Any train promotion codes out there?

cbungle

Hi there - this is my first post here.

I'm struggling to find a cheaper fare than £62.20 to get from Preston to Stansted Airport, I can't believe this is right though....

I'm travelling on Feb17th, returning Feb 24th. Are there any promotional codes? Or is there simply a cheaper fare that I can't find?

Thanks in advance,

dzug

cbungle wrote: »

Hi there - this is my first post here.

I'm struggling to find a cheaper fare than £62.20 to get from Preston to Stansted Airport, I can't believe this is right though....

I'm travelling on Feb17th, returning Feb 24th. Are there any promotional codes? Or is there simply a cheaper fare that I can't find?

Thanks in advance,

If that's a return fare then it's cheap. Cheaper than anything I could find.

However, bookings for 24 February on Virgin are not open yet - so you could find something still cheaper with advance singles. The cheapest possible single fare is £21, but they look to have sold out on 17th, if there ever were any that cheap. I still don't think that overall it would be any cheaper though as you would be paying a high fare for the outward trip.

firemansamc

hi, does anybody have a promotional code for the Stansted Express ?
thanks Sam

dzug

firemansamc wrote: »

hi, does anybody have a promotional code for the Stansted Express ?
thanks Sam

You might find one buried away on the Ryanair or Easyjet web sites, but in the main they don't exist any more.

A BAA loyalty card holder could get you one but as it would effectively cost a fiver and is usable only once I doubt if they would.

mcallister1

Thanks to Bubblebrainnewbie on the newspaper thread for spotting this repeat of last year's offer

London from only £11.50
Plus, over 50 other discounted National Express train routes


Save yourself pounds on some fantastic discounted National Express train fares from Scotland, with The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday.

You could be heading to London from as little as £11.50, or travelling from Edinburgh to York from £8, Glasgow to Newcastle from £8 or Aberdeen to Edinburgh for just £6.

PLUS why not travel in style for less. As part of this amazing offer, you can travel First Class to London, Yorkshire, the North East and selected destinations across Scotland – go on treat yourself!

As well as a successful coach company, National Express is an award-winning train operator, voted Passenger Operator of the Year in 2006.

WHAT NOW?

Pick up the Scotsman on Saturday 12 January to collect the first of our four part password. Part two will be printed inside Scotland on Sunday the following day, part three in The Scotsman on Monday 14 January and the final part on Tuesday 15 January.

Routes included in this offer are:

Edinburgh and Dunbar (each way) to:
London £11.50
Peterborough £10
Grantham, Newark and Retford £10
Doncaster, York and Northallerton £8
Darlington, Durham and Newcastle £6
Aberdeen £6

Glasgow and Motherwell (each way) to:
London £11.50
Peterborough £11.50
Grantham, Newark and Retford £10
Doncaster, York and Northallerton, Darlington and Durham £8
Newcastle £8

From all other GNER Stations in Scotland (each way) to:
London £13
Peterborough £13
Grantham, Newark and Retford £13
Doncaster, York and Northallerton £10
Newcastle £8
Further details about the offer, how to book online, and terms and conditions will be published in The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday.

Ghirl

Has anyone here tried the Scotsman offer before? If so, once you've collected all the passwords how do you go about booking? Do you need to send off tokens or put passwords into online booking form or what? There doesn't seem to be much info on the website about this offer.

mcallister1

I didn't do it last year but here is a link to last year's thread- http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=351227&highlight=scotsman
It seems you had to go to a link on the gner ( as it was) webiste and put in the passwords from the paper. I'm sure we can collect them on the newspaper thread or even buy the paper:p - I wonder if it will only let you go Scotland- england not the other way round- but I think we will have to wait to try it.

mouse_potato

From today's Scotland on Sunday:

Passwords 1 & 2 = go nat

Tomorrow's paper has password 3, & password 4 will be in Tuesday's.

www.scotsman.com/gonat _ _ _ _ _ _ _

You also need to take the travel token printed in the paper with you on your journey, or it states you may be liable to pay the full fare. Photocopies won't be accepted.



You can travel between Tues 22 January & Sun 16 March 2008, excluding 8 - 17 February. Bookings must be made at least 7 days in advance.

You can also book the journeys in reverse, ie: London - Edinburgh, York - Edinburgh etc...

dzug

mouse_potato wrote: »

From today's Scotland on Sunday:

Passwords 1 & 2 = go nat

Tomorrow's paper has password 3, & password 4 will be in Tuesday's.

www.scotsman.com/gonat _ _ _ _ _ _ _

You also need to take the travel token printed in the paper with you on your journey, or it states you may be liable to pay the full fare. Photocopies won't be accepted.



You can travel between Tues 22 January & Sun 16 March 2008, excluding 8 - 17 February. Bookings must be made at least 7 days in advance.

You can also book the journeys in reverse, ie: London - Edinburgh, York - Edinburgh etc...

With similar offers in the past, I've found that often (3 out of 4 trips) they don't ask to see the token. But not worth the risk given the price of walkon fares.

dibdab3

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