Any train promotion codes out there?

Saeed

glewis36 wrote: »

Hi everyone,
I am currenlty trying to book a train to Newcastle from Gloucester leaving Friday 2nd May and returning 5th May. Looking on the net its gonna cost me £99.80 a ticket. Friends of mine booked a few months ago and have a ticket for the same dates, but only paid £45 each. Is it worth me waiting til the day to see if they are any cheaper at the train office? Or do i need to bite the bullet and pay up.

I have always found prices increase the later you book so it will be better to book as early as possible, unless you know or hear a promotion is coming up. For example virgin did a recent promo and I travelled first class from london to manchester for £17.50 thanks to vouchers in the daily mail. But for you, there's not much time left so I would book it. Also check other train operators site, sometimes the same route on the same train is cheaper on a competitors site

dzug

glewis36 wrote: »

Hi everyone,
I am currenlty trying to book a train to Newcastle from Gloucester leaving Friday 2nd May and returning 5th May. Looking on the net its gonna cost me £99.80 a ticket. Friends of mine booked a few months ago and have a ticket for the same dates, but only paid £45 each. Is it worth me waiting til the day to see if they are any cheaper at the train office? Or do i need to bite the bullet and pay up.

That's a saver return - it will cost you exactly the same at the ticket office on the day.

It might be worth looking at split ticketing at say Birmingham.

HAVEFAITH

Any promo codes/discounts around? .... London to Newcastle Out 24th May ... back 26th May

Any help/tips appreciated ... otherwise looking at 200 for 2 adults return at the moment

inspector_monkfish

anyone know of any codes for FirstGreatWestern?

need to get from Paddington to Plymouth in August.

inspector_monkfish

HAVEFAITH wrote: »

Any promo codes/discounts around? .... London to Newcastle Out 24th May ... back 26th May

Any help/tips appreciated ... otherwise looking at 200 for 2 adults return at the moment

just a thought, but would it be cheaper to fly?

KeithP

HAVEFAITH wrote: »

Any promo codes/discounts around? .... London to Newcastle Out 24th May ... back 26th May

Any help/tips appreciated ... otherwise looking at 200 for 2 adults return at the moment

It can be done for...
£140.60
London Terminals to Newcastle
(for two adults)

Depart: Sat, May 24th, 17:40
Return: Mon, May 26th, 09:00

From NXEC website

gner_ex

Almost as cheap would be to use Grand Central from London KX to Sunderland (£35 single per person, with railcard discounts if applicable), then get the Metro from Sunderland to Newcastle.

miller

10% off

Got sent this link today by First Scotrail - works on stations outside scotland too.

http://www.send-data.net/firstscotra...ic2 =032775F6

It is not railcard friendly like previous promotions. I think the previous loophole (A. Go to normal Scotrail site B. book tickets with railcard C. follow promotion link above and get extra discount) does not work as the discount is not applied to the whole basket, but to the actual fare when selected.

Book by 31st May

sawanderer

miller wrote: »

10% off

Got sent this link today by First Scotrail
http://www.send-data.net/firstscotra...ic2 =032775F6
It is not railcard friendly like previous promotions.

The price it quotes for a full price ticket seems to differ from those usually displayed on other websites and at stations, so it may be worth checking the website of the train company you are travelling with to check the offer is the cheapest.

e.g.
National Express East Coast advance London-York single = £10
Same ticket using FirstScotRail offer = £11.25 - £1.10 (10%) = £10.15 :huh:

indebtbigtime

Hi all. these are £24 on the website. any way of saving a few pounds here. I notice it has a box for a promo code

all help appreciated