LondonJohn
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Today I received an email from Cross Country trains saying that I intreagued them as I had asked for updates but had not booked a ticket.
They have given me an invite only 25% discount with the following T&C
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XC Trains Limited, registered in England & Wales (Company number 04402048). Registered office: Admiral Way, Doxford International Business Park, Sunderland SR3 3XP.
Terms and conditions apply. Advance fares are subject to availability.
*The 25% discount is available for CrossCountry Advance tickets only which are exclusively for use on CrossCountry trains. The discount is not available against other train company tickets or other fare types. Discounts apply to both Adult and Child fares and are available on both Standard and First Class Advance fares. CrossCountry Advance tickets are subject to availability. Please note that the PIN code shown on this e-mail is only valid for one transaction, but you can buy more than one ticket in that transaction. Bookings with more than one CrossCountry Advance ticket will generate a 25% discount per ticket. The PIN code is only valid for bookings made before 18 October 2011, for travel between 12 September and 18 December 2011. PIN codes can only be issued once. CrossCountry will not take responsibility for any lost or deleted PIN codes â replacements cannot be issued. Promotional tickets are not available as e-Tickets. The CrossCountry Advance tickets will only be valid on the CrossCountry network â the tickets will not be accepted by other train operators. For details of the CrossCountry network, please visit: www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk. The 'CrossCountry & Connections' Advance tickets are not valid in conjunction with this promotion, even if the journey is made solely on CrossCountry trains. If part of your journey is with another operator then you must buy a ticket for that part of the route. The National Rail Conditions of Carriage apply for travel on all CrossCountry trains. CrossCountry reserves the right to withdraw this offer or amend these Terms and Conditions at any time without notice. The cash redemption value of this voucher is 0.001p.
Anybody else received this offer.
There are two reasons as to why I don't use them that much, firstly I have moved away from Leamington Spa so no longer travel between there and Southampton.
But secondly, when I did use them to book 6 journeys costing around £150 they took an authorisation for the amount of the fare plus £1 to verify the address but put the transactions through individually for the fare amounts. This in turn meant that the authorisitation for £150 stayed on my account preventing me from using this money for 10 days AND my card being blocked for suspected fraudulent activities after multiple transactions seconds apart at the same remote retailer. My bank blamed XC and XC blamed my bank.
I am not likely to be able to take this up as I don't do any wholly cross country train journeys now. Is there anything against someone else using it? (from the T&C I can see it is only one use). If not the first person to DM me can have the code.
They have given me an invite only 25% discount with the following T&C
Terms & conditions / Privacy policy / Unsubscribe
XC Trains Limited, registered in England & Wales (Company number 04402048). Registered office: Admiral Way, Doxford International Business Park, Sunderland SR3 3XP.
Terms and conditions apply. Advance fares are subject to availability.
*The 25% discount is available for CrossCountry Advance tickets only which are exclusively for use on CrossCountry trains. The discount is not available against other train company tickets or other fare types. Discounts apply to both Adult and Child fares and are available on both Standard and First Class Advance fares. CrossCountry Advance tickets are subject to availability. Please note that the PIN code shown on this e-mail is only valid for one transaction, but you can buy more than one ticket in that transaction. Bookings with more than one CrossCountry Advance ticket will generate a 25% discount per ticket. The PIN code is only valid for bookings made before 18 October 2011, for travel between 12 September and 18 December 2011. PIN codes can only be issued once. CrossCountry will not take responsibility for any lost or deleted PIN codes â replacements cannot be issued. Promotional tickets are not available as e-Tickets. The CrossCountry Advance tickets will only be valid on the CrossCountry network â the tickets will not be accepted by other train operators. For details of the CrossCountry network, please visit: www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk. The 'CrossCountry & Connections' Advance tickets are not valid in conjunction with this promotion, even if the journey is made solely on CrossCountry trains. If part of your journey is with another operator then you must buy a ticket for that part of the route. The National Rail Conditions of Carriage apply for travel on all CrossCountry trains. CrossCountry reserves the right to withdraw this offer or amend these Terms and Conditions at any time without notice. The cash redemption value of this voucher is 0.001p.
Anybody else received this offer.
There are two reasons as to why I don't use them that much, firstly I have moved away from Leamington Spa so no longer travel between there and Southampton.
But secondly, when I did use them to book 6 journeys costing around £150 they took an authorisation for the amount of the fare plus £1 to verify the address but put the transactions through individually for the fare amounts. This in turn meant that the authorisitation for £150 stayed on my account preventing me from using this money for 10 days AND my card being blocked for suspected fraudulent activities after multiple transactions seconds apart at the same remote retailer. My bank blamed XC and XC blamed my bank.
I am not likely to be able to take this up as I don't do any wholly cross country train journeys now. Is there anything against someone else using it? (from the T&C I can see it is only one use). If not the first person to DM me can have the code.