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Booking bikes on advance train tickets
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Kernel_Sanders
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I booked a train ticket online with EMT but couldn't book my bike at the same time because the offices where you do so (by phone) were closed. The following day I was informed no spaces were available on that train, so I didn't make the journey and lost the money on it.
Does any site offer you the facility to book the bike online at the same time?
Does any site offer you the facility to book the bike online at the same time?
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I wonder whether it would be best to book the bike first(especially if it is free!)"if the state cannot find within itself a place for those who peacefully refuse to worship at its temples, then it’s the state that’s become extreme".Revd Dr Giles Fraser on Radio 4 20170
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When I booked through the First Hull Trains site for a GWR journey from Devon to Cornwall I was able to request a bike reservation online at the time of booking. This may have worked just for the specific train company but worth a try. Plus you get 2% cashback on the First Hull trains site through topcashback.0
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Kernel_Sanders wrote: »I booked a train ticket online with EMT but couldn't book my bike at the same time because the offices where you do so (by phone) were closed.
Use any of the Atos WebTIS booking engines instead, e.g. VTEC, TPE, Chiltern, etc.Kernel_Sanders wrote: »The following day I was informed no spaces were available on that train, so I didn't make the journey and lost the money on it.Kernel_Sanders wrote: »Does any site offer you the facility to book the bike online at the same time?0 -
I have had the option to request a bike reservation on the Red Spotted Hanky website when going on Virgin from Birmingham to London but never used it so not sure whether they would let me, be a pain to book it, take a bike and then not be allowed to take it on the train though!
Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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Yes Birmingham to London trains offer cycle reservations, and yes RSH will let you book them, and yes you will be allowed to take it on the train0
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Ciaran_Brooks wrote: »Plus you get 2% cashback on the First Hull trains site through topcashback.I wonder whether it would be best to book the bike first(especially if it is free!)0
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but not the £1 booking fee that Hull apparently conceal in their pricing.
Whenever I've booked with them, which I do reasonably regularly since the demise of the East coast Rail system, I've never been charged an additional £1 on any ticket. I quite often compare with other operators.0 -
Whenever I've booked with them, which I do reasonably regularly since the demise of the East coast Rail system, I've never been charged an additional £1 on any ticket. I quite often compare with other operators.0
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EMT offer £1 off some advances - Hull Trains charge the 'normal' fare for them0
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Hull Trains do not charge booking fees.0
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