| Re: Better value (lower cost) rail travel - how to choose your tickets Posted by grahame at 11:37, 8th May 2019 |     |
Not buying a return ticket would cost me double on my most-made journeys, where a return is only 10p more than a single!
The advise in The Mirror is over-simplistic. With pricing policy varying between a return fare being twice the price of a single, and 10p more than a single, there can be no common advise on all returns.
Melksham to London, walk up fares in three groups (off peak, super off peak, and any time) there should be 9 possible combinations (up O S or A, back O S or A in any combination). In practise, there are only six combo you would want (up S or A as there are no trains at O times!!, back O S or A). The Melksham Rail User Group web site at http://www.mrug.org.uk/londonfares.html lists all six combos ... three are best bought as two singles, three are best bought as returns!
As an aside (and I know I sound like a well worn record) I am still amazed that the "quick buy" ticket on the front of the TVM is the O (off peak) one that isn't the best value for a single train to London!
| Re: Better value (lower cost) rail travel - how to choose your tickets Posted by Bmblbzzz at 11:25, 8th May 2019 | |
Not buying a return ticket would cost me double on my most-made journeys, where a return is only 10p more than a single!
| Better value (lower cost) rail travel - how to choose your tickets Posted by grahame at 04:08, 8th May 2019 | |
An old story ... a new article in The Mirror
Cheap train tickets - how to get hidden and cheap fares and split tickets
Their headlines ... Get a Railcard * Split it * Book 12 weeks in advance * Use Virgin Train's best fare finder * Cashback savings *. Use National Rail's cheapest fare finder * Consider a season ticket * Don't buy at ticket machines * Don't buy a return ticket
