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Money saving example on train and Bus..AND PLANE!
SavingTide
Posts: 58 Forumite
in Motoring
Hello, thought I would share with you how I managed to save around £90 travelling between York and London by not booking the rail return trip.
I am sure it is possible to do this on other routes as well - but you will need to be prepared to put up with inconvenience so its no good if you just want to get there quickly!
But if you do not mind being flexible to save a lot, then this is a good example of how to do it.
The cheapest standard fare available by rail was £155 return (its now £190). Splitting into smaller single fares did not work.
Incredibly, in this case it is cheaper to fly!
I found a £35 single fare, including taxes, Manchester to Heathrow.
I booked the train York-Manchester and Manchester-Man Airport as separate singles, for £11.70 (Cheapest single York-Man Airport was £25.70!), so saving £14.
On the return journey I booked the bus from London-Peterborough for £10. And the train from Peterborough-York for £23 (Saving £57 on the currently cheapest available train London-York)
So altogether just over £60 return vs. at best £150 return
I still need to buy the train from Heathrow- London - but just noticed on the latest moneysavingnewsletter I can get the express to Paddingtom for half price (£3.95)
So still over £85 saving.
I am sure it is possible to do this on other routes as well - but you will need to be prepared to put up with inconvenience so its no good if you just want to get there quickly!
But if you do not mind being flexible to save a lot, then this is a good example of how to do it.
The cheapest standard fare available by rail was £155 return (its now £190). Splitting into smaller single fares did not work.
Incredibly, in this case it is cheaper to fly!
I found a £35 single fare, including taxes, Manchester to Heathrow.
I booked the train York-Manchester and Manchester-Man Airport as separate singles, for £11.70 (Cheapest single York-Man Airport was £25.70!), so saving £14.
On the return journey I booked the bus from London-Peterborough for £10. And the train from Peterborough-York for £23 (Saving £57 on the currently cheapest available train London-York)
So altogether just over £60 return vs. at best £150 return
I still need to buy the train from Heathrow- London - but just noticed on the latest moneysavingnewsletter I can get the express to Paddingtom for half price (£3.95)
So still over £85 saving.
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Is the bus as quick?
How long would you be waiting at the airport?0 -
You talk about being flexible. If I was to assume that you wished to depart on Tuesday(27th july) in 2 weeks and return on Thursday anytime.
Booking a train dep on Tuesday from York at 6.31pm coming back from london at 8.30am. Both East Coast Advance Tickets, total cost for return trip is £50.70, journey time around 2hrs
I think that beats your crazy idea of taking lots of planes, tubes and buses:eek:"No likey no need to hit thanks button!":pHowever its always nice to be thanked if you feel mine and other people's posts here offer great advice:D So hit the button if you likey:rotfl:0 -
Sounds as though you did something badly wrong on your initial lookup of the rail fares.
A walk on return rail ticket is £83.70 super off peak - or £103 with a slightly less strict definition of off peak. You can buy those on the day
£103 is also the anytime fare on Grand Central - their off peak fare is £69. Again buy on the day
And half price on the Heathrow Express is a hell of a lot more than £3.95
A lot of ****ing about to save little if anything0
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