Special Offers Discussion

[YorkC]

I've asked Health Service Discounts customer support first - never got anything useful out of TPE before when I've asked about their web bookings.

Working again now.

 

[styles]

Eurostar discounts (ending Saturday so book soon)

Book via TrainPal with discount code EURO25 - if you're a new TrainPal customer you'll get 25% off, existing customers get 22% off.

Alternatively book direct with Eurostar for 20% off.

Or book via Uber for the 20% off plus 10% cashback.

Travel between 24th June and 9th September. Standard or Plus only; excludes Premier.

 

[Iskra]

TFW doing weekend 1st class upgrades from £10 no matter the journey length on Weekends from now until 31st of August. You can upgrade on board or with Seatfrog.

Obviously if you’re doing one of the long Mk4 journeys this is an excellent deal.

 

[styles]

TFW doing weekend 1st class upgrades for £10 no matter the journey length on Weekends from now until 31st of August. You can upgrade on board or with Seatfrog.

Obviously if you’re doing one of the long Mk4 journeys this is an excellent deal.

Is this a 'from' £10 do you know?

 

[Rail Ranger]

Yes, it is "from" £10.

 

[styles]

Yes, it is "from" £10.

Cheers, I'll add my planned journeys to SeatFrog later and see what the score is!

 

[Iskra]

Is this a 'from' £10 do you know?

Yes, it is. I’ll update my post accordingly.

 

[Kite159]

TFW doing weekend 1st class upgrades from £10 no matter the journey length on Weekends from now until 31st of August. You can upgrade on board or with Seatfrog.

Obviously if you’re doing one of the long Mk4 journeys this is an excellent deal.

All depends how much they are charging for weekend first for a longer route in comparison to their usual weekend first upgrades, knowing that first class mostly carries fresh air when standard class is wedged out.

 

[edgar13]

Yes, it is "from" £10.

Some confusion coming from TfW themselves. In the promotion email they've sent, it says "Make it First Class with First Class upgrades starting from just £10 between 14th June - 31st August."

but also

"Want a weekend treat? Every weekend until 31st August all First Class upgrades will be £10, no matter the journey length. You can upgrade on-board or before your journey with Seatfrog on applicable services."

Flat rate £10 would be excellent value but glad if anyone could try it out and confirm.

 

[Iskra]

Some confusion coming from TfW themselves. In the promotion email they've sent, it says "Make it First Class with First Class upgrades starting from just £10 between 14th June - 31st August."

but also

"Want a weekend treat? Every weekend until 31st August all First Class upgrades will be £10, no matter the journey length. You can upgrade on-board or before your journey with Seatfrog on applicable services."

Flat rate £10 would be excellent value but glad if anyone could try it out and confirm.

I think that’s where I got confused when originally posting too.

 

[styles]

Not sure about on the train, but they mention £10 no matter the length including SeatFrog in that quote.

Well, here's the result of trying to upgrade a North Wales coastal journey on Monday at 2039, which is a TfW service:


So that's £20 for a guaranteed upgrade, or bid at £12 and hope you're the highest bidder for that seat.

In any case, not £10.

Also with Seatfrog, ther's a £3 booking charge per seat.

 

[edgar13]

Not sure about on the train, but they mention £10 no matter the length including SeatFrog in that quote.

Well, here's the result of trying to upgrade a North Wales coastal journey on Monday at 2039, which is a TfW service:
View attachment 181837

So that's £20 for a guaranteed upgrade, or bid at £12 and hope you're the highest bidder for that seat.

In any case, not £10.

Also with Seatfrog, ther's a £3 booking charge per seat.

Offer applies on weekends only. Manchester - Cardiff on next next Sunday only lets you "Buy upgrade" directly for £10. However the £3 Seatfrog fee does still apply, so you might as well just upgrade onboard.

 

[styles]

Offer applies on weekends only. Manchester - Cardiff on next next Sunday only lets you "Buy upgrade" directly for £10. However the £3 Seatfrog fee does still apply, so you might as well just upgrade onboard.

Oh I completely missed that somehow hah!

 

[AY1975]

I had missed that SWR has joined Seatfrog's Secret Fare scheme

Secret Fares | South Western Railway

Get the lowest fares you’ll find anywhere for SWR journeys

www.southwesternrailway.com

So had I, and although the SWR website does mention it it doesn't appear to say which destinations are covered by Secret Fares. Looking on the Seatfrog app on my phone, it would appear to be journeys between Waterloo and any destination west or south of Basingstoke (including Micheldever, Whitchurch and Overton) and anywhere south of Haslemere on the Portsmouth Direct Line.

