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Title: Heathrow Express fare cuts Post by: Surrey 455 on October 22, 2019, 22:09:47 Simon Calder at The Independent is reporting that advance fares have been cut to as little as £5.50.
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/heathrow-express-ticket-cheap-train-fares-airport-crossrail-travel-a9165661.html (https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/heathrow-express-ticket-cheap-train-fares-airport-crossrail-travel-a9165661.html) Quote Britain’s most expensive railway is slashing fares ahead of the opening of Crossrail. The Heathrow Express runs from London Paddington to terminals 2 and 3 at Britain’s busiest airport in 15 minutes, with an extra six minutes to terminal 5. The “Anytime” one-way fare is £25, a price per mile of over £1.60. A slightly cheaper off-peak single, avoiding rush hours, is £22. Advance tickets costing £12.50 have been available on weekdays for travellers booking three months ahead, with cheaper deals for weekend travel. Now the premium rail link is cutting the lowest fare to £5.50 on every day of the week. Once the cheapest tickets have gone, the fare will increase progressively to £16.50, depending on availability. On test bookings made by The Independent, there were no cheap tickets a week ahead. One or two months ahead, fares of £7.50 are available. The lowest fare, £5.50, is guaranteed to be available three months ahead. continues.... Title: Re: Heathrow Express fare cuts Post by: BBM on October 23, 2019, 11:53:38 Article from frequent air traveller site Head For Points (https://www.headforpoints.com/2019/10/23/new-heathrow-express-trains/) with similar findings for cheap fares in advance:
Quote How is the pricing in reality? Here are some examples to show you how the pricing drops away. These are for travel on a Tuesday, priced up yesterday: 29th October £22 (standard fare) 5th November £22 (standard fare) 12th November £15 19th November £15 26th November £22 (standard fare) 10th December £7.50 7th January £7.50 21st January £5.50 4th February £5.50 18th February £5.50 The £5.50 fares are clearly there for midweek dates, albeit I had to look 10 weeks ahead to find one on a Tuesday. If you’ve got your flights booked, of course, booking your Heathrow Express ticket so far ahead should not be an issue. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |