Barnstaple to London Waterloo, Eurostar & beyond

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[Chris from Nailsea]

Welcome to the forum, accidentalenglishman! 

[befuddled]

Wait a week or two and Apex^▸ (Advanced Purchase Excursion (fare))'s and Super Advances should become available. Wait and you will save money.

You mean Advance A/B/C

Well, they are offering the firstminutes on the later trains but not for the 8.40am.

I also tried from EXD^» (Exeter St Davids - next trains) to Waterloo & for the same train (10.10) it`s the same.
Strangely the 9.57 does offer firstminutes.
Maybe I`ll just have to get up earlier 

[Conner]

Wait a week or two and Apex^▸ (Advanced Purchase Excursion (fare))'s and Super Advances should become available. Wait and you will save money.

You mean Advance A/B/C

Well, they are offering the firstminutes on the later trains but not for the 8.40am.

I also tried from EXD^» (Exeter St Davids - next trains) to Waterloo & for the same train (10.10) it`s the same.
Strangely the 9.57 does offer firstminutes.
Maybe I`ll just have to get up earlier 

You want Apex's not Firstminutefares as you are travