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Hello I received an email today reminding me to use up my loyalty points I had earned as they expired on 31/12/2011. Now I'd only earned them this week. Having converted them to e-vouchers they now expire in 2020. Do I take this to mean they are ending the loyalty scheme at the end of the...

Hi all Can any of you fares expert help me out in getting down the price of the following journey. It's for a two-night trip to Great Yarmouth on any weekend after the 24th January. I must leave after 16:00 on the Friday (preferably not leaving much later than that), and must return before...

Is there anywhere a list of stations by type (human or ticket-operated), and of those which retain "ended" tickets and those that keep them? I went through Grantham yesterday and was surprised that the ticket barrier didn't keep my ticket - I asked the staff attending if he would let me...

I am going to Grantham and I'm currently travelling on the 1703 XC without a ticket because there was no-one selling at bhm (vic sq entrance) and I would have missed it had I gone to the main concourse. It is full and standing because it is a substitute set following an earlier problem. Should I...

Hi all I have the following itinery I wish to make next weekend and wonder if anyone can help with getting the cost down as it's Anytime Single tickets all the way at the moment: Friday 16 December Birmingham - Grantham depart after 17:00 - Anytime Single £33 Saturday 17 December Grantham -...

My friend has started a job in Worcester, at the moment he is doing a crazy journey of train from Birmingham to Droitwich Spa where his mom lives, then getting a lift in a car to Worcester. I've already told him a season ticket to Worcester is the same price as Droitwich, and he should go for...

station evacuated, trains being diveryed anyone know any more?

http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/tenminutereservations How long have XC been doing this?

Hi all Not sure if this is in the right forum but I hope someone can help. I need to get to Rushden, Northants from Birmingham (centre) on Friday evening (as late as possible), returning Saturday preferably by 10:30am. Having checked Traveline East Midlands (West Midlands version couldn't...

Bought an off peak return for the above journey from a TVM at BHM, and was surprised to see the route printed as "via Stafford" on the ticket. I don't remember being offered any alternative options, so are there any, or is the routeing printed to simply stop people going on routes that aren't...

This follows on from my SailRail to & from Belfast at the weekend. Coming back was a bit of an adventure, although I knew it would be, I think I ended up on Plan D or E in the end. I was coming back via Stranraer, on the Stena Voyager's penultimate sailing. Engineering works meant there were no...

So I was supposed to go to Belfast tomorrow, via Holyhead and Dublin, and my 12:00 Swift ferry has been cancelled, so I'll be carried on the 14:10 slower ferry instead. This means instead of leaving Birmingham at 7:36, I can get the 9:36 from Birmingham New Street, change at Crewe onto the...

rang scotrail today to try to book a seat on the sleeper between westerton and crewe this sinday evening to be told there were none left. what are the chances of getting a seat if i just turn up on the evening?

Hi all I'm looking to do a trip down to St Austell from Birmingham,the first weekend of December to see a friend, going down Saturday 3rd and returning Monday 5th on a £32.50 or £34.50 advance ticket each way. Can anyone tell me which of these trains would be run by a HST on the XC leg, as I...

Hi all I'm looking for the best price ticket option for a Wolverhampton-Prestatyn return for four adults, none with railcards. Outward this Saturday 8th, return following Saturday 15th. Can anyone better the off peak return price? Thanks :)

Coming back from Palma de Mallorca to London Luton airport on Sunday, Easyjet were offering to sell train tickets for FCC to London from Luton Airport Parkway for £12 (I think) single Does anyone know what these look like?

Looking at doing a journey from Birmingham-Belfast before the end of the year, out on a Friday or Saturday, returning on a Sunday or Monday, and looking for as much time in Belfast as possible. Any weekend after 12th November is good but ideally the 19-20th November or 3rd-4th December, and the...

If someone buys a ticket, say Peterborough-London and they buy a single when they meant to buy a return, would you be able to excess the single to a return on the day of the return journey?

Does anyone know what this ticket is? I notice Londonmidland.com won't let me buy it. The only reference I can find is on http://xmpblog.com/temp/01/yk/Revenue%20Protection%20Handbook%20Section%20C.pdf...