Any train promotion codes out there?

dzug1

ljane74 wrote: »

Hiya All

I am travelling from Stoke-on-Trent to London Euston with my mum on 28th April coming back on the 29th April. I went onto Virgin Trains and the cost for the 2 of us in total is £109.40. If i did the journey from Manchester Picadilly to London Euston it woul cost about £50. Would i be able to buy these tickets but get on the train at Stoke and show this to the ticket inspector when on the train.

Thanks

Lisa

You would be breaching the T&C of the tickets. If Stoke has ticket barriers you wouldn't get on the train in the first place.

Try London Midland Trains and specify a route of via Northampton - it can be a lot cheaper, but is also slower.

AirlieBird

If you want flexibility then £109 is the cheapest you're going to get (unless you go on the slower London Midland trains as suggested by dzug). However, if you are prepared to stick to trains you are booked on, and depending on what time of day you want to travel, there are tickets available for £30 return on Virgin.

Smooth84

Hereford - Glasgow Central.

Looking to travel Next Friday 27th and returning on the Tuesday 31st March. Does anybody know of anyway of bringing the cost down for this? Im currently finding it to cost around about the £120 mark. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Livingthedream

Smooth84 wrote: »

Hereford - Glasgow Central.

Looking to travel Next Friday 27th and returning on the Tuesday 31st March. Does anybody know of anyway of bringing the cost down for this? Im currently finding it to cost around about the £120 mark. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Try splitting at Crewe;
Hereford to Crewe Off peak Return £29.50
Crewe to Glasgow Central Advance single £21.50

Glasgow Central to Crewe Advance single £21.50
Crewe to Hereford Off Peak Return £0
Total £72.50

You can also split Hereford-Manchester Pic-Glasgow Central, which can save a few quid more but the tickets are not as flexible.

Make sure you give yourself plenty of time to catch your Glasgow train at Crewe at least 30-45mins

KDC

Hi there. I hope somebody can help.

Am looking to travel by train from Derby or Nottm to London
On Sat 23rd May and return later same day
1 adult and 1 child

I managed to work it out that it would cost over £100 just for me!!

Does anybody know if there are any codes/cheap tickets?

Thanks alot

Livingthedream

KDC wrote: »

Hi there. I hope somebody can help.

Am looking to travel by train from Derby or Nottm to London
On Sat 23rd May and return later same day
1 adult and 1 child

I managed to work it out that it would cost over £100 just for me!!

Does anybody know if there are any codes/cheap tickets?

Thanks alot

There's line works at Bedford that date and its looks like St Pancras will be closed so try Splitting at Grantham and going to King's Cross
Nottingham to Grantham 05:50 £7 Anytime Return
Grantham to London KC 07:23 £13 Advance single
London KC to Grantham 16:30 £11.50 Advance single
Grantham to Nottingham 18:03 £0 Antime Retturn

Total £31.50 return per adult

There are other cheap options by splitting at Grantham but give yourself plenty of time to make your connection at least 30-45mins

jumpingjackd

Hi there, hoping someone can help. SIL need to travel Edinburgh to Scun*horpe tomorrow. National rail coming up at £93. He is only travelling one way. Any better deals he can do.

Thanks

BruceyBonus

jumpingjackd wrote: »

Hi there, hoping someone can help. SIL need to travel Edinburgh to Scun*horpe tomorrow. National rail coming up at £93. He is only travelling one way. Any better deals he can do.

Thanks

The 8:00 has an advance fare of £39.15 left - all other times are sold out for advance fares.
Standard off peak single is £87.60, anytime single £89.50.

As you need to catch two trains, you could try splitting the tickets to save money but remember to leave plenty of connection time.

KeithP

jumpingjackd wrote: »

Hi there, hoping someone can help. SIL need to travel Edinburgh to Scun*horpe tomorrow. National rail coming up at £93. He is only travelling one way. Any better deals he can do.

Thanks

The 07:00, 08:00 and 09:30 departures all have advance singles available at £44.00.
Same trains have First Class adv singles at £51.00.
Advance tickets must be booked at least the day before, I think.

jumpingjackd

KeithP wrote: »

The 07:00, 08:00 and 09:30 departures all have advance singles available at £44.00.
Same trains have First Class adv singles at £51.00.
Advance tickets must be booked at least the day before, I think.

Thanks Keith thats looking so much better.