Cross Country Mobile App & Tickets

[newmilton]

Has anyone used the new Cross-Country mobile app to buy tickets? And if you used the mobiticket/phone ticket what was your experience of how it worked?

(Still feel reassured by little bits of cardboard in my wallet, myself).

Many thanks.

 

[222007]

Had someone show me one the other week seems secure enough however if your phone dies or gets stolen then its game over

 

[SouthStand]

The previous incarnation was better. There's no way to show future departures from a selected station like there was before.

 

[TCDD]

Used it for a simple Staines - Brentford return. Nice and easy to use and no booking fee, but not the ideal option for getting train times. For timetable info I much prefer the 'Rail Planner', but I wouldn't buy tickets on it!

 

[shinkansen1966]

Has anyone used the new Cross-Country mobile app to buy tickets? And if you used the mobiticket/phone ticket what was your experience of how it worked?

(Still feel reassured by little bits of cardboard in my wallet, myself).

Many thanks.

Do not use the cross-country app to buy tickets.

As I have found out with the Chiltern Railways app, if you buy a ticket on the app, and your phone is then lost, damaged or stolen you cannot get a replacement ticket.
Thread here: http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=52712&highlight=m-ticket

Chiltern Railways and Cross country are both owned by Deutsche Bahn state railways and both use the same Masabi software.

Stick to paper tickets.