That seems to be the secret fare price rather than a first class upgrade. Not brilliant value in some cases, given that e.g. the Greater Anglia-only off-peak day return is £18.30 with a railcard.

Indeed, GA has also recently started offering Secret Fares but I can't find any reference to it on the GA website.

 

[D6700]

GA has also recently started offering Secret Fares but I can't find any reference to it on the GA website.

That took me straight to the old Tommy Cooper joke - "I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day, but I couldn't find any."

 

[Pemberton]

Whilst it's only 1% Cashback, it might be worth a mention for those booking tickets through Avanti West Coast, that they are now on Airtime Rewards.

 

[Chiltern006]

1% on a Peak time ticket to Manchester is quite a bit

 

[A S Leib]

There's 20% off of Interrail passes except Switzerland-only ones until 3 July, for activation from 1 September to eleven months afterwards.

 

[awakefield100]

Same day return sale on London Northwestern just kicking off:

Pay a lot less sale

Your perfect summer’s day out starts here! Return tickets to London or Liverpool when you travel between 29 June – 31 August 2025. Sale ends 6 July!

www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk

 

[theshillito]

I tried searching for some Crewe to Euston tickets at these fares, and I'm not seeing them, but then I saw the message "Some users may not be able to see our fares just yet" so I guess that's why.

 

[Adam Williams]

I tried searching for some Crewe to Euston tickets at these fares, and I'm not seeing them, but then I saw the message "Some users may not be able to see our fares just yet" so I guess that's why.

Forum site will happily sell them, and has since this morning

 

[theshillito]

Forum site will happily sell them, and has since this morning

I checked LNR's site again and they appeared this time. Not sure what I did differently.

 

[Merseysider]

Crosscountry app also showing them. Thanks for sharing @awakefield100 !

 

[Russel]

Same day return sale on London Northwestern just kicking off:

Pay a lot less sale

Your perfect summer’s day out starts here! Return tickets to London or Liverpool when you travel between 29 June – 31 August 2025. Sale ends 6 July!

www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk

Was just about to post here to ask what the reason for the LNWR discount was about...

I've just booked Tamworth - Euston on Monday the 14th July with a railcard for £13.30, usually £34ish, booked via XC for the free amendments if needed so all I saw was "Promo" with no other details, excellent value!

 

[LYuen]

Same day return sale on London Northwestern just kicking off:

Pay a lot less sale

Your perfect summer’s day out starts here! Return tickets to London or Liverpool when you travel between 29 June – 31 August 2025. Sale ends 6 July!

www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk

Railcard discount can be added, so Crewe to London is just £16.65 return, great value!

It says the promo fare is available on all online retailers. However, I can't find the fare on LNER, trainpal, etc

Online retailers where the promo is available:
WMT, Avanti, Uber, Trainline (and I assume other Trainline based TOC platforms too)
While it is not available on:
LNER, Trainpal, Trip

I will raise the issue with some of these retailers to see if they can fix it...

 

[Adam Williams]

Railcard discount can be added, so Crewe to London is just £16.65 return, great value!

It says the promo fare is available on all online retailers. However, I can't find the fare on LNER, trainpal, etc

Online retailers where the promo is available:
WMT, Avanti, Uber, Trainline (and I assume other Trainline based TOC platforms too)
While it is not available on:
LNER, Trainpal, Trip

I will raise the issue with some of these retailers to see if they can fix it...

TrainSplit and the forum ticketing site will sell this promo fare.

 

[LYuen]

TrainSplit and the forum ticketing site will sell this promo fare.

I am going to renew my railcard
Trainpal and Trip are doing a discount for railcard and that's why I want to stick with one of them

 

[Adam Williams]

I am going to renew my railcard
Trainpal and Trip are doing a discount for railcard and that's why I want to stick with one of them

The retailer you use for your Railcard needn't be the one you buy tickets from, though. In any case, I only mentioned it to try and help make the list more complete!

 

[Joe Paxton]

I am going to renew my railcard
Trainpal and Trip are doing a discount for railcard and that's why I want to stick with one of them

To reiterate Adam's point above - you can stick with Trainpal or Trip.com for a Digital Railcard but nonetheless buy your tickets elsewhere.

 

[1D54]

Just got a couple of these LNR tickets from Nuneaton to Euston and Nuneaton to Lime St and on collection from the station they say 'valid on specific trains only' as you would expect but no times appear on the tickets so i suppose they could be used on any services.