Trainline 20% off..that isnt !

malofkent

Got an email from Trainline.com with an offer of 20% off my next train fare north, did lots of searching and found what I thought was a bargain fare to York, had to input my special code and got a total price for two of £68.80 saving me almost £120. Im not able to select seats but they allocate them. Sooooo....went straight to the Grand central site...booked the exact same journey...was able to select 2 nice window and table seats...sadly no 20% off code though....total price....tada...£68.80 !!!!!!!!!


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malofkent wrote: »

Got an email from Trainline.com with an offer of 20% off my next train fare north, did lots of searching and found what I thought was a bargain fare to York, had to input my special code and got a total price for two of £68.80 saving me almost £120. Im not able to select seats but they allocate them. Sooooo....went straight to the Grand central site...booked the exact same journey...was able to select 2 nice window and table seats...sadly no 20% off code though....total price....tada...£68.80 !!!!!!!!!


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malofkent

in fact....just noticed that Trainline would have charged a booking fee but Grand central don't....so its actually a tiny bit cheaper to NOT use the 20% off code. Is it any wonder we are all defensive about such offers.

macman

Don't understand why anyone would ever use trainline.com and pay a booking fee, when you can book any journey through one of the operating companies such as East Coast etc-which charge no fee.

smjxm09

I travel a lot with Virgin and Trainline always has the dearest fares when you add the booking fees. Don't know why anyone would use this company when booking direct with a train company is always cheaper.

macman

Simply, I suspect, because many people think that the regional rail co's can only sell tickets for their own services. and due to trainline.com's heavy advertising spend.