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2 free tickets to Alton Towers worth £84 with The Sun - **NO SWAPPING**

thatguy1
thatguy1 Posts: 5,363 Forumite
1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
edited 15 March 2012 at 11:58AM in It's gone, but was it any good?
***PLEASE NOTE; SWAPPING IS NOT ALLOWED ON THESE FORUMS!***

Get 2 free tickets to Alton Towers worth £84.

Starts Saturday 3rd March in The Sun.

You need to collect nine tokens.


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More info http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/deals/cheap-theme-parks/alton-towers-vouchers

Step 1:
  • Collect nine different tokens from The Sun every day between Sat 3 Mar and Sun 18 Mar, (one token printed Mon - Sat, two in Sunday's Sun). The last date you can start collecting is Sun 11 Mar to get the offer.
  • It's a £2.50 spend if you buy 5 x 30p weekday papers and 2 x 50p Sunday papers which include two tokens, plus 2x 46p for first class stamps.
  • So your total spend should be £3.42. As adult tickets are £42 each on the day (£33.60 for kids), this could save you about £80.
  • The tokens must be from different days; you won't be able to pick up five tokens from the same day's paper.

Step 2: You then need to choose five out of 11 date bands below spanning from 28 Mar - 1 Nov 2012. You can’t request a specific date so you need to be flexible.

Band Date Range
A 28 Mar - 08 Apr
B 09 Apr - 28 Apr
C 29 Apr - 13 May
D 14 May - 04 Jun
E 05 Jun - 26 Jun
F 27 Jun - 22 Jul
G 23 Jul - 19 Aug
H 20 Aug - 13 Sep
J 14 Sep - 30 Sep
K 01 Oct - 21 Oct
L 22 Oct - 01 Nov

Applications that don't include five band choices will not be processed and those that don't include five band choices written on the front of the envelope sent to The Sun will be processed last.

The tickets will be valid for one day from one of your chosen date bands where possible, valid for the allocated date only. You'll be contacted with an alternative if your dates are unavailable.

Step 3: Once you’ve got the tokens, complete the application form, available in the paper and online from Wed 7 Mar 2012. The applications must be received by Thu 22 Mar 2012. Send your application and tokens to the address given, plus an SAE of at least 15 x 8cm with a first class stamp attached. List your five date band choices, in order of preference, on the bottom right hand corner of the envelope you send your application in (not the SAE).

The detail: Allow 28 days to receive the tickets. The offer's available in England only.

Watch out, as if you send multiple applications from the same household they’ll all be void! Additional visitors must pay full price.
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Comments

  • 3010
    3010 Posts: 5,420 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    Like like like. Thanks OP :)
  • smorie
    smorie Posts: 468 Forumite
    thanks in advance, been keeping my beady eye open, its way too expensive to go there
    Absolutely gutted and heartbroken
  • katthehat
    katthehat Posts: 1,046 Forumite
    Thanks for the heads-up! Have done this for the last 4 years! (can't believe how fast those years have passed)
    Kat :money:
  • samroo
    samroo Posts: 149 Forumite
    Remember though that the free tickets are only for weekdays and not in school holidays
  • kemo_2002
    kemo_2002 Posts: 1,507 Forumite
    samroo wrote: »
    Remember though that the free tickets are only for weekdays and not in school holidays

    Is that new this year? i went on a saturday last year?:o
  • 3010
    3010 Posts: 5,420 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    samroo wrote: »
    Remember though that the free tickets are only for weekdays and not in school holidays

    Last year though there was a selection of date bands that ran through to November including August.
  • Thanks for posting! I got tickets last year, luckily managed to get Easter hols :-)
    Midwife in the making....
  • Fantastic :j

    I wasn't able to go last year but the year before i went for the first date band (end of March to about the 15th of April) and manged to get the dates i wanted by swapping with members on here :D

    Hope to do the same this year too.
  • apesxx
    apesxx Posts: 583 Forumite
    I've always managed to get weekend dates, has worked out really well every year x
  • 3010
    3010 Posts: 5,420 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    Just a quick question is it 8 or 9 tokens? In Martin's email it says 9. I know it was 8 last year for Thorpe Park.
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