10% off NXEC is back.... until July

[ian13]

It seems National Express East Coast have reintroduced the 10% off advance fares until July.

"Offer exclusive to bookings at nationalexpresseastcoast.com. 10% discount is only available on our lowest East Coast Standard Advance fares excluding trains arriving into London before 1115 or leaving London before 0929 or 1555-1901 inclusive (Mon-Fri). Lowest fares are on sale on all trains at the weekends subject to availability. Fares incorporating the 10% discount will be highlighted with an asterisk during the booking process. 10% discount is valid until 31 July 2009."

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[John @ home]

It seems National Express East Coast have reintroduced the 10% off advance fares until July.

"Offer exclusive to bookings at nationalexpresseastcoast.com. 10% discount is only available on our lowest East Coast Standard Advance fares ... "

But it's not quite as good as the previous offer from NXEC.

GNER started offering 10% discount on our lowest Advance fares. They interpreted lowest to mean the lower 3 of the then 5 levels of Standard Advance between London and York. And they did not allow a further discount on tickets already reduced by a Railcard.

When NXEC started, they improved this in two ways: by applying it to all their First and Standard Advance tickets, and by allowing a further discount when used with a Railcard.

This temporary offer has the additional Railcard discount, but is limited to the lower 5 of the now 8 price levels of Standard Advance tickets, and gives no discount at all in First Class.

John

 

[yorkie]

I thought it applied to 1st previously? But railcard discounts were not offered by NXEC until Simplification forced them to. It wasn't something NXEC introduced when they won the franchise.

 

[John @ home]

I thought it applied to 1st previously?

Perhaps my memory is failing me. I blame old age.

But railcard discounts were not offered by NXEC until Simplification forced them to. It wasn't something NXEC introduced when they won the franchise.

Re old age. When I qualify for a Senior Railcard, I will pay more attention to the availability of Railcard discounts!

John