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Split Ticketing to Brighton
I have to go to Brighton for the day in the middle of next week during
off-peak hours, and I wanted to know if anybody knew of any split-ticketing from London Victoria. I looked on the website http://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly surprising. Can anybody advise on this, please? Cheers. |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
wrote in message news:82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane... I have to go to Brighton for the day in the middle of next week during off-peak hours, and I wanted to know if anybody knew of any split-ticketing from London Victoria. I looked on the website http://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly surprising. Split ticketing generally only works for long-distance flows where there is no Day Return available. I wouldn't expect to find anything on journeys within the NSE area such as this. Southern are currently offering 25% off on their website so a CDR would be 16.30 instead of 21.70. That is probably as cheap as you will get. The cheapest way is a Daysave ticket for 10.00, unfortunately you need to book 7 days in advance so it is too late for this trip. Peter Smyth |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
On Aug 7, 7:59*pm, " wrote: I have to go to Brighton for the day in the middle of next week during off-peak hours, and I wanted to know if anybody knew of any split-ticketing from London Victoria. I looked on the website http://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly surprising. Can anybody advise on this, please? I dunno about split ticketing, but there's a number of options on the London to Brighton route... ~ ~ ~ (1) Until 20 August as a special offer Southern are offering a 25% discount on their off-peak fares *but* only if you buy them direct from the Southern website (no need to choose specific trains though) - this means an Off-peak Day Return from London to Brighton, normally priced at £21.70, is now £16.30. Note that you need to use Southern services, so that limits you to travelling from (and back to) Victoria (unless you want to use the stopping service between London Bridge and East Croydon!). More info about the offer: http://www.southernrailway.com/offers/save-25-off-peak/ Also this 25% discount applies on top of Railcard discounts, so with a Railcard the fare drops to £10.75. The T&Cs don't list the Network Railcard as offering a further discount, but when you put it in the booking engine it seems to work anyway! T&Cs: http://www.southernrailway.com/offers/save-25-off-peak/223/ ~ ~ ~ (2) FCC's regular Off-Peak Day Return fare is £17 - this limits you to travel down and back on FCC Thameslink trains, so your departure point will be one of the central London Thameslink stations (St Pancras down to London Bridge). This isn't a special offer, and as a regular fare all Railcard discounts are available as normal. You can buy this ~ ~ ~ (3) Southern's DaySave or Downlander tickets. DaySave costs £10 and is essentially an off-peak rover for the Southern network (though check the restrictions), alas you need to buy it at least seven days in advance... http://www.southernrailway.com/tickets-and-fares/daysave/ *But* Southern offers something called the "Downlander", the all network version of which costs £12.50 - it's basically an off-peak rover too plus it provides bus travel across the South Downs - note that you need to buy this at least two days in advance, but it's actually a print at home ticket - see: http://www.southernrailway.com/tickets-and-fares/downlander/ (Perhaps best not to expect everyone who checks your ticket to know what it is though... ;-) ~ ~ ~ (4) Alternatively on the Southern website enter "London Victoria" as your origin station (doesn't work it it's just "London") and then look for cheap Advance tickets, which are priced at £3.75, £5.65 or £7.50 (this includes the 25% discount for buying them direct from Southern). If you do this you will of course limit yourself to travelling on the chosen train (as with any Advance ticket). ~ ~ ~ |
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Correction time! (Only a minor one!) On Aug 7, 8:37*pm, Mizter T wrote: [snip] I dunno about split ticketing, but there's a number of options on the London to Brighton route... ~ ~ ~ (1) Until 20 August [...] should read: Until 30 August [...] as a special offer Southern are offering a 25% discount on their off-peak fares *but* only if you buy them direct from the Southern website [...] |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
Argh, spoke too soon w.r.t. my first correction! Missed off the end of
