National Express - has anyone ever seen coach prices go down? PLUS cancellation rights...

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Hi all
Last year I bought tickets with National Express from Swansea to Heathrow (return) for travel in August. They were really cheap, around £22 for both fares.
I need to do the same this year. The prices however are around £100! I've been in touch with NE to discuss and they say the price will only go up. Apparently they release their tickets in tiers, with each batch getting more expensive. So the earlier you buy the cheaper it will be. And once the tickets at said price are gone, the fare only ever goes up.
Bad news if so... I was hoping to wait it out and pounce when the fares dropped. But now I'm not sure whether this is NE tactics to get people to buy, or whether it is truth. So I wondered if anyone has experience of fare prices dropping?
Many thanks
Last year I bought tickets with National Express from Swansea to Heathrow (return) for travel in August. They were really cheap, around £22 for both fares.
I need to do the same this year. The prices however are around £100! I've been in touch with NE to discuss and they say the price will only go up. Apparently they release their tickets in tiers, with each batch getting more expensive. So the earlier you buy the cheaper it will be. And once the tickets at said price are gone, the fare only ever goes up.
Bad news if so... I was hoping to wait it out and pounce when the fares dropped. But now I'm not sure whether this is NE tactics to get people to buy, or whether it is truth. So I wondered if anyone has experience of fare prices dropping?
Many thanks
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So what they're saying is not true, I would have a guess that the closer you get to a date the price will come down as they'll have empty seats on a coach to fill.
The price may come down if they have empty seats. There is no guarantee that either element will be true.
Also a spec check for prices in April doesn't necessarily have any bearing on prices in August. April is low season, August is peak season.
So as with all these travel-related things - I think if you see a price you're happy with, just book it.
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