jaapstam
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Dear friends and experts,
I am from Germany, looking for a ticket from London Paddington to Saundersfoot on February 7th, 2020.
I checked the prices on GWR's website, finding out that the cheapest price for my desired journey actually starts from £56.60 which is a "Super Off-Peak Single" ticket.
I was wondering why there aren't any "Advance Tickets", being only valid on my chosen trains but being even cheaper. Might they be inserted in the booking system some time later as it is quite some time left until February next year? Or might there be no advance tickets at all as trains on a friday afternoon will be busy anyway?
Apart from that I thought "peak time" will be some time in the morning until 9 or 930. An "off-peak ticket" should be valid on any train after the peak time. But prices for the service leaving Paddington at 1715 start at £ 126. So I guess my "Super Off-Peak Single" ticket would not be valid here. Is there a second "peak time" in the afternoon/evening? Where can I get information from about which times exactly are "peak times" for GWR and which are "off peak"?
And, the most important question at all: Any other ideas about how to get a cheap ticket for the Paddington - Saundersfoot trip? The 1248 service from Paddington would be the very earliest possible for me as I am arriving by Eurostar on the same day.
I am from Germany, looking for a ticket from London Paddington to Saundersfoot on February 7th, 2020.
I checked the prices on GWR's website, finding out that the cheapest price for my desired journey actually starts from £56.60 which is a "Super Off-Peak Single" ticket.
I was wondering why there aren't any "Advance Tickets", being only valid on my chosen trains but being even cheaper. Might they be inserted in the booking system some time later as it is quite some time left until February next year? Or might there be no advance tickets at all as trains on a friday afternoon will be busy anyway?
Apart from that I thought "peak time" will be some time in the morning until 9 or 930. An "off-peak ticket" should be valid on any train after the peak time. But prices for the service leaving Paddington at 1715 start at £ 126. So I guess my "Super Off-Peak Single" ticket would not be valid here. Is there a second "peak time" in the afternoon/evening? Where can I get information from about which times exactly are "peak times" for GWR and which are "off peak"?
And, the most important question at all: Any other ideas about how to get a cheap ticket for the Paddington - Saundersfoot trip? The 1248 service from Paddington would be the very earliest possible for me as I am arriving by Eurostar on the same day.