a sentence here... Mizter T wrote: [snip] (2) FCC's regular Off-Peak Day Return fare is £17 - this limits you to travel down and back on FCC Thameslink trains, so your departure point will be one of the central London Thameslink stations (St Pancras down to London Bridge). This isn't a special offer, and as a regular fare all Railcard discounts are available as normal. You can buy this ....from the ticket office on the day, or perhaps even from a ticket machine if you can get it to co-operate and offer what you want. (Fairly obvious point that is implied above - this is for travel on FCC trains only.) |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
"Peter Smyth" wrote in message
... wrote in message news:82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane... I have to go to Brighton for the day in the middle of next week during off-peak hours, and I wanted to know if anybody knew of any split-ticketing from London Victoria. I looked on the website http://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly surprising. Split ticketing generally only works for long-distance flows where there is no Day Return available. I wouldn't expect to find anything on journeys within the NSE area such as this. Southern are currently offering 25% off on their website so a CDR would be 16.30 instead of 21.70. That is probably as cheap as you will get. The cheapest way is a Daysave ticket for 10.00, unfortunately you need to book 7 days in advance so it is too late for this trip. Peter Smyth If you have a Network Railcard there is an off-peak day return available for around £11.00, failing that you might be able to get single AP tix for booked trains from £3.75 each way, but these can be very restrictive. -- DAS |
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On 07/08/2010 21:14, David A Stocks wrote:
"Peter Smyth" wrote in message ... wrote in message news:82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane... I have to go to Brighton for the day in the middle of next week during off-peak hours, and I wanted to know if anybody knew of any split-ticketing from London Victoria. I looked on the website http://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly surprising. Split ticketing generally only works for long-distance flows where there is no Day Return available. I wouldn't expect to find anything on journeys within the NSE area such as this. Southern are currently offering 25% off on their website so a CDR would be 16.30 instead of 21.70. That is probably as cheap as you will get. The cheapest way is a Daysave ticket for 10.00, unfortunately you need to book 7 days in advance so it is too late for this trip. Peter Smyth If you have a Network Railcard there is an off-peak day return available for around £11.00, failing that you might be able to get single AP tix for booked trains from £3.75 each way, but these can be very restrictive. -- DAS What is AP? |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
On 07/08/2010 21:14, David A Stocks wrote:
"Peter Smyth" wrote in message ... wrote in message news:82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane... I have to go to Brighton for the day in the middle of next week during off-peak hours, and I wanted to know if anybody knew of any split-ticketing from London Victoria. I looked on the website http://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly surprising. Split ticketing generally only works for long-distance flows where there is no Day Return available. I wouldn't expect to find anything on journeys within the NSE area such as this. Southern are currently offering 25% off on their website so a CDR would be 16.30 instead of 21.70. That is probably as cheap as you will get. The cheapest way is a Daysave ticket for 10.00, unfortunately you need to book 7 days in advance so it is too late for this trip. Peter Smyth If you have a Network Railcard there is an off-peak day return available for around £11.00, failing that you might be able to get single AP tix for booked trains from £3.75 each way, but these can be very restrictive. -- DAS Ho would I be able to do that in this case, should I need to return to Brighton? |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
On Aug 7, 9:31*pm, " wrote: On 07/08/2010 21:14, David A Stocks wrote: "Peter Smyth" wrote: Southern are currently offering 25% off on their website so a CDR would be 16.30 instead of 21.70. That is probably as cheap as you will get. The cheapest way is a Daysave ticket for 10.00, unfortunately you need to book 7 days in advance so it is too late for this trip. If you have a Network Railcard there is an off-peak day return available for around £11.00, failing that you might be able to get single AP tix for booked trains from £3.75 each way, but these can be very restrictive. Ho would I be able to do that in this case, should I need to return to Brighton? What exactly do you mean by that? Advance tickets (what are referred to as AP or Advance Purchase tickets above) are one way tickets that are only valid on the booked train, that is a specific service that you choose. You can check out availability on the Southern website - ensure that you specify "London Victoria" as the origin station: http://www.southernrailway.com/ |
