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Cheap train tickets

there are 5 of us (all adults) travelling to london on saturday to watch a football match.

can anyone help me find the cheapest avalable tickets?!
we would also need zone 1/2 tube tickets.

ive seen there is a group saver 4 thing that we might be able to get.

please reply asap as i am wanting to book the tickets asap - i can go to the station to buy them tonight if i find a cheap price!!

please help......

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  • dzug1
    dzug1 Posts: 13,535 Forumite
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    mattyj3nks wrote: »
    there are 5 of us (all adults) travelling to london on saturday to watch a football match.

    can anyone help me find the cheapest avalable tickets?!
    we would also need zone 1/2 tube tickets.

    ive seen there is a group saver 4 thing that we might be able to get.

    please reply asap as i am wanting to book the tickets asap - i can go to the station to buy them tonight if i find a cheap price!!

    please help......

    It would really really help if we knew where you were travelling from. And to, come to that - you might not need separate tube tickets from some places.
  • leamington spa to marylebone and then zone 1/2 tube
  • dzug1
    dzug1 Posts: 13,535 Forumite
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    mattyj3nks wrote: »
    leamington spa to marylebone and then zone 1/2 tube

    A groupsave for 4 of you (£55 total) and an off peak travelcard from Leamington for the 5th (£32), plus 4 zone 1-2 travelcards @£5.60 a head when you get to London (the 5th is covered by the travelcard from Leamington) is probably it. You don't need to book - buy on the day

    (Groupsave is not available on travelcards hence the need to split things)


    You could have a look at the advance fares - follow the 'barcode'link from
    http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/tickets-and-fares/ - but I doubt if they will help - the cheaper ones look to have gone
  • pompeyrich
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    edited 21 September 2009 at 10:00PM
    dzug1 wrote: »
    (Groupsave is not available on travelcards hence the need to split things)

    Although the Groupsave option for a travelcard doesn't appear on the on-line fares page, it IS available according to the website text HERE or HERE, click the Groupsave from £16 bit. So maybe worth checking at the station. Groupsave travelcards are certainly available here in the South.
  • AirlieBird
    AirlieBird Posts: 1,046 Forumite
    edited 22 September 2009 at 5:27AM
    pompeyrich wrote: »
    Although the Groupsave option for a travelcard doesn't appear on the on-line fares page, it IS available according to the website text HERE or HERE, click the Groupsave from £16 bit. So maybe worth checking at the station. Groupsave travelcards are certainly available here in the South.
    Groupsave travelcard (route via Banbury) for 4 people is £64 according to the online booking engines.
    Did you really mean to put loose?
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  • dzug1
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    AirlieBird wrote: »
    Groupsave travelcard (route via Banbury) for 4 people is £64 according to the online booking engines.


    Chiltern's booking engine said £128 - which is why I said not available on travelcards.

    Happy for the correction though
  • Group svae never works i booked 3 adult tickets to london from Leicester ok £8 each way grerat deal but did not get groupsave the option for it was there but did not discount anything the cheap weekday tickets go siper fast all the business travlers book them up fast for internet only advance fares get in fast
  • AirlieBird
    AirlieBird Posts: 1,046 Forumite
    dzug1 wrote: »
    Chiltern's booking engine said £128 - which is why I said not available on travelcards.

    Happy for the correction though
    That's odd. I used Days out guide and double checked with CrossCountry, as it unfortunately doesn't seem to be an option on the WebTIS system.
    Did you really mean to put loose?
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    Loose: not firmly or tightly fixed in place
  • dzug1
    dzug1 Posts: 13,535 Forumite
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    johncas1 wrote: »
    Group svae never works i booked 3 adult tickets to london from Leicester ok £8 each way grerat deal but did not get groupsave the option for it was there but did not discount anything the cheap weekday tickets go siper fast all the business travlers book them up fast for internet only advance fares get in fast

    Groupsave will never but never work on advance tickets - it's not intended to. It works on standard fare off peak journeys with many but not all train companies.
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