Hi there,
I'm looking to take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington next Friday the 20th August.
I had my eye on the 0704 departure, which would have been ideal, but the Advance ticket has jumped in price from ~£20 to £51.10 since I last looked. I'm therefore left with either paying the extra or going for an earlier or later start (the 0553 and 0800 are currently priced at around ~£26 for an Advance ticket). The 0800 also gets to London Paddington a bit later than I had wanted, so the earlier trains are better in that sense and I may need to just take a hit and travel earlier than intended.
This will be a Return Journey but I had ruled out buying a Return ticket of any kind and was planning to just buy an Anytime Single on the way back after 1930 in order to travel Off Peak (and have some degree of flexibility).
Have I missed anything here - are there any options to reduce the cost of the 0704 from the current Advance price? That would be my ideal travel time.
I have no railcard, although I'm travelling with a friend so might consider buying a 2 Together pass for the return part of this journey if we think we might make one or two other trips in the next year.
Any suggestions appreciated! Thanks.
I'm looking to take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington next Friday the 20th August.
I had my eye on the 0704 departure, which would have been ideal, but the Advance ticket has jumped in price from ~£20 to £51.10 since I last looked. I'm therefore left with either paying the extra or going for an earlier or later start (the 0553 and 0800 are currently priced at around ~£26 for an Advance ticket). The 0800 also gets to London Paddington a bit later than I had wanted, so the earlier trains are better in that sense and I may need to just take a hit and travel earlier than intended.
This will be a Return Journey but I had ruled out buying a Return ticket of any kind and was planning to just buy an Anytime Single on the way back after 1930 in order to travel Off Peak (and have some degree of flexibility).
Have I missed anything here - are there any options to reduce the cost of the 0704 from the current Advance price? That would be my ideal travel time.
I have no railcard, although I'm travelling with a friend so might consider buying a 2 Together pass for the return part of this journey if we think we might make one or two other trips in the next year.
Any suggestions appreciated! Thanks.