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wrote in message
news:Foj7o.42953$806.36570@hurricane... On 07/08/2010 21:14, David A Stocks wrote: "Peter Smyth" wrote in message ... wrote in message news:82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane... I have to go to Brighton for the day in the middle of next week during off-peak hours, and I wanted to know if anybody knew of any split-ticketing from London Victoria. I looked on the website http://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly surprising. Split ticketing generally only works for long-distance flows where there is no Day Return available. I wouldn't expect to find anything on journeys within the NSE area such as this. Southern are currently offering 25% off on their website so a CDR would be 16.30 instead of 21.70. That is probably as cheap as you will get. The cheapest way is a Daysave ticket for 10.00, unfortunately you need to book 7 days in advance so it is too late for this trip. Peter Smyth If you have a Network Railcard there is an off-peak day return available for around £11.00, failing that you might be able to get single AP tix for booked trains from £3.75 each way, but these can be very restrictive. -- DAS Ho would I be able to do that in this case, should I need to return to Brighton? I don't understand that question. You can buy Advance Purchase (AP) tickets from £3.75 each way which are restricted to the booked train for each ticket. If you can't find an AP ticket for Brighton at the time/price you want to travel (the allocations frequently sell out) you may have better luck with a train to/from Hove (where the allocations rarely sell out), this might be as/more convenient for you depending on the purpose of your visit. It's all on the Southern web site but you may need to register (free) to get the best deals. -- DAS |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
On Aug 7, 9:57*pm, "David A Stocks" wrote: wrote: On 07/08/2010 21:14, David A Stocks wrote: [snip] If you have a Network Railcard there is an off-peak day return available for around £11.00, failing that you might be able to get single AP tix for booked trains from £3.75 each way, but these can be very restrictive. Ho would I be able to do that in this case, should I need to return to Brighton? I don't understand that question. You can buy Advance Purchase (AP) tickets from £3.75 each way which are restricted to the booked train for each ticket. If you can't find an AP ticket for Brighton at the time/price you want to travel (the allocations frequently sell out) you may have better luck with a train to/from Hove (where the allocations rarely sell out), this might be as/more convenient for you depending on the purpose of your visit. It's all on the Southern web site but you may need to register (free) to get the best deals. There's no need to register to check for the best deals - all the regular tickets (including Advance tickets) are shown on the booking engine to any user who goes there to look for them - meanwhile info about the DaySave and Downlander tickets are also freely available. If someone wants to actually purchase a regular ticket then they'll need to register as part of the transaction - however if someone wants to buy DavSave or Downlander tickets then they need to register first. Good tip about Hove too. |
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In article 82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane, ()
wrote: I have to go to Brighton for the day in the middle of next week during off-peak hours, and I wanted to know if anybody knew of any split-ticketing from London Victoria. I looked on the website http://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly surprising. Can anybody advise on this, please? That site seems completely useless. I tried Cambridge-Birmingham New St for which I know there are cheaper options splitting at Leicester but it knows nothing about the route. Pathetic! -- Colin Rosenstiel |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
On 07/08/2010 20:21, Peter Smyth wrote:
wrote in message news:82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane... I have to go to Brighton for the day in the middle of next week during off-peak hours, and I wanted to know if anybody knew of any split-ticketing from London Victoria. I looked on the website http://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly surprising. Split ticketing generally only works for long-distance flows where there is no Day Return available. I wouldn't expect to find anything on journeys within the NSE area such as this. Southern are currently offering 25% off on their website so a CDR would be 16.30 instead of 21.70. That is probably as cheap as you will get. The cheapest way is a Daysave ticket for 10.00, unfortunately you need to book 7 days in advance so it is too late for this trip. Peter Smyth Some Tourist Offices sell the Daysave on the day. Derek |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
