Any train promotion codes out there?

fordy

Ok then, after many attempts at getting a cheap ticket, it is still cheaper for me to drive to Glasgow from Liverpool than its is to get a train.

For the last 3 months I have tried every method of booking online and in person at a station and the best I could get was £27.50 single.

you get £60 return on trainline and it says try a single from £15.50, never once in 3 month have these tickets been available. I have tried every day.

So Im traveling next week and i have no choice but to drive, its silly.

If they want people to use public transport, they really need to shake the system up. £60 for an advance return is not cheap.

KeithP

Fordy, you can get a single ticket from Lime St to Glasgow next Wed ( you didn't say exactly when next week you are going) for £21.50 on the 13:22 departure - change at Warrington.
A single coming back the next day can be had for the same price.

Thats £43.00 return. Cheaper than by car. Have you included all running costs, not just petrol?

fordy

Sorry, i forgot to add, there is 2 people sharing the cost of the drive, but thanks for pointing out the ticket. You'd think the lad at lime street station would have offered me that option wouldn't you? He had us going via wigan. I wonder why the wigan route costs more when its a shorter route?

Anyway, I'm travelling on the Friday (everything is arranged and has had to be moved round to because we couldnt get a train) I can leave when I want and stop when I want, no worries about changing trains.

I'd happily use the train, but they make it so damn hard to get a reasonably priced ticket.

Thanks again.

Llyllyll

Llyllyll wrote: »

Evening,

I'm travelling from Cardiff to B'ham on 24th Oct and coming back on the next day (Sat).

The cheapest return I can find (inc. researching the 2 singles option) is £41.70 RTN.

Am I missing something or is this the best I can get?

Thanks in advance.

Don't know if it's to do with the new pricing structure but I've just managed to get two singles for £16.50 (together). That's a saving of the princely sum of £25.20 over the return ticket!

cloudchaser

MANCHESTER TO LONDON

Hi all

Looking to book the following dates from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston

Outwards - 24th Oct. arriving in London
Inwards - 1st Nov. arriving in Manchester

Both journeys to arrive around 1300-1330’ish.


Adults - 2
Senior Railcards - 2

The cheapest I have found after looking at the National Rail, FGW, Raileasy, National Express and other sites is around the £85 mark - this is for singles. Returns are showing higher than £120 at present.

Since it’s my elderly in-laws who are travelling I don’t want go through changes - at best splits / singles would be fine.

Also am I too late/early for the cheapest tickets?

All tips/help much appreciated.
cheers

AirlieBird

The problem that you have is that the 1 Nov is a weekend and the journey is on the West Coast Main Line. Due to the extensive upgrade works taking place on the WCML at the moment, the weekend timetable and the cheap advance tickets are not being released until quite close to the date of travel.

There is a £20.50 ticket on the 24th October @11.15 arr 13.28. Maybe consider travelling on the 31st Oct instead? Plenty of £20.50 tickets available then.

Just checked the booking horizons. Tickets are available for travel on Virgin West Coast on Saturdays up to 8th November.... and indeed they are available on the Saturday after and before the 1st november, but not the 1st November yet.

Oh yes, and I'd always recommend trying the booking engine of the train operator you will be travelling with to see if they have any special online deals. In this case, Virgin Trains.

stressedoutmum

Looking to travel Derby to York Sat 29 Nov - does anyone know of any discount codes with either midland mainline, virgin trains or cross country trains before I book it please. thanks.

lufcgirl

Damn West Coast Mainline Works on a weekend!!

Wanting to travel from Newcastle to Exeter Sat 5th October and come back on 6th. Trying to avoid London at all costs as I've never been there and the tube is daunting! Plus they add another £12.50 on the price for the priveledge of travelling through London.
Any ideas or promotional codes out there?

sawanderer

cloudchaser wrote: »

MANCHESTER TO LONDON
Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
Outwards - 24th Oct. arriving in London
Inwards - 1st Nov. arriving in Manchester
Both journeys to arrive around 1300-1330’ish.

Adults - 2 / Senior Railcards - 2

The cheapest I have found after looking at the National Rail, FGW, Raileasy, National Express and other sites is around the £85 mark - this is for singles. Returns are showing higher than £120 at present.

Well the OFF-PEAK RETURN fare with a railcard is £41.20 per person (only 65p more expensive than a singe fare.) This is the fare you would be charged if you walked into the station on the day asking for a ticket on the trains you describe.

ADVANCE tickets are the ones that could be cheaper - according to the ATOC booking horizons, these tickets have already been released for the days you want to travel. Please note that railcard discounts often do not apply to advance tickets, so you might find that the "off-peak return" with a 34% railcard discount is cheaper than some advance tickets.

Unless you change the times/dates of the trains, it appears that the ADVANCE tickets that would be cheaper have all gone or are not available at the time of writing.


The other place to look is the Print at Home booking site:
http://www.mobitix.thetrainline.com/VT/advancepurchase.aspx

Trains from Mon-Thursday are available from £1 each way - so you'd need to change your dates to make the most of these (and wait until the "Booking available to" date changes to include your dates.)

Hope this helps.

activist3

I am trying to get from London to Swansea on friday 17th leaving london about 6ish and leaving swansea on sunday 19th about 5 ish. Cheapest i can find is £86quid. Any body got any tips/.