National Express East Coast tickets from £6

Lugh_Chronain

Book by 19 October and you can buy a Zone Fare for Standard Class travel on selected routes from just £6. Travel can be anytime between 2 November and 17 December 2009. The price of your ticket will depend on how many zones you cross.

See all the destinations this offer applies to. Then download your voucher before you book online. This covers up to four people travelling together so long as everyone has a valid travel ticket.

http://www.nationalexpresseastcoast.com/zones

The offer is open until midnight 19 October 2009.

This offer is not available in conjunction with Railcards, child discounts or any other offers – so compare prices before you book to ensure you get the best price available.

Lugh_Chronain

Not sure if this still applies but might be worth reading all the same.

Beat the National Express £5 seat charge

geordieracer

Excellent fares but the ones to Leeds newcastle and Scotland have always been that if you buy in advance..

One word of warning though, is that if you miss you booked timed train you will not be permitted for just about any reason under the sun, whether LUL or other TOCs engineering works to travel on another timed service.

Megalomaniac

Lugh_Chronain wrote: »

Beat the National Express £5 seat charge

It's funny when you see this. I am on the east coast mainline fairly regularly, and since this £5 charge has come in, it's been a real blessing for those without a reservation. Now people aren't paying £5 extra for their return fare, and 'risking' not having a seat. Instead what's happening is that everyone who does reserve are in carriages D,E,F etc... whilst coach C is usually empty.

Basically, those who have paid to reserve seats are in the busy coaches, struggling to find a space for their luggage, whilst those who have not reserved a seat are in carriage C with tables ot themselves!

Lugh_Chronain

The moral of the story is, if you haven't reserved a seat go to coach C.

What I find odd when travelling by train is when people see a reserved seat that hasn't been taken up, they tend to move on to find their seat and struggle with their luggage instead of just sitting down whether a it’s been booked or not. Why not just sit in a reserved seat that hasn't been taken up instead of struggling with luggage. I do this all the time. This also happens regardless of whether they've reserved a seat or not.

For example, if the seat is booked from London to Stevenage and the person who booked it doesn't get on the train and the train goes on to its destination then obviously the seat will be empty for that duration of the journey. It's as if because it has been booked you can't sit on it full stop. I see this happen all the time.

I've often sat on reserved seats that have been booked and where the passenger hasn't turned up, and if they do turn up, well I would obviously move from it. It hasn’t happened yet where the passenger has turned up so I just sit there regardless and nothing is said by the ticket inspector as they are only interested that you’ve got a valid ticket, so it appears.

I'm sure the ticket inspector would move you on if they thought it necessary but don't appear to.

Lemonade_Pockets

Thanks for the heads up.

Seems like a offer that you can book for once. Makes a lot more sense than those infernal £10 jobbies.

Mrs_Ryan

I've just got 2 of these tickets for my mate from Newcastle-London for December 9, coming back December 10, total £24 return!

Were going to see a show so Im paying for the train tix and theatre tix for her Xmas pressie but had I waited until I was paid at the end of the month when I was going to buy them, it would have cost me at least £46.50. I borrowed the money off OH - a nice saving! Well pleased.