On Aug 7, 11:20*pm, Derek F wrote: On 07/08/2010 20:21, Peter Smyth wrote: wrote: I have to go to Brighton for the day in the middle of next week during off-peak hours, and I wanted to know if anybody knew of any split-ticketing from London Victoria. I looked on the websitehttp://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly surprising. Split ticketing generally only works for long-distance flows where there is no Day Return available. I wouldn't expect to find anything on journeys within the NSE area such as this. Southern are currently offering 25% off on their website so a CDR would be 16.30 instead of 21.70. That is probably as cheap as you will get. The cheapest way is a Daysave ticket for 10.00, unfortunately you need to book 7 days in advance so it is too late for this trip. Some Tourist Offices sell the Daysave on the day. AIUI the only place that sells Southern DaySave tickets on the day is the 1 Stop Travel shop in Brighton (run by Brighton & Hove buses) - furthermore only the 1 Stop Travel shop on Old Steine, not the one at Brighton station - more info: http://www.buses.co.uk/trips/onestop.aspx However this does remind me of something I'd thought of doing before - from London a traveller could take advantage of a cheap Advance fare to get from Victoria to Brighton, and could then walk down and buy a DaySave ticket either for onward travel to elsewhere on Southern trains along the south coast or just for their return journey back to London later. Incidentally a ticket that goes by the name of DaySave is sold at some tourist offices, but it's the separate FCC Thameslink route DaySave - more info at the bottom of this page: http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/Main.php?iCmsPageId=104 (Worth noting that the 1 Stop Travel shop on Old Stein also sells these on the day too.) |
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"David A Stocks" wrote in message ... If you have a Network Railcard there is an off-peak day return available for around £11.00, failing that you might be able to get single AP tix for booked trains from £3.75 each way, but these can be very restrictive. The OP is travelling midweek. The Network Card minimum fare is now £13 on weekdays... Paul S |
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On 07/08/2010 23:35, Mizter T wrote:
On Aug 7, 11:20 pm, Derek wrote: On 07/08/2010 20:21, Peter Smyth wrote: wrote: I have to go to Brighton for the day in the middle of next week during off-peak hours, and I wanted to know if anybody knew of any split-ticketing from London Victoria. I looked on the websitehttp://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly surprising. Split ticketing generally only works for long-distance flows where there is no Day Return available. I wouldn't expect to find anything on journeys within the NSE area such as this. Southern are currently offering 25% off on their website so a CDR would be 16.30 instead of 21.70. That is probably as cheap as you will get. The cheapest way is a Daysave ticket for 10.00, unfortunately you need to book 7 days in advance so it is too late for this trip. Some Tourist Offices sell the Daysave on the day. AIUI the only place that sells Southern DaySave tickets on the day is the 1 Stop Travel shop in Brighton (run by Brighton& Hove buses) - furthermore only the 1 Stop Travel shop on Old Steine, not the one at Brighton station - more info: http://www.buses.co.uk/trips/onestop.aspx However this does remind me of something I'd thought of doing before - from London a traveller could take advantage of a cheap Advance fare to get from Victoria to Brighton, and could then walk down and buy a DaySave ticket either for onward travel to elsewhere on Southern trains along the south coast or just for their return journey back to London later. Incidentally a ticket that goes by the name of DaySave is sold at some tourist offices, but it's the separate FCC Thameslink route DaySave - more info at the bottom of this page: http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/Main.php?iCmsPageId=104 (Worth noting that the 1 Stop Travel shop on Old Stein also sells these on the day too.) Eastbourne tourist office sell the DaySave tickets on the day. It would seem likely that Southern would have other outlets. Derek |
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On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 11:41:28 +0100, "Paul Scott"
wrote: The OP is travelling midweek. The Network Card minimum fare is now £13 on weekdays... Which is odd seeing that that the minimum fare on other railcards is £12 |
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wrote in message news:82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane... I looked on the website http://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly surprising. I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone has successfully produced a 'split fare system' that does a full search. It might just be a lookup of splits already reported, or known to the authors... Paul S |
