Groupsave rail travel, what happens if we miss our train

powertron

In the coming weeks I plan on travelling on a train via group save.

There are 3 of us travelling and tickets are around £25 each but with group save it is approx £50 for all 3 of us.

Travel times is off peak. So my main question is if I buy the tickets for the 12:00 train but we end up missing it can we still get the 13:00 one or would our tickets become void.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Hasbeen

powertron wrote: »

In the coming weeks I plan on travelling on a train via group save.

There are 3 of us travelling and tickets are around £25 each but with group save it is approx £50 for all 3 of us.

Travel times is off peak. So my main question is if I buy the tickets for the 12:00 train but we end up missing it can we still get the 13:00 one or would our tickets become void.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Group save tickets state train time on them?

Don't think so?

As long as you all travel together off peak then all valid

powertron

The thing that I don't get is.

There are different prices for different times.

For example:

Departure
11:45 - £50
12:45 - £78
13:45 - £50
14:45 - £50

If I buy the 11:45 ticket for £50 but miss the train and end up taking the 12:45 train would that be allowed or will I have to wait until the 13:45. It's not very clear but does state 'Specified train only' and 'No refunds'.

wealdroam

powertron wrote: »

The thing that I don't get is.

There are different prices for different times.

For example:

Departure
11:45 - £50
12:45 - £78
13:45 - £50
14:45 - £50

If I buy the 11:45 ticket for £50 but miss the train and end up taking the 12:45 train would that be allowed or will I have to wait until the 13:45. It's not very clear but does state 'Specified train only' and 'No refunds'.

Are you sure they are GroupSave?

Or are they Advance Singles?

Can you tell us the proposed dates of travel and the route?

powertron

wealdroam wrote: »

Are you sure they are GroupSave?

Or are they Advance Singles?

Can you tell us the proposed dates of travel and the route?

I seem to be getting confused between Groupsave and Advance single. I'm using the site southwesttrains, then selecting the stations, date, time and groupsave.

The lowest prices I am seeing are indeed Advance Single, there is no mention of groupsave.

Is there a site where you can select groupsave tickets.

Advance single might even be cheaper than groupsave so I may be better off buying advance single tickets. So my question remains that if I buy an advance single for a journey departing at 12:00 do I have to make sure I catch this specific train.

Example; Colchester to St Pancras on 25th Feb
The prices for Advance Singles are as follows:

Departure
12:33 - £36
13:03 - £39.90
13:30 - £36
13:33 - £36

If I bought the 12:33 ticket and missed it, would I be able to travel on the 13:03?

Hasbeen

powertron wrote: »

I seem to be getting confused between Groupsave and Advance single. I'm using the site southwesttrains, then selecting the stations, date, time and groupsave.

The lowest prices I am seeing are indeed Advance Single, there is no mention of groupsave.

Is there a site where you can select groupsave tickets.

Advance single might even be cheaper than groupsave so I may be better off buying advance single tickets. So my question remains that if I buy an advance single for a journey departing at 12:00 do I have to make sure I catch this specific train.

Example; Colchester to St Pancras on 25th Feb
The prices for Advance Singles are as follows:

Departure
12:33 - £36
13:03 - £39.90
13:30 - £36
13:33 - £36

If I bought the 12:33 ticket and missed it, would I be able to travel on the 13:03?

So not Groupsave but Advance singles?

If you click on the LINK Wealdroam supplied it answers your question!

Also you do realise that the prices you are quoting are for 3 people?

yorkie2

powertron wrote: »

Example; Colchester to St Pancras on 25th Feb
The prices for Advance Singles are as follows:

Departure
12:33 - £36
13:03 - £39.90
13:30 - £36
13:33 - £36

If I bought the 12:33 ticket and missed it, would I be able to travel on the 13:03?

An Advance Single from Colchester to London, for a journey from Colchester to London, with mandatory reservation on the 12:33 departure from Colchester is not valid if you arrive at the railway station too late to catch it.

See Advance tickets for a detailed explanation on how Advance tickets work.