Barnsley - Saturday 19th April 2008 - 3pm

[spionfox]

Do you need another genius to have a go? :icon_bigg

Do you think you can do better then?

I'll be amazed if you can even get close.

If he does, are you going to throw him a peanut?

 

[Jeff]

If he does, are you going to throw him a peanut?

I'll buy him some peanuts if he can find me cheaper fares than I quoted.

 

[fludie]

Do you think you can do better then?

I'll be amazed if you can even get close.

One way cheaper would be to drive :icon_bigg

I will look now:icon_wink

 

[Jeff]

One way cheaper would be to drive :icon_bigg

How much do you think it costs to drive 750 miles?

 

[fludie]

How much do you think it costs to drive 750 miles?

Depends the size of your engine?

200 miles possibly £25ish

I would say around £80ish which is cheaper.

 

[Jeff]

Depends the size of your engine?

200 miles possibly £20-£25

I would say around £80ish which is cheaper.

Are you just counting the cost of petrol?

 

[fludie]

Are you just counting the cost of petrol?

Yes

 

[fludie]

Why didnt you plan this earlier then you could have got much cheaper tickets.

 

[Jeff]

Yes

http://www.theaa.com/allaboutcars/advice/advice_rcosts_petrol_table.jsp

 

[Jeff]

Why didnt you plan this earlier then you could have got much cheaper tickets.

I wasn't originally planning to go to the match.
I bought the Barnsley ticket on impulse, immediately after the Colchester match.

 

[fludie]

I wasn't originally planning to go to the match.
I bought the Barnsley ticket on impulse, immediately after the Colchester match.

The only other way i have found is if you brought a Railcard for £24 that would give you a 1/3 off and then the total journey price would be £84.

:icon_cool

 

[Nottingham Fox]

The only other way i have found is if you brought a Railcard for £24 that would give you a 1/3 off and then the total journey price would be £84.

:icon_cool

What railcard will Jeff buy ?? :icon_conf

 

[fludie]

What railcard will Jeff buy ?? :icon_conf

Depends what age he is

 

[Nottingham Fox]

Depends what age he is

Well he isn't under 25, nor his he a senior. I hope Jeff infracts you for your insult :icon_wink

 

[Gary Coatsworth]

i refer to the train group saver offer mentioned on the first page...

i rang up east mids trains today and they told me that the group saver offer does not run on the trains specified..

Can anybody clarify this? has anyone bought group saver tickets yet?

 

[Jeff]

i refer to the train group saver offer mentioned on the first page...

i rang up east mids trains today and they told me that the group saver offer does not run on the trains specified..

Can anybody clarify this? has anyone bought group saver tickets yet?

The train companies do sometimes restrict these tickets on days when they're expecting a lot of passengers, such as football matches. It's not listed on this page though.

 

[bocadillo]

i refer to the train group saver offer mentioned on the first page...

i rang up east mids trains today and they told me that the group saver offer does not run on the trains specified..

Can anybody clarify this? has anyone bought group saver tickets yet?

As far as I am aware only FGW (First Great Western) restrict the use of GroupSave tickets on certain trains - Jeff has already pointed out the reference to this.

What ticket did you ask for? If you asked for GroupSave tickets to Sheffield or to Barnsley, EMT would be correct to tell you that they are not available. I see no reason why they should not be available for Day Return journeys from Leicester to Derby and from Derby to Sheffield. Fans certainly used them for their journey up to Bramall Lane less than a fortnight ago.

Cheap Day Return tickets are available for use on any train on a Saturday, so there is no need whatsoever for any train to be specified. Just go to the ticket office and ask for 4 GroupSave Cheap Day returns to Derby and 4 GroupSave Day Returns from Derby to Sheffield. The ticket office must sell you what you ask for: they are not allowed to insist that you buy a through ticket to Sheffield.

If however you go to the window and ask them for four tickets for a same-day return trip to Sheffield, they would sell you the higher priced Saver ticket: they are under no obligation to tell you that the journey is cheaper if you change tickets at Derby.

 

[Jeff]

As far as I am aware only FGW (First Great Western) restrict the use of GroupSave tickets on certain trains.

There's an EMT restriction listed at http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/groupsave_calendar.html due to a football match.

 

[bocadillo]

There's an EMT restriction listed at http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/groupsave_calendar.html due to a football match.

Thank you for pointing that out - I see it now.

The preamble to that table of services on which GroupSave tickets are not available clearly states that it gives full details of such restrictions. By default then they should be available for this weekends EMT mainline servcices.

 

[Shents]

got my tickets yeaterday NS2 row Y seat 34/35. hopefuly our good record against them will remain intact!