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Split Ticketing to Brighton
On 8 Aug, 15:17, "Paul Scott" wrote:
wrote in message news:82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane... I looked on the websitehttp://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly surprising. I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone has successfully produced a 'split fare system' that does a full search. It might just be a lookup of splits already reported, or known to the authors... Paul S Well I'm not sure how this one works, but if it's a lookup it's unsuccessful Honeybourne to Paddington - 'no split available' OPDR £32 Splitting in Slough £22.50 plus £7.50 - £30 total In the past it (or a competitor) HAS shown the split. |
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Split Ticketing to Brighton
"Paul Scott" wrote in message
... "David A Stocks" wrote in message ... If you have a Network Railcard there is an off-peak day return available for around £11.00, failing that you might be able to get single AP tix for booked trains from £3.75 each way, but these can be very restrictive. The OP is travelling midweek. The Network Card minimum fare is now £13 on weekdays... Paul S Southern give the full third off with no minimum on some of their fares, which is why I currently travel to London and back (from Brighton) for £7.85 two or three times/week - that's the current Network Card discounted super off-peak return fare, routed Not Gatwick Express, with a 15% discount for buying via the web site. If you don't believe it why don't you go and look for yourself? - after all where do you think I got the price I quoted from? -- DAS |
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On 08/08/2010 11:42, Derek F wrote:
On 07/08/2010 23:35, Mizter T wrote: On Aug 7, 11:20 pm, Derek wrote: On 07/08/2010 20:21, Peter Smyth wrote: wrote: I have to go to Brighton for the day in the middle of next week during off-peak hours, and I wanted to know if anybody knew of any split-ticketing from London Victoria. I looked on the websitehttp://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly surprising. Split ticketing generally only works for long-distance flows where there is no Day Return available. I wouldn't expect to find anything on journeys within the NSE area such as this. Southern are currently offering 25% off on their website so a CDR would be 16.30 instead of 21.70. That is probably as cheap as you will get. The cheapest way is a Daysave ticket for 10.00, unfortunately you need to book 7 days in advance so it is too late for this trip. Some Tourist Offices sell the Daysave on the day. AIUI the only place that sells Southern DaySave tickets on the day is the 1 Stop Travel shop in Brighton (run by Brighton& Hove buses) - furthermore only the 1 Stop Travel shop on Old Steine, not the one at Brighton station - more info: http://www.buses.co.uk/trips/onestop.aspx However this does remind me of something I'd thought of doing before - from London a traveller could take advantage of a cheap Advance fare to get from Victoria to Brighton, and could then walk down and buy a DaySave ticket either for onward travel to elsewhere on Southern trains along the south coast or just for their return journey back to London later. Incidentally a ticket that goes by the name of DaySave is sold at some tourist offices, but it's the separate FCC Thameslink route DaySave - more info at the bottom of this page: http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/Main.php?iCmsPageId=104 (Worth noting that the 1 Stop Travel shop on Old Stein also sells these on the day too.) Eastbourne tourist office sell the DaySave tickets on the day. It would seem likely that Southern would have other outlets. Derek The Eastbourne web site says 'agents such as...' http://www.visiteastbourne.com/thedm...&venue=3413256 Derek |
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On Aug 8, 11:02*pm, Derek F wrote: On 08/08/2010 11:42, Derek F wrote: On 07/08/2010 23:35, Mizter T wrote: On Aug 7, 11:20 pm, Derek wrote: On 07/08/2010 20:21, Peter Smyth wrote: (snip) The cheapest way is a Daysave ticket for 10.00, unfortunately you need to book 7 days in advance so it is too late for this trip. Some Tourist Offices sell the Daysave on the day. AIUI the only place that sells Southern DaySave tickets on the day is the 1 Stop Travel shop in Brighton (run by Brighton& Hove buses) - furthermore only the 1 Stop Travel shop on Old Steine, not the one at Brighton station - more info: http://www.buses.co.uk/trips/onestop.aspx (snip) Incidentally a ticket that goes by the name of DaySave is sold at some tourist offices, but it's the separate FCC Thameslink route DaySave - more info at the bottom of this page: http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/Main.php?iCmsPageId=104 (Worth noting that the 1 Stop Travel shop on Old Stein also sells these on the day too.) Eastbourne tourist office sell the DaySave tickets on the day. It would seem likely that Southern would have other outlets. The Eastbourne web site says 'agents such as...' http://www.visiteastbourne.com/thedm...&venue=3413256 Thanks Derek, didn't realise the Southern DaySave was available anywhere else apart from the 1 Stop Travel shop in Brighton - be interesting to know what other places sell it too. We did have quite a big discussion about Southern DaySave on uk.railway around this time last year, when the availability of said ticket at 1 Stop Travel came up but no-one offered any other outlets, so I had wrongly assumed it couldn't be purchased over the counter on the day anywhere else. |
