Golden Ticket Competition To Win A Years Free Travel

[CyrusWuff]

Exclusion of the sleepers is a bit of a surprise - and a spanner in the works!

The same restriction applies to "normal" All Line Passes (and Silver Status Passes for that matter), though holders of those have the option of paying a berth supplement.

Other restrictions are per the Staff Travel Restrictions in the Rail Staff Travel section of the RDG site: https://www.raildeliverygroup.com/rst/where-can-i-go.html#Restrictions

Incidentally, the competition URL given in the staff brief is http://nationalrail.co.uk/goldenticket. Anyone having problems with the link provided earlier in the thread could try that instead.

 

[birchesgreen]

I have entered. The way the wording was described as who would you nominate suggested you should nominate someone else. I assume you can enter yourself?

Yes, says so in the FAQ

 

[Bletchleyite]

Not sure how that ties in with this...

1. The prize is non-transferable and must not be sold, changed or exchanged for money.

It was me that agreed to the T & Cs ....

Exactly the same as any train ticket which is valid for whom it was obtained.

 

[Watershed]

Exactly the same as any train ticket which is valid for whom it was obtained.

Train tickets issued under the NRCoT can be sold or transferred provided they're unused provided they're not sold for more than face value.

 

[WesternLancer]

I was able to enter, well gave no error anyway

Thx, I tried again later last night and it worked OK.

 

[SussexMan]

Those T & Cs are a mess:

• The prize will be issued to the winner
• The winner will be notified via the email address provided
• The prize is non-transferable and must not be sold, changed or exchanged for money.
• Participants can nominate someone to receive the prize by entering the reason why they feel they are a deserving winner. The nominator must enter their own contact details and not those of their nominee.

So we have "participants", "winner", "nominee" and "nominator".
The competition organisers only have contact details for the participant and if it involves a nominee, the nominator. But as the winner will be notified by the email address provided, the nominee cannot be the winner and according to the rules the nominator can't transfer the ticket to the nominee.

What a mess.

One assumes the ticket will be personal to a named person - but I didn't name my nominee - just stated my relationship to them. And they are under 18 but that's not against the T & Cs.

 

[Egg Centric]

Those T & Cs are a mess:

• The prize will be issued to the winner
• The winner will be notified via the email address provided
• The prize is non-transferable and must not be sold, changed or exchanged for money.
• Participants can nominate someone to receive the prize by entering the reason why they feel they are a deserving winner. The nominator must enter their own contact details and not those of their nominee.

So we have "participants", "winner", "nominee" and "nominator".
The competition organisers only have contact details for the participant and if it involves a nominee, the nominator. But as the winner will be notified by the email address provided, the nominee cannot be the winner and according to the rules the nominator can't transfer the ticket to the nominee.

What a mess.

One assumes the ticket will be personal to a named person - but I didn't name my nominee - just stated my relationship to them. And they are under 18 but that's not against the T & Cs.

Just nominate "Egg Centric c/o RailForums" and it's all good

 

[XAM2175]

So we have "participants", "winner", "nominee" and "nominator".
The competition organisers only have contact details for the participant and if it involves a nominee, the nominator. But as the winner will be notified by the email address provided, the nominee cannot be the winner and according to the rules the nominator can't transfer the ticket to the nominee.

One imagines that there will be some correspondence between the organisers and the person whose details were drawn before the actual pass is issued.

 

[londonbridge]

But not valid on Merseyrail!

The other exclusions are less surprising (full list : Eurostar, Hull, Grand Central, Merseyrail, Tyne and Wear Metro, Light Rail and Tramway Systems, Heritage, Sleeper or Charter train services, Glasgow Underground, Docklands Light Railway, London Underground.)

So no go on the Bluebell or IoW steam trains then……but valid on HS1? What about Northern Ireland??

 

[Joe Paxton]

So no go on the Bluebell or IoW steam trains then……but valid on HS1? What about Northern Ireland??

Valid on HS1 domestic services i.e. Southeastern Highspeed, yes. Not on Eurostar.

No to Northern Ireland.

"The winner will receive one of the Golden Ticket artworks and a train ticket that can be used on the National Rail train services of all franchised train operating companies."

NI Railways is not a franchised TOC.

This could be stated in a much clearer manner in the FAQs and T&Cs, no doubt.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Could the restrictions make using the ticket quite difficult, depending on where you stay and want to go?

I think a layperson might have difficulty understanding the restrictions and conditions. Perhaps railway enthusiasts should be given preference.

 

[Joe Paxton]

Could the restrictions make using the ticket quite difficult, depending on where you stay and want to go?

I think a layperson might have difficulty understanding the restrictions and conditions. Perhaps railway enthusiasts should be given preference.

Meanwhile, back in the real world...

 

[londonbridge]

Could the restrictions make using the ticket quite difficult, depending on where you stay and want to go?

I think a layperson might have difficulty understanding the restrictions and conditions. Perhaps railway enthusiasts should be given preference.

As some members may know I’m a London based Sunderland fan, so for home games I’d be restricted to LNER to Newcastle and then Northern (unless I paid the metro fare).

 

[HSP 2]

I've just had a go at it, here's hoping.

 

[MikeWM]

I only just remembered to do this :-/

Anyone here won yet?

 

[The exile]

I only just remembered to do this :-/

Anyone here won yet?

Although I haven't exactly been spending all day, every day looking. I'm surprised not to have seen any kind of publicity about "lucky winners"!

And have given up hope, of course....

 

[freddie1729]

As far as I can see they've only announced the first and fourth winners.

https://twitter.com/nationalrailenq/status/1420074095472005122?s=20

https://twitter.com/nationalrailenq/status/1425400185077870597?s=20

 

[The exile]

As far as I can see they've only announced the first and fourth winners.

https://twitter.com/nationalrailenq/status/1420074095472005122?s=20

https://twitter.com/nationalrailenq/status/1425400185077870597?s=20

I suppose that as you were nominating someone, even if it was yourself, entry can't be conditional on agreeing to take part in publicity (if that's even legal under GDPR)

 

[Kite159]

Seems one of the winners is actually making use of the ticket, and it wasn't won by one of those serial competition entry people whose only use of the trains is infrequent, every other months to pop to the nearby big city to celebrate a big win