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5th September 2007, 10:15
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HST MARTYN
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prices cheaper at stations than online? LEI to LONDON ST PAN
a mate of mine went to Leicester station yesterday and got a return ticket for £27! whereas online the cheapest I could find was £41, how did this work?
He is catching the 1400 train from LEIC to LON ST PAN and catching the 20:25 train back to Leic (this is next wed 12th sept) how did they do this? Cheers
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5th September 2007, 10:23
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RailUK Pedant
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Just checking thetrainline - instead of issuing a return they have issued two singles for the journey:
Outward: MML Advance E £11.00 Return: MML Advance G £16.00 Cheapest Return is a saver for £41.70 |
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5th September 2007, 11:21
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HST MARTYN
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5th September 2007, 11:57
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RailUK Pedant
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No problem
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5th September 2007, 13:09
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Depending on which website you use, and what criteria, it will normally quote the SAVER Return first
For Value Advanced fares, these are normally found when you change the settings to singles Equally, you may find some are retricted to that specific TOC website (GNER being an example) |
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5th September 2007, 16:20
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Apprentice
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Because he was traveling on specific trains the ticket clerk could sell him advanced purchase tickets. Ticket clerks have a legal obligation to sell you the cheapest possible fare, when they can.
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5th September 2007, 17:09
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6th September 2007, 19:41
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6th September 2007, 20:05
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6th September 2007, 20:11
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Ipswich station - and I have personal experience to boot!
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6th September 2007, 20:49
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GNER aren't the only one doing this! Virgin also have two tiers of discount, 10% and 20% First Group have a 10% discount scheme Stagecoach are about to amend their megatrain.com website, to remove the Glasgow - Manchester and Edinburgh - Morpeth routes These have to be the biggest discounts around! |
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8th September 2007, 12:03
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despite the fact i had the exact price of the ticket i wanted on paper. Edit: problem solved Last edited by Nick W; 9th September 2007 at 18:16. |
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9th September 2007, 00:08
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what exactly did you (was it you?) ask for? (from? to? date? time?) what did they say in reply? as you are reluctant to explain, then I'll assume (  ) you asked specifically for a Saver, and you have since found out you could have got AP FC tickets, in which case I have no sympathy. 
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