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"David A Stocks" wrote in message ... "Paul Scott" wrote in message ... "David A Stocks" wrote in message ... If you have a Network Railcard there is an off-peak day return available for around £11.00, failing that you might be able to get single AP tix for booked trains from £3.75 each way, but these can be very restrictive. The OP is travelling midweek. The Network Card minimum fare is now £13 on weekdays... Southern give the full third off with no minimum on some of their fares, which is why I currently travel to London and back (from Brighton) for £7.85 two or three times/week - that's the current Network Card discounted super off-peak return fare, routed Not Gatwick Express, with a 15% discount for buying via the web site. If you don't believe it why don't you go and look for yourself? - after all where do you think I got the price I quoted from? It isn't obvious from your earlier post that you were getting more than one discount. I believe you... Paul |
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On 8 Aug, 15:17, "Paul Scott" wrote:
wrote in message news:82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane... I looked on the websitehttp://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly surprising. I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone has successfully produced a 'split fare system' that does a full search. It might just be a lookup of splits already reported, or known to the authors... Paul S There was an exhaustive system discussed on here a few years ago. For all but the simplest of journeys, it fell over. I think this is because it relied on live queries of publically available (web based = v. slow ) front-ends. Even with a well pruned search tree, the number of hits you'd need fo any non trivial journey would be huge - and that's true even if you didn't fall into a tarpit, etc. In order to do a reasonable job, you'd need direct access to the ojp databases - each query would still be far more computationally expensive than a standard ojp query. The people who can do this most cheaply are the people with the most to lose from such a system working so don't expect it any time soon. In the current climate, the application of some basic knowledge to create rule of thumb heuristics (ie test splitting at major interchanges / regional boundaries / known price break points ) plus attempts at some sort of primitive 'crowdsourcing' (yuk) - like the site cited above - might be the best available approach. Jon |
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Southern give the full third off with no minimum on some of their fares,
which is why I currently travel to London and back (from Brighton) for £7.85 two or three times/week - that's the current Network Card discounted super off-peak return fare, routed Not Gatwick Express, with a 15% discount for buying via the web site. If you don't believe it why don't you go and look for yourself? - after all where do you think I got the price I quoted from? -- DAS I can confirm that I've seen that happen (Southern website ignoring the £13 NSE minimum). That was on a order with a mixture of railcards - I'd just assumed that the system couldn't cope with the different restrictions. Jon |
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On 9 Aug, 00:15, Mizter T wrote:
On Aug 8, 11:02*pm, Derek F wrote: On 08/08/2010 11:42, Derek F wrote: On 07/08/2010 23:35, Mizter T wrote: On Aug 7, 11:20 pm, Derek wrote: On 07/08/2010 20:21, Peter Smyth wrote: (snip) The cheapest way is a Daysave ticket for 10.00, unfortunately you need to book 7 days in advance so it is too late for this trip. Some Tourist Offices sell the Daysave on the day. AIUI the only place that sells Southern DaySave tickets on the day is the 1 Stop Travel shop in Brighton (run by Brighton& Hove buses) - furthermore only the 1 Stop Travel shop on Old Steine, not the one at Brighton station - more info: http://www.buses.co.uk/trips/onestop.aspx (snip) Incidentally a ticket that goes by the name of DaySave is sold at some tourist offices, but it's the separate FCC Thameslink route DaySave - more info at the bottom of this page: http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/Main.php?iCmsPageId=104 (Worth noting that the 1 Stop Travel shop on Old Stein also sells these on the day too.) Eastbourne tourist office sell the DaySave tickets on the day. It would seem likely that Southern would have other outlets. The Eastbourne web site says 'agents such as...' http://www.visiteastbourne.com/thedm...