 each or with an Oyster card singles are £1.40 each.

Edit - but now I've found the London Bridge return with off-peak Travelcard bought at the same time for £12.50 (or same price for GTW - ECR + travelcard) , I don't see as much point in the other options

Sorry about that, I did a couple of searches on mobile sites, and they simplify some things and didn't show add travelcard as clearly

mcphail

Thanks again for your advice. I'm thinking about maybe getting the off peak day travel card for all trains, as the FCC only card is not for every train - it's £15. When I go to the FCC website, it gives me an option to book trains after midnight - how does this work for travel within the same day? I'm just wondering by the time I get out of the concert, tube to London Bridge, then train to Gatwick - if it's after midnight would the ticket still be valid!

terryw

miller wrote: »

If you do buy in advance, the Southern website may be the best to go for due to their money back guarantee:
http://www.southernrailway.com/offers/money-back-guarantee/
Also, Southern is on some cashback sites (Topcashback offer 6% so thats another 75p off).

Thanks greatly for that tip.

I made a right mistake last week and booked for the wrong day! I feel so stupid as I am normally quite careful and very MSE. Unfortunately with East Coast there is a £10 fee for changing and this negates the price entirely.

I will make a point of using Southern for all tickets now with the cashback bonus.

Thanks again

dzug1

mcphail wrote: »

Thanks again for your advice. I'm thinking about maybe getting the off peak day travel card for all trains, as the FCC only card is not for every train - it's £15. When I go to the FCC website, it gives me an option to book trains after midnight - how does this work for travel within the same day? I'm just wondering by the time I get out of the concert, tube to London Bridge, then train to Gatwick - if it's after midnight would the ticket still be valid!

The ticket is valid - I think - to start your journey on a Gatwick train until 230am the next day. If the website shows the train and will let you buy this particular ticket and still shows the same outward journey, it's valid

Remember with this ticket you don't actually 'book' trains - you just buy the ticket. There's no reservations