I have loyaly enough points to be eligible for a return journey on the East Coast network. Now, I want to make use of this to visit a friend in London (I live in Leeds). I want to be able to see on what days there is availablilty for me to use these free tickets, and then me to relay this to my friend to see which works best for him. But he might not be able to give me an answer straight away, what with work and any other various commitments he may have. So my question is, if I try to redeem the free return ticket now to see the availability, will I have to purchase the ticket at the same time? Because this isn't an option for me. I'm worried that if I don't purchase it straight away I will lost the free tickets!
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Question regarding East Coast's points scheme
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shinkansen1966
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Got enough reward points for an trip on the East Coast.
Once you get your e-voucher, does it make any difference if you book further ahead ?
Generally speaking, which EC trains have seats for those redeeming rewards and which don't ?
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Avoid the rush hours, although i understand even the Flying Scotsman has them. Never had an issue 2 months ahead, but have notice 1700 ex-kx missing from the options
I recall reading somewhere (possibly an email from EC or on their webforum sessions) that EC were planning to change the system so you could see availability before redeeming the points and that it would also be possible to book them as single tickets. Can't remember when this was supposed to happen though.
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