&venue=3413256 Thanks Derek, didn't realise the Southern DaySave was available anywhere else apart from the 1 Stop Travel shop in Brighton - be interesting to know what other places sell it too. We did have quite a big discussion about Southern DaySave on uk.railway around this time last year, when the availability of said ticket at 1 Stop Travel came up but no-one offered any other outlets, so I had wrongly assumed it couldn't be purchased over the counter on the day anywhere else. I'd never heard of this either (my office overlooks the Old Steine, BTN so I quite often end up using on-the-day DaySaves ) - the wording clearly implies there could be other outlets but i've never come across any. |
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"Jon Passenger" wrote in message ... Southern give the full third off with no minimum on some of their fares, which is why I currently travel to London and back (from Brighton) for £7.85 two or three times/week - that's the current Network Card discounted super off-peak return fare, routed Not Gatwick Express, with a 15% discount for buying via the web site. If you don't believe it why don't you go and look for yourself? - after all where do you think I got the price I quoted from? -- DAS I can confirm that I've seen that happen (Southern website ignoring the £13 NSE minimum). That was on a order with a mixture of railcards - I'd just assumed that the system couldn't cope with the different restrictions. It does seem odd - particular now that I've noticed that SN's '25% discount T&C' doesn't list the Network Card as being eligible: http://www.southernrailway.com/offer...-off-peak/223/ But the website does appear to allow me a Fareham to Victoria super offpeak return for £6.95 with NC discount. Bargain... Paul S |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
On 09/08/2010 11:13, Jon Passenger wrote:
On 9 Aug, 00:15, Mizter wrote: On Aug 8, 11:02 pm, Derek wrote: On 08/08/2010 11:42, Derek F wrote: On 07/08/2010 23:35, Mizter T wrote: On Aug 7, 11:20 pm, Derek wrote: On 07/08/2010 20:21, Peter Smyth wrote: (snip) The cheapest way is a Daysave ticket for 10.00, unfortunately you need to book 7 days in advance so it is too late for this trip. Some Tourist Offices sell the Daysave on the day. AIUI the only place that sells Southern DaySave tickets on the day is the 1 Stop Travel shop in Brighton (run by Brighton& Hove buses) - furthermore only the 1 Stop Travel shop on Old Steine, not the one at Brighton station - more info: http://www.buses.co.uk/trips/onestop.aspx (snip) Incidentally a ticket that goes by the name of DaySave is sold at some tourist offices, but it's the separate FCC Thameslink route DaySave - more info at the bottom of this page: http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/Main.php?iCmsPageId=104 (Worth noting that the 1 Stop Travel shop on Old Stein also sells these on the day too.) Eastbourne tourist office sell the DaySave tickets on the day. It would seem likely that Southern would have other outlets. The Eastbourne web site says 'agents such as...' http://www.visiteastbourne.com/thedm...&venue=3413256 Thanks Derek, didn't realise the Southern DaySave was available anywhere else apart from the 1 Stop Travel shop in Brighton - be interesting to know what other places sell it too. We did have quite a big discussion about Southern DaySave on uk.railway around this time last year, when the availability of said ticket at 1 Stop Travel came up but no-one offered any other outlets, so I had wrongly assumed it couldn't be purchased over the counter on the day anywhere else. I'd never heard of this either (my office overlooks the Old Steine, BTN so I quite often end up using on-the-day DaySaves ) - the wording clearly implies there could be other outlets but i've never come across any. My thought is that there must be London outlets. Derek |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
On Aug 9, 12:41*pm, Derek F wrote: On 09/08/2010 11:13, Jon Passenger wrote: On 9 Aug, 00:15, Mizter *wrote: On Aug 8, 11:02 pm, Derek *wrote: [snip] The Eastbourne web site says 'agents such as...' http://www.visiteastbourne.com/thedm...&venue=3413256 Thanks Derek, didn't realise the Southern DaySave was available anywhere else apart from the 1 Stop Travel shop in Brighton - be interesting to know what other places sell it too. We did have quite a big discussion about Southern DaySave on uk.railway around this time last year, when the availability of said ticket at 1 Stop Travel came up but no-one offered any other outlets, so I had wrongly assumed it couldn't be purchased over the counter on the day anywhere else. I'd never heard of this either (my office overlooks the Old Steine, BTN so I quite often end up using on-the-day DaySaves ) - the wording clearly implies there could be other outlets but i've never come across any. My thought is that there must be London outlets. I really don't think there are any I'm afraid... |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
