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Southern Rail 90% off trains offer

Hi thanks to the MSE Update i realised this offer was on today. However everytime i have tried to book the system has been very slow. I did manage to get one ticket for £1 return from Hampshire to London Victoria so I am pretty chuffed with that.

Does anyone know if it is worth persisting with their cheap tickets on the internet (I have the day off work) or do you reckon they have all gone by now?

Thank you for reading. Any advice welcome. :)
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  • Hi,

    I think tickets will be available because it's so slow at the moment, who can actually buy them?

    I constantly get an error every time I enter my journey details.
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
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    Bless you!

    I rang customer services who said the computer system had broken down but to keep trying in the afternoon. Fingers crossed!
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  • susancs
    susancs Posts: 3,888 Forumite
    edited 26 May 2011 at 11:04AM
    I got London to Brighton for 90p each return early this morning for the family and a few of my teenage daughters friends. Fantastic offer. As I put on HUKD if going to Brighton dont forget to get your free 3 month art fund card to get free entry into the Royal Pavillion if you fancy going to that.
    https://artfund.org/join/landing/guardian
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
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    edited 26 May 2011 at 1:37PM
    Susan cs, thank you. I have been trying to log on since 8am and i keep getting the error message and at the moment the site seems to be down completely. Can i ask what time you made your purchase?

    I love Brighton!!!
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  • susancs
    susancs Posts: 3,888 Forumite
    Susan cs, thank you. I have been trying to log on since 9am and i keep getting the error message and at the moment the site seems to be down completely. Can i ask what time you made your purchase?

    I love Brighton!!!
    I think it was about 7.30am that I made the orginal booking and then booked another seat after 8am as daughter wanted another friend! I booked the train for Sat 11 June. There were some dates for next week in the half term too. Fab deal as the site doesn't charge booking or card fees on top. I love Brighton-it is my favourite seaside destination.
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
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    edited 26 May 2011 at 11:58AM
    Well i haven't been able to book since 7.30ish i think! Fantastic offer though isn't it? i hope you have lovely day trip.
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  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
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    Due to the fact that we can't log on they have extended the offer till 29th May but we still can't log on!!!!! eeek.
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  • There won't be anything left!!
  • savingwannabe
    savingwannabe Posts: 16,619 Forumite
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    I agree! has anyone managed to log on and book since 9am this morning?
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  • geordieracer
    geordieracer Posts: 2,637 Forumite
    I know a few people who have grabbed some very cheap first class tickets but im guessing their servers are just overwhelmed at the mo
    one of the famous 5:kiss:
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