Special Offers Discussion

[Haywain]

That may well vary from account to account as my Airtime Rewards account offers 5% on LNER purchases. Still a decent offer.

5% for me as well, and no problem with it tracking although it can take a while to appear.

 

[supervalkoinen]

Club 55 | Special Offers | TransPennine Express

If you're aged 55 or over you can save on your train travel. Book your over 55 train ticket now.

www.tpexpress.co.uk

A quick query on this - is it necessary to nominate times for outward and return legs?

It doesn't seem to state so explicitly, just that changes can be made 'fee free'. I'd be sure of the time of my outward leg, but not the time of my return.

 

[nedchester]

A quick query on this - is it necessary to nominate times for outward and return legs?

It doesn't seem to state so explicitly, just that changes can be made 'fee free'. I'd be sure of the time of my outward leg, but not the time of my return.

I think you can state the outward but there’s no compulsion to travel on it.

 

[supervalkoinen]

I think you can state the outward but there’s no compulsion to travel on it.

Thanks for quick reply. The wording isn't very clear. Grateful to hear of anyone else's experience.

 

[YorkC]

If you try to buy through the TPE link on the promotional page it lets you buy a Club 55 ticket without specifying a train outward/return & the T&Cs say that no reservation is needed.

 

[supervalkoinen]

If you try to buy through the TPE link on the promotional page it lets you buy a Club 55 ticket without specifying a train outward/return & the T&Cs say that no reservation is needed.

Excellent - thanks.

 

[ServerHoster]

Virgin Trains Ticketing is offering a free hot drink at Greggs if you buy any train ticket from them before the 22nd December.

So if you want a hot drink for 50p, just get a child single from Lichfield TV to City.

 

[htafc]

Didn't know Virgin were still involved in rail!

 

[Wallsendmag]

Didn't know Virgin were still involved in rail!

Only as a Third Party Retailer

 

[sonic2009]

Trainline discount code - £22 OFF for March 2023

Unlock July and explore from 9 offers to get the best price with hotukdeals.

www.hotukdeals.com

Appears Trainline are offering £15 off Weekly/Flexi & Monthly Seasons over £30

 

[_toommm_]

EMR sale exclusively on their website - £20 standard returns, £40 first class returns:

Winter sale - Now ended | EMR

Missed our sale? Book in advance, pay less. You can save up to 60% when you book in advance. Find out more about Advance tickets. Book tickets

www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk

Claim your £20 Standard Class return, or £40 First Class return ticket

Explore London for less this winter! We are offering you a £20 Standard Class return, or £40 First Class return tickets for travel on EMR services to and from London St Pancras between 11 January - 12 February 2023.

 

[Cletus]

Just had an email from Northern.

Something BIG is coming...

And as a valued Northern customer, we wanted to let you in on the action before anyone else. Can you guess what it is?

Mark the date in your calendars, set your reminders and make sure you’re ready…

Tuesday 10th January. You do not want to miss this.

Neither will your friends or family – so spread the word with them below and make sure they're subscribed to hear all about it tomorrow.

 

[ServerHoster]

50p flash sale according to this news article https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/tran...to-and-from-sheffield-starting-at-50p-3979152

Trains Sheffield: Northern Rail launches 'flash sale' with trips to and from Sheffield starting at 50p​

Northern Rail says it is selling ‘five million’ train tickets across South Yorkshire and the North starting at 50p in a flash sale this week. The sale runs until 4pm on Friday (January 13) and is valid for travel between January 17 and March 10 on Northern services only.

 

[tommy2215]

50p flash sale according to this news article https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/tran...to-and-from-sheffield-starting-at-50p-3979152

Tuesday until Friday is a pretty short window! Before we've had at least 2 weeks to buy the tickets. Its interesting that it was only a few months ago we had the last flash sale, and we had the Great British rail sale only a couple of months before that. These sales must be producing some good results

 

[185143]

Well... if they sell everyone tickets for £20 each and they cancel the train, that's £20 to refund everyone. So the TOC gets nowt.

If they sell people tickets for 50p, the majority of people won't bother claiming that back. So the TOC gets 50p per passenger!