Ivor The Engine wrote
On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 11:41:28 +0100, "Paul Scott" wrote: The OP is travelling midweek. The Network Card minimum fare is now £13 on weekdays... Which is odd seeing that that the minimum fare on other railcards is £12 Huh ? No minimum fare on Senior railcard for example. -- Mike D |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
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Split Ticketing to Brighton
On 9 Aug 2010 15:53:30 GMT, "Michael R N Dolbear"
wrote: Which is odd seeing that that the minimum fare on other railcards is £12 Huh ? No minimum fare on Senior railcard for example. Ok, I'll try again. Other railcards with a minimum fare, including 16-25 and Family, have it set at £12 for most of the year (e.g. 16-25 has no restrictions in July & August). Is that better? |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
On Aug 9, 10:32*pm, Ivor The Engine
wrote: Ok, I'll try again. Other railcards with a minimum fare, including 16-25 and Family, have it set at £12 for most of the year (e.g. 16-25 has no restrictions in July & August). * Is that better? Not really. The Family and Friends Railcard has time restrictions for some journeys, but no minimum Adult fare. The minimum discounted Child fare is £1. |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
On Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 08:21:26PM +0100, Peter Smyth wrote:
wrote in message news:82i7o.66843$Gc2.56680@hurricane... I looked on the website http://splityourticket.co.uk, but it said that there were no available options on that route, which I found slightly surprising. Split ticketing generally only works for long-distance flows where there is no Day Return available. But then it can also complain about your journey being too long and suggest that you try splitting it up by hand. Brilliant! -- David Cantrell | Cake Smuggler Extraordinaire Compromise: n: lowering my standards so you can meet them |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
On Aug 10, 7:46*am, "John @ home" wrote: On Aug 9, 10:32*pm, Ivor The Engine wrote: Ok, I'll try again. Other railcards with a minimum fare, including 16-25 and Family, have it set at £12 for most of the year (e.g. 16-25 has no restrictions in July & August). * Is that better? Not really. The Family and Friends Railcard has time restrictions for some journeys, but no minimum Adult fare. The minimum discounted Child fare is £1. It's a whole different discount I know, but I think it worth mentioning here that on Southern and Southeastern up to four kids travel for a £1 off-peak when accompanied by an adult with a valid ticket (inc. season ticket) - same applies on FCC expect it's £2. |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
"Jon Passenger" wrote in message ... Southern give the full third off with no minimum on some of their fares, which is why I currently travel to London and back (from Brighton) for £7.85 two or three times/week - that's the current Network Card discounted super off-peak return fare, routed Not Gatwick Express, with a 15% discount for buying via the web site. If you don't believe it why don't you go and look for yourself? - after all where do you think I got the price I quoted from? -- DAS I can confirm that I've seen that happen (Southern website ignoring the £13 NSE minimum). That was on a order with a mixture of railcards - I'd just assumed that the system couldn't cope with the different restrictions. Jon I'm curious to know what happens when the ticket inspector turns up? Is he/she allowed to excess someone with a ticket for less than £13? John |
Split Ticketing to Brighton
On Aug 10, 12:42*pm, "John C" wrote: "Jon Passenger" wrote: Southern give the full third off with no minimum on some of their fares, which is why I currently travel to London and back (from Brighton) for £7.85 two or three times/week - that's the current Network Card discounted super off-peak return fare, routed Not Gatwick Express, with a 15% discount for buying via the web site. If you don't believe it why don't you go and look for yourself? - after all where do you think I got the price I quoted from? I can confirm that I've seen that happen (Southern website ignoring the £13 NSE minimum). *That was on a order with a mixture of railcards - I'd just assumed that the system couldn't cope with the different restrictions. I'm curious to know what happens when the ticket inspector turns up? Is he/she allowed to excess someone with a ticket for less than £13? Nothing would happen. These tickets are sold from Southern's own site, after all. |
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