Special Offers Discussion

Kite159 · 18 May 2015

Bill Badger said:
Link is now woking, but can't get it to come up with any fares for the journey I wish to make; Farnborough to Surbiton.

Off peak day return is £14.40 so should come down to £12.

Anyone any suggestion why it might not be working?

How very strange, maybe the existence of that £11-odd super off-peak day return is causing the system not to offer the £12 fare.
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FGW appear to have 20% advances, however looking at the page linked from the email:
https://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk...sale&utm_content=82963&utm_campaign=mid-month

It's only for travel on the 27th & 28th May, from Paddington/Reading/Didcot to South Wales, plus stations north of Temple Meads.

In fairness, not the best offer.

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Red Dragon · 26 May 2015

Kite159 said:
SWT £12 day returns (£1 for kids)
18 may to 29 may
Www.Southwesttrains.co.uk/may

(Link probably not working yet, taken from poster at local station)
Usual book one day in advance

I'm off to London in the morning for a few days and I shall definitely avail myself of this offer.
Thanks for posting it.
Which destination ?
Well I'm spoilt for choice.
Cheers Kite 159

Devonman2014 · 27 May 2015

Red Dragon said:
I'm off to London in the morning for a few days and I shall definitely avail myself of this offer.
Thanks for posting it.
Which destination ?
Well I'm spoilt for choice.
Cheers Kite 159

I myself am currently en route to London for the day on this offer.... Currently on 08:47 ex Salisbury to Waterloo.

Kite159 · 27 May 2015

Devonman2014 said:
I myself am currently en route to London for the day on this offer.... Currently on 08:47 ex Salisbury to Waterloo.

Which I bet was full after Andover as that service normally is.

Red Dragon · 28 May 2015

Devonman2014 said:
I myself am currently en route to London for the day on this offer.... Currently on 08:47 ex Salisbury to Waterloo.

I decided on a return from Waterloo to Lymington Pier so I'm on the 0905 from Waterloo to Weymouth.
I intend leaving the train at Southampton and taking the No6 bus through the New Forest to Lymington, lunch and then Lymington, Brockenhurst, Waterloo. Could get the ferry to the IoW - all options are still open. Have fun!

embers25 · 28 May 2015

Red Dragon said:
I decided on a return from Waterloo to Lymington Pier so I'm on the 0905 from Waterloo to Weymouth.
I intend leaving the train at Southampton and taking the No6 bus through the New Forest to Lymington, lunch and then Lymington, Brockenhurst, Waterloo. Could get the ferry to the IoW - all options are still open. Have fun!

Please note that the T&C's don't allow break of journey.

BlueFox · 28 May 2015

50% off Scotrail off peak and super off peak fares.

http://www.scotrail.co.uk/form/summer-sale

cuccir · 29 May 2015

I have 4 tokens (enough for two tickets) available for the latest Northern Rail newspaper offer of a £12.50 Day / £20.00 Weekend Northern Rail ticket - PM me your address if you want them, first come first served!
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Tokens taken!

pemma · 3 Jun 2015

Topcashback are doing an offer for new customers only - £10 cashback on any purchase of train tickets from the trainline.

https://www.topcashback.co.uk/join-us/fb_trainline?tcb=1&

Merseysider · 3 Jun 2015

jcollins said:
Topcashback are doing an offer for new customers only - £10 cashback on any purchase of train tickets from the trainline.

https://www.topcashback.co.uk/join-us/fb_trainline?tcb=1&

Hello Lichfield City! :lol:

Kite159 · 3 Jun 2015

JakeF said:
Hello Lichfield City!

What I was reading the offer as you get £10 when you join Topcashback in which you can spend on that fees charging website.

Sadly if it was the other way round and you get a bonus £10 if you are a new customer to the trainline, then I'm sure their sales will rocket with many sales of the cheapest tickets on offer.

Merseysider · 3 Jun 2015

Not quite a special offer, but I figured this was probably the best place to post it.

I have £7.50 in vouchers for use on a VTEC Advance/VTEC&Connections Advance ticket. Happy to swap for £5 cash at a forum meet.

PM if interested or ask me at the next (probably Yorkshire) meet.

ASharpe · 3 Jun 2015

jcollins said:
Topcashback are doing an offer for new customers only - £10 cashback on any purchase of train tickets from the trainline.

https://www.topcashback.co.uk/join-us/fb_trainline?tcb=1&

Thanks, I've signed up for it and ill report back if it worked.

CaptainHaddock · 5 Jun 2015

I received an email off First TPE yesterday offering 25% off advance tickets for journeys in June, so long as you book by Sunday 7 June.

Here's the text;
"Say 'sayonara' to spring and get ready to swan dive right into summer with a scorching 25%* off advance train tickets. Just head to tpexpress.co.uk between Thursday 4th June to Sunday 7th June to get a nice summer saving. And thats for travel all over our network right up until 30th June. So quick chop, you've got to be fast to catch this deal train."

http://tickets.tpexpress.co.uk/tpe/en/JourneyPlanning/MixingDeck

Merseysider · 5 Jun 2015

CaptainHaddock said:
I received an email off First TPE yesterday offering 25% off advance tickets for journeys in June, so long as you book by Sunday 7 June.

Here's the text;
"Say 'sayonara' to spring and get ready to swan dive right into summer with a scorching 25%* off advance train tickets. Just head to tpexpress.co.uk between Thursday 4th June to Sunday 7th June to get a nice summer saving. And thats for travel all over our network right up until 30th June. So quick chop, you've got to be fast to catch this deal train."

http://tickets.tpexpress.co.uk/tpe/en/JourneyPlanning/MixingDeck

Doesn't seem to stack with railcard. What a useless "offer" if not

Deerfold · 5 Jun 2015

JakeF said:
Doesn't seem to stack with railcard. What a useless "offer" if not

If you've got a railcard it might be useless. The rest of us might still want to know about it though.

Merseysider · 5 Jun 2015

Deerfold said:
If you've got a railcard it might be useless. The rest of us might still want to know about it though.

Yes, I agree. But it would be nice if all railcards were included too!

alex17595 · 5 Jun 2015

YP railcards get 50% off already anyway.

Merseysider · 5 Jun 2015

alex17595 said:
YP railcards get 50% off already anyway.

Note my use of the word all

rg177 · 5 Jun 2015

alex17595 said:
YP railcards get 50% off already anyway.

I was going to say, I can do Newcastle-Leeds for a fiver with a railcard in normal circumstances.

*Edit* I see JakeF is referring to all Railcards.

boyaloud · 6 Jun 2015

The FTPE offer DOES combine with railcards, equalling the "student advance" offer of 50% off standard advances, but it does also offer an additional 25% off first advances too which that offer does not. As such both first and standard advances are 50% off leading to some good deals like a single Manchester to York for £6.60 in 1st.

Hadders · 13 Jun 2015

PlusBus £2 On-line Offer in June and July

http://www.plusbus.info/offers

You can buy PLUSBUS day tickets for just £2 a day, with your train tickets from all Train Operating Company websites and the following third party rail ticket retailing websites:-

www.thetrainline.com
www.qjump.co.uk
www.redspottedhanky.com

Virgin Trains website sold me a £2 ticket so it's available from at least one site that doesn't add booking fees.

Deerfold · 14 Jun 2015

Hadders said:
PlusBus £2 On-line Offer in June and July

http://www.plusbus.info/offers

Virgin Trains website sold me a £2 ticket so it's available from at least one site that doesn't add booking fees.

Given your quote says it's available from all TOC websites, I'm not sure why that seems to be a surprise?

Hadders · 14 Jun 2015

Deerfold said:
Given your quote says it's available from all TOC websites, I'm not sure why that seems to be a surprise?

Oops

I should've read it a bit more carefully.

bb21 · 15 Jun 2015

The £2 offer is issued in a very weird layout. Has anyone else noticed?

trevmonk · 19 Jun 2015

Thameslink and Great Northern are temporarily offering weekday super off-peak day returns until 6 September (rather than the normal weekend/bank holiday only availability). Have to be bought online.

Hadders · 19 Jun 2015

trevmonk said:
Thameslink and Great Northern are temporarily offering weekday super off-peak day returns until 6 September (rather than the normal weekend/bank holiday only availability). Have to be bought online.

Not a bad offer, although it's not available on Travelcards.

I've just checked tickets from Stevenage to Kings Cross. On the outbound journey it only appears to be valid on trains arriving after 1100. Normal evening peak restrictions apply.

trevmonk · 20 Jun 2015

Hadders said:
Not a bad offer, although it's not available on Travelcards.

I've just checked tickets from Stevenage to Kings Cross. On the outbound journey it only appears to be valid on trains arriving after 1100. Normal evening peak restrictions apply.

If you click on the "terms and conditions" on the Thameslink site it says:
Super Off-Peak tickets to London stations can only be used on the first trains to arrive in London after 10:00.
When I first looked I'm sure that is what was how it was, but now I too can only get it to work on trains arriving after 11.00. The weekday tickets also don't show up at all on NRE, presumably because it's an online only deal.

I'll enquire what the time restriction is really meant to be.

Mojo · 21 Jun 2015

trevmonk said:
Thameslink and Great Northern are temporarily offering weekday super off-peak day returns until 6 September (rather than the normal weekend/bank holiday only availability). Have to be bought online.

Excellent; I have always thought that having Super Off-peak Day tickets only available at the weekend a bit strange given that, in the L&SE area at least, demand for weekend travel is quite strong and surely not affected as much by these bargain basement fares. In contrast most weekday off peak trains are carting around fresh air. Some Tocs like Greater Anglia have seen sense and allowed use of Super Off-peak Day tickets on weekdays.

Hadders · 21 Jun 2015

I seem to remember GTR saying that they were considering the introduction of super off peak fares when they took over.

In my opinion this is a far better way to proceed than introducing Advance fares.

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