 

[Iskra]

50p flash sale according to this news article https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/tran...to-and-from-sheffield-starting-at-50p-3979152

That link isn't working for me

Well... if they sell everyone tickets for £20 each and they cancel the train, that's £20 to refund everyone. So the TOC gets nowt.

If they sell people tickets for 50p, the majority of people won't bother claiming that back. So the TOC gets 50p per passenger!

The TPE method...

 

[AlastairFraser]

That link isn't working for me

Think they must have sent the story out too early!

 

[Iskra]

Think they must have sent the story out too early!

Agreed!

 

[skyhigh]

1 million 50p tickets, 3 million £1 tickets and 1 million £1.50 tickets I think (from memory)

 

[ServerHoster]

That link isn't working for me

Yes, I think they've just removed it!

 

[CaptainHaddock]

Yes, I think they've just removed it!View attachment 126733

The story's still live on the Derbyshire Times website.

https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/transport/derbyshire-passengers-offered-50p-train-tickets-3980089

 

[Kite159]

Well... if they sell everyone tickets for £20 each and they cancel the train, that's £20 to refund everyone. So the TOC gets nowt.

If they sell people tickets for 50p, the majority of people won't bother claiming that back. So the TOC gets 50p per passenger!

Wouldn't it be a case of the TOC getting nothing and the DfT getting that 50p when a train gets cancelled (or delayed) and someone can't be bothered claiming it back?

 

[MidsMike]

Last time the Northern offers were a lot more restricted destinations wise compared to before. Do we reckon it will be the same this time?

 

[Wolfie]

The story's still live on the Derbyshire Times website.

https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/transport/derbyshire-passengers-offered-50p-train-tickets-3980089

More about the offer here...

Flash Sale (1 Million Tickets at 50p, 3 Million tickets at £1, 1 Million tickets at £1.50) Travel January to March @ Northern Rail | hotukdeals

www.hotukdeals.com

 

[mangyiscute]

any chance we could get one of these sales down south?
Although I'm not sure the south can be complaining too much at the moment, at least we have more than 50% of train running

 

[miklcct]

EMR sale exclusively on their website - £20 standard returns, £40 first class returns:

Winter sale - Now ended | EMR

Missed our sale? Book in advance, pay less. You can save up to 60% when you book in advance. Find out more about Advance tickets. Book tickets

www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk

Seems not attractive at all as they are limited for travel to/from London, which means anyone who lives north of St Pancras like me can't benefit from it as travel on EMR will be to/from Luton Airport Parkway instead.

 

[ScotTrains]

Shame Northern don't go further north to Scotland! We haven't had a sale for a while, although ScotRail are doing £5 first class upgrades this month.

 

[AlastairFraser]

Right, booked mine. My observations are: they are freely available on many routes on weekends, but outside peaks/more popular (as would be logical) on weekdays e.g. they're available outside the peaks from Preston to Burnley Barracks, but not on the Blackpool Nth to York that stops at Burnley MR.

 

[Winthorpe]

It's worth noting the quite substantial list of routes that are excluded:

Exclusions apply on the following routes​

• Leeds to Manchester
• Manchester to Liverpool
• Halifax to Hull
• Sheffield to Manchester.
• Leeds to Nottingham
• Leeds to Lincoln
• Leeds to Sheffield via Moorthorpe
• Leeds to Sheffield via Castleford
• Leeds to Chester
• Leeds to Wigan
• Leeds to Huddersfield from 29th January

- Flash sale tickets are available on routes which currently sell advanced tickets.
- Some dates / routes are restricted due to engineering works or major events.
- Some times / dates / routes are restricted due availability on those trains.

Oh no!

Northern | Buy Cheap Train Tickets and Check Train Times

www.northernrailway.co.uk

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Booked Chester-Manchester Vic in mid-Feb, £1.50 each way (£0.50 on very early/late trains).
Chester-Leeds was £6.25 each way (with railcard) which looks like the regular Advance fare.

Leeds-Carlisle on the same dates was £0.50 each way on all trains.