Reply to: Bloody trains!!

[suityou01]

Why not ask Suity if there's a cheaper option?

Whaaaaaa?

Who said what? Where? Who? Why am I suddenly made of mouldy fish? I'm going back to sleep.

[TheFaQQer]

Why not ask Suity if there's a cheaper option?

It meets your specification if you use it correctly. Please post the question and I will input it for you.

[d000hg]

What part of don't you understand?

[BoredBloke]

How is going to visit his wife wholly and exclusively for business purposes

Do you really read these posts or do you just struggle to read? I'm travelling home. That's how come it's wholly and exclusively

[d000hg]

You get 20% discount (tax relief) on the ticket anyway so stop complaining!

How is going to visit his wife wholly and exclusively for business purposes

[Platypus]

You get 20% discount (tax relief) on the ticket anyway so stop complaining!

[d000hg]

I think it works this way nationally - they don't just decide to stop selling the advance tickets. Happy to hear otherwise but I thought this was regulated in some fashion.

[BoredBloke]

You can buy advance tickets as early as the day of travel. As MSE says:



I've done this before, £13 tickets to Glasgow for instance booked the day before, when the standard rate is more like £50.

Lucky you!

[Titch]

car share

sorry to hear about the wife

have you looked at the car sharing websites ?

pay towards some fuel get a lift might be worth a look

[d000hg]

You can buy advance tickets as early as the day of travel. As MSE says:

Most people know advance train tickets are much cheaper, but many don't realise you can often buy advance tickets the night before, or occasionally even on the way to the station.

I've done this before, £13 tickets to Glasgow for instance booked the day before, when the standard rate is more like £50.

[BoredBloke]

210 miles is quite a long journey in the UK! I just checked Durham to London tomorrow: £62. Durham to Manchester: £53

Yes it's about 30% of it! I'll just endeavour to have my car up here more often and let it take the strain.

Because they already sold all the cheap tickets.

Actually looking into it the virgin ones are pretty reasonable tomorrow. Its just the crappy trans pennine ones that are expensive. Also, fwiw, if you need to travel at very short notice, all the train tickets revert to Anytime single fares - they have nothing to do with how many seats have been sold on the train. I've travelled at short notice and been stung for eyewatering amounts and been sat in an almost empty coach.

It's hardly the train company's fault your wife is ill. You're working away in a job that allows you to afford to travel first class to avoid getting a bit hot, so stop complaining!

I never once said it was. I was saying that it's annoying that you get stung, especially when she will now not be using her cheap ticket to get up here which just happens to be non refundable. As for the 'bit hot' comment. Stop being such a tool. The conditions in standard last week were shocking. When you take a train that is running at peak time and cut it in half and then its fairly obvious that there are going to be a lot of people standing and the air con will not be able to deal with the heat they are generating. Especially on such a 'long' journey! There were quite a few angry conversations between people who had pre booked seats who had to stand because the train was deregulated.

[BrilloPad]

It will all be fine after September 18th and the yes vote.

[d000hg]

All the way from Scotland would be fine if we were talking Aberdeen or Dundee, Edinburgh is not that far from Manchester in the whole scheme of things (about 210 miles)

By way of comparison, the early morning fares from London to Manchester tomorrow are 35 and 38 for standard and first. Edinburgh to Manchester is about the same distance and the prices go up to 154 in first! As I said, I appreciate that today is short notice and a working day but tomorrow isn't

210 miles is quite a long journey in the UK! I just checked Durham to London tomorrow: £62. Durham to Manchester: £53

As I said, my wife is ill and illness is not something you can plan for. Also, tomorrow is advance...its not today and its not a working day either so why are they charging peak time prices

Because they already sold all the cheap tickets.

It's hardly the train company's fault your wife is ill. You're working away in a job that allows you to afford to travel first class to avoid getting a bit hot, so stop complaining!

[kal]

As I said, my wife is ill and illness is not something you can plan for. Also, tomorrow is advance...its not today and its not a working day either so why are they charging peak time prices

They have a set number of tickets at each price bracket, I paid £15 for a peak time Advance single from Birm to London recently, booked it 3 weeks in advance, those tickets normally go quick so you have to get in early. A week to go only Standard tickets are available (£52). Book the day before and usually only Anytime fares are available (£82 for a single!), I have no idea why they do this unless its to encourage people to book early.

I also got a first class ticket back to Brum for £23, normally costs £150ish quid

[BoredBloke]

Tomorrow is hardly booking in advance

As I said, my wife is ill and illness is not something you can plan for. Also, tomorrow is advance...its not today and its not a working day either so why are they charging peak time prices