Rail tickets

MINTY

dzug1 wrote: »

Yes - but not yet. Cheap advance tickets probably won't be available for another couple of months.

There's actually no such thing as an 'advance open return'. 'Open' and 'advance' are mutually exclusive categories. By the look of what you paid it was actually an off peak return, a fare you can buy on the day.

Looking at prices a couple of months from now, it looks as though with advance singles you could do it for just under £50 each way - still quite a lot, but Cross Country are not very generous with cheap fares these days.
The other thing to look at is travelling via London - cheap fares may be more readily available on the two separate legs.

I booked the September ticket a month before I was due to travel.. I booked it with National Rail at the local ticket office would I of been able to get it cheaper if I had booked it with crosscountry trains direct?

Voyager2002

MINTY wrote: »

I booked the September ticket a month before I was due to travel.. I booked it with National Rail at the local ticket office would I of been able to get it cheaper if I had booked it with crosscountry trains direct?

Probably not, although they sometimes give codes for an additional ten per cent discount on their own tickets sold through their own website.

karenmay33

Livingthedream wrote: »

The advance tickets are now available for the dates you asked, lots of £19-28 but not many £14, might have been a fault with the reservation system.

One tip if your booking advance tickets for your return flight back into Gatwick, is to give yourself plenty of time for flight delays as if you miss the train that your advance tickets are booked for they become invalid, I personally would prefer to wait around Gatwick for a couple of hours that fork out for a new Single at £73

my return tickets have always been valid for 1 month from return date...

KeithP

karenmay33 wrote: »

my return tickets have always been valid for 1 month from return date...

Then your tickets have always been fully flexible tickets.

Livingthedream's comments were specifically about Advance tickets.
Advance tickets can only be used on the train for which they are booked. So, if you miss your train, the ticket is useless.

dzug1

MINTY wrote: »

I booked the September ticket a month before I was due to travel.. I booked it with National Rail at the local ticket office would I of been able to get it cheaper if I had booked it with crosscountry trains direct?

No

But it would have been the same price if you had walked into the station on the day and bought it just prior to travel.

It's possible the station didn't consider the possibility of advance singles - but they should have.

MINTY

Ive still got problems guys and ladies ..... Ive tried singles advance and even splittin tickets theory. The most expensive I have seen is 150 quid one way. I want to go to yeovil junction from marske... in feb 26th. Tryin to split the tickets.. its a nightmare :( and does not seem to work out cheaper.

dmg24

MINTY wrote: »

Ive still got problems guys and ladies ..... Ive tried singles advance and even splittin tickets theory. The most expensive I have seen is 150 quid one way. I want to go to yeovil junction from marske... in feb 26th. Tryin to split the tickets.. its a nightmare :( and does not seem to work out cheaper.

You are booking too early. Keep checking over the next few weeks.

Livingthedream

MINTY wrote: »

Ive still got problems guys and ladies ..... Ive tried singles advance and even splittin tickets theory. The most expensive I have seen is 150 quid one way. I want to go to yeovil junction from marske... in feb 26th. Tryin to split the tickets.. its a nightmare :( and does not seem to work out cheaper.

The advance tickets have been released for 26th Feb, search here

Marske to Yeovil Junction 26th Feb Advance Singles from £41.40 (including East coast 10% internet discount)

MINTY

Hello its that time of the year again Tried bookin marske to taunton one way single which worked out at £31.00 which is great..on the 18th November... tried to book one way single comin back on the 23rd november and the single price shot up to £90.00 :eek:


This was with crosscountrytrains.

Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.

dzug1

MINTY wrote: »

Hello its that time of the year again Tried bookin marske to taunton one way single which worked out at £31.00 which is great..on the 18th November... tried to book one way single comin back on the 23rd november and the single price shot up to £90.00 :eek:


This was with crosscountrytrains.

Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.

It could be the return trip cheap tickets are not available yet. You are right on the availability limit

Though Cross Country do have a habit of offering cheap tickets in one direction only - at least when I want to travel