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£1 national express tickets

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  • umami
    umami Posts: 822 Forumite
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    Yes I encountered the same thing.
  • Lxxx12
    Lxxx12 Posts: 12 Forumite
    Hey, I was ripping my hair out trying to see why none of the £1 fares were showing up for me too. I was using the Chrome browser on my laptop and was seeing nothing other than £30 fares (£20 more expensive than the fun fare price listed on the normal National Express coach site which is a bit crazy). Decided to give it a go on my parents computer. Using internet explorer the £1 fare was listed on every date that I'd been trying before on my own computer and I've since successfully purchased four tickets.

    To me, this seems a pretty nasty tactic National Express are deploying. I'm guessing the site tracks you and can see whether or not you are a repeat customer. If you are, you don't seem to be getting the cheap fare and I suppose they expect you to shell out for an even more expensive one than normal (???).

    My advice is to try again on a different computer with a different web browser if the £1 fare isn't appearing for you. There are still tickets available, it just seems the site hides them from you if you fit a certain profile.

    you can also clear your "cache" as this will have the same effect.
  • umami
    umami Posts: 822 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    Hello
    I found another independent link by googling and have successfully got the £1 offer.
    Will pm anyone if they want to know how I got my tickets.
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