Is the GS3 groupsave discount available on the off peak (saver) fare from Edinburgh to Preston - specifically on Transpennine Express?
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Group Save. GS3
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Thanks, I didn't think so. However, input the code into my retail system and it accepted it - too good to be true.
Sounds like a mistake in the way those fares have been created - they shouldn't really have enabled GS3 as a discount code for a "TPE only" ticket. In fact, even for the "Any Permitted" or "via Carlisle" routes of fare it shouldn't be enabled, as there is no way of making the journey using participating operators.
A journey-planner based retailer wouldn't offer the GS3 discount, since the time restrictions associated with the GS3 discount code bar all TPE departures (as well as departure on all other operators that don't participate in GroupSave). But a ticket office or guard's TIS wouldn't necessarily check for valid journeys, so may well offer this fare notwithstanding the fact that it can't be used in accordance with the GroupSave rules.
Wallsendmag
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BR Fares doesn't return fares so it may be a TIS fault