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Grabbit - Book rail tickets by 19/01 for 25% discount

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  • Cerenia
    Cerenia Posts: 1,857 Forumite
    If you book a few days in advance you can get major discounts - If i'd booked myself and oh's tickets 10 days in advance, it'd have cost us a tenner each - we booked 6 days in advance and it cost us £30 for teh 2 of us - better than the £80 it usually is!
    ~*Cerenia*~

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  • ooooooh
    ooooooh Posts: 85 Forumite
    Thanks Roberto. I fiddled around. I booked tickets with a railcard via normal process - then I used the discounted link to book again. When you get to the basket stage all journeys show and the discount is applied to all. Then remove the full price journey. :j
  • Anic
    Anic Posts: 845 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    2tellyou wrote:
    Roberto - just attempted to purchase via your "railcard" method and it does not work.

    This happened to me last time there was an offer like this.

    If you have already looked at the link in the original posting you will need to delete your cookies.

    You need to make sure you log in/register via Scotrail's website and add everything to your basket before you look/click on the link in the original posting.

    It should work fine then.
  • Voyage34
    Voyage34 Posts: 65 Forumite
    Thanks to OP - just saved myself £25 on various 1st class trips to London and back :)
  • tr3mor
    tr3mor Posts: 2,325 Forumite
    ah if I can get it to work with railcard.. first class to London for £15 here I come :D
  • gromituk
    gromituk Posts: 3,087 Forumite
    Cerenia wrote:
    If you book a few days in advance you can get major discounts
    Well yes and you always should (as with air tickets) - up to three months in advance, which is the extent of availability. This offer, however, is an additional discount on all purchases.
    Time is an illusion - lunch time doubly so.
  • zenmaster
    zenmaster Posts: 3,151 Forumite
    Can you check prices etc without signing up?

    I'm not going to sign up unless it's worth it.
  • lottee
    lottee Posts: 1,389 Forumite
    A different company I assume, but as my pc was down at work this morning I rang First Great Western for tickets to London. I was pleasantly surprised to say the least, £7.50 pp each way. Not sure if this is a 'normal' rate to everyone else, but I was gobsmacked! Needless to say I booked them straight away. They were for lunchtime departures, leaving 14th Feb, & returning 15th Feb. Add that to my bargain Travelodge £15 room, I'm one happy lady!
    :D I am in the future you know...
    ...9 hours ahead to be exact !:D
  • lottee wrote:
    A different company I assume, but as my pc was down at work this morning I rang First Great Western for tickets to London. I was pleasantly surprised to say the least, £7.50 pp each way. Not sure if this is a 'normal' rate to everyone else, but I was gobsmacked! Needless to say I booked them straight away. They were for lunchtime departures, leaving 14th Feb, & returning 15th Feb. Add that to my bargain Travelodge £15 room, I'm one happy lady!

    can I ask where you are going from to london?
  • papeman
    papeman Posts: 61 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Many thanks, just got a nice few pounds off a trip to go and visit my girlfriend in a couple of weeks :)
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