You can now spend Tesco vouchers on train tickets on RedSpottedHanky

thepearce

email confirmation (re expiry date)

Thank you for your email.

I can confirm that the vouchers are valid onto your account indefinitely.

The e-vouchers will state 31st December 2020, however, if you need these after 2020 we can upload them again to your account.

wealdroam

floflem wrote: »

I've been trying to book a ticket for next Saturday and I've noticed that the Free First Class Postage option doesn't appear. I experimented and the option does appear for the the following Monday (22/8/11). I guess that RSH are being cautious about the post taking its time. Rather than spend £7 for next day delivery or drive 15 miles to the nearest station to use an automated ticket machine I'll go another day. I was only going shopping with the wife and kids anyway!;)

Just thought I'd mention it, for those who are travelling within 7 days. Good offer though, and my vouchers took about 24 hrs to come through.

In fairness, they do mention this in their FAQs...

What ticket delivery options are available to me?


First Class Post

• First Class post is free for all deliveries.
• Tickets will be processed and dispatched by First Class post within 24 hours of booking.
• Tickets must be booked at least 6 working days prior to travel.

rich_shot2003

wealdroam wrote: »

In fairness, they do mention this in their FAQs...

its the same for all TOC.

Care_is_good

Care_is_good wrote: »

I am in the process of trying to use the redspottedhanky website to book a rail journey. I get to the final page where it says click now to pay and I can see how much it will cost 'Total Cost:£55'. I now tick that I wish to use my eVoucher with its code number (gained via Tesco) worth £30 but the amount to pay by credit card covered by the words 'Total cost' stays the same £55. As a user this experience is bad as I will only find out whether the voucher is going to work or not after I have clicked to pay.

Thankyou to Livingthedream for asking me to check if the TESCO vouchers had been transferred from Tesco into my redspottedhanky.com account. Yes they had. I could see the eVoucher in my account with its code number. The telephone number which Livingthedream supplied (thankyou) was busy so I emailed but received no reply. I went ahead and clicked the pay button which is for the total journey cost and therefore does not change when the use a voucher option is clicked. In the next page I could see that my vouchers were being taken into account. Apart from the moment of not knowing, as described above, the booking experience was excellent. I received my tickets quickly and will definitely use this service again.

Amba_Gambla

Does anyone know if you have to use the Tesco e-vouchers on the account they are in? Eg: I have £75 of Tesco e-vouchers in my account, could I use this voucher on my brother's account in association with his £10 free e-voucher? (the free voucher has to be used on that account apparently)

Thanks

Amba_Gambla

Amba_Gambla wrote: »

Does anyone know if you have to use the Tesco e-vouchers on the account they are in? Eg: I have £75 of Tesco e-vouchers in my account, could I use this voucher on my brother's account in association with his £10 free e-voucher? (the free voucher has to be used on that account apparently)

To answer my own question. No you can't.

flutterbyuk25

I ordered my Tesco vouchers last night at 9pm, and they were credited to my redspottedhanky account at 3pm today

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seroxat_chick

I'm very impressed by this so far.

I redeemed my Clubcard vouchers yesterday morning and received my RSH e-voucher at 2pm today.

I have now booked a return trip to London (from Leicester) in December and it has only cost me £5.50! I found the booking process to be very straight forward and have elected to have my tickets posted to me.

Tickets arrived this morning

nqsenile

Tesco Vouchers, Senior Rail Card, 25 November

I want to travel YRM - YRK 2nd Transpenine say £4.30 but Red Spot say £6.60
also YRK - KGX 1st East Coast say £32.45 But Red Spot say £35.65
(Why 1st? Lunch & wi-fi "Free" ;-) )

Seems Red Spot are adding a fee of £3.20 to all tickets !
£3.20 on £32.45 is a lot (10%) . But £3.20 on £4.30 is gross (75%) !

Any thoughts?

glider3560

nqsenile wrote: »

Tesco Vouchers, Senior Rail Card, 25 November

I want to travel YRM - YRK 2nd Transpenine say £4.30 but Red Spot say £6.60
also YRK - KGX 1st East Coast say £32.45 But Red Spot say £35.65
(Why 1st? Lunch & wi-fi "Free" ;-) )

Seems Red Spot are adding a fee of £3.20 to all tickets !
£3.20 on £32.45 is a lot (10%) . But £3.20 on £4.30 is gross (75%) !

Any thoughts?

The fares show in "The Fares Manual" as £6.60 and £35.65 respectively. This is the full price and the price you'd be charged at the station, i.e. RSH aren't adding anything onto the fare.

The reason it is cheaper is because TPE and East Coast give discounts on their own fares. If you buy a ticket on RSH with clubcard vouchers, you can then claim the difference in price by contacting RSH here: http://www.redspottedhanky.com/terms-and-conditions/price-promise/