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St Erth-Macclesfield Fare advice please

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I'm looking to get from St Erth to Macclesfield on the 27th April

I managed to get it for £42 (for 2, using the two together railcard) going the other way on the 24th splitting at Wolverhampton, Cheltenham and Bristol TM, but can't seem to get anywhere near that price going back, can anyone help get a cheaper fare than the £74 I've got so far, (splitting at Cheltenham).

St Erth-Cheltenham £42.50 on the 0948 (Direct)
Cheltenham-Macclesfield £32.00 on the 1501 (Change at Birmingham NS)

If there are any tips that could help, that would be great, we are flexible on times. Many thanks.
 
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If I understand it correctly:

£42 on the way back for 2 people and £74 on the way there for 2 people? Total of £114 for 2 people, which is £57 each? I think that's fairly decent considering the length of journey.

Happy to stand corrected though.
 
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Chapeltom said:
If I understand it correctly:

£42 on the way back for 2 people and £74 on the way there for 2 people? Total of £114 for 2 people, which is £57 each? I think that's fairly decent considering the length of journey.

Happy to stand corrected though.
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I may have misunderstood the OP but I thought he asked if anyone could find a cheaper return option, not whether anyone thought the tickets he had found were decent considering the length of journey?

The key point being the significant difference between the cost of each leg.

Happy to stand corrected though.
 
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Yes Ilkestonian, thats correct. I assume Chapel Tom didn't understand my initial message, no idea why he felt the need to comment otherwise.
 
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OK. The following is from the new TrainSplit split advances module (which is not yet released - thanks for a very interesting test journey!)

St Erth (SER) to Cheltenham Spa (CNM) on the 9.48 direct as follows:

Code: 
ST ERTH to PLYMOUTH
ADVANCE Single £8.50  (outbound: Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only. Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only )
Valid on the booked train ONLY.

PLYMOUTH to EXETER ST DAVIDS
ADVANCE Single £7.70  (outbound: Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only. Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only )
Valid on the booked train ONLY.

EXETER ST DAVIDS to BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS
ADVANCE Single £14.10  (outbound: Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only. Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only )
Valid on the booked train ONLY.

BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS to CHELTENHAM SPA
ADVANCE Single £8.50  (outbound: Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only. Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only )
Valid on the booked train ONLY.

Cheltenham Spa (CNM) to Macclesfield (MAC) on the 15.02, change at Birmingham New St (BHM)

Code: 
CHELTENHAM SPA to MACCLESFIELD
ADVANCE Single £32.00 (outbound: Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only. Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only )
Valid on the booked train ONLY.

Total price of splits: £70.80 - I can't find it any cheaper than that with the 20 min wait at CNM.

If you don't want to wait around, You can do it for £80.60 as follows:

Code: 
ST ERTH to PLYMOUTH
ADVANCE Single £8.50  (outbound: Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only. Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only )
Valid on the booked train ONLY.

PLYMOUTH to EXETER ST DAVIDS
ADVANCE Single £7.70  (outbound: Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only. Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only )
Valid on the booked train ONLY.

EXETER ST DAVIDS to BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS
ADVANCE Single £14.10  (outbound: Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only. Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only )
Valid on the booked train ONLY.

BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS to CHELTENHAM SPA
ADVANCE Single £8.50  (outbound: Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only. Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only )
Valid on the booked train ONLY.

CHELTENHAM SPA to BIRMINGHAM STATIONS 
ADVANCE Single £12.00  (outbound: Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only. Valid on CrossCountry (TOC Code: XC) and connecting services only )
Valid on the booked train ONLY.

BIRMINGHAM STATIONS to STAFFORD
OFF-PEAK DAY S Single £13.90  (outbound: M-F FROM 0900 & NOT VAL DEP BHAM STNS 1635-1800 ) 
(return: M-F BY ANY TRAIN EXCEPT DEP BHAM STNS 1635-1800 )
Route: Valid via any permitted route.
Restriction code DJ

STAFFORD to STOKE-ON-TRENT
ANYTIME DAY S Single £6.90 
Route: Valid via any permitted route.
Valid at any time.

STOKE-ON-TRENT to MACCLESFIELD
ANYTIME DAY S Single £9.00 
Route: Valid on Virgin trains only.
Valid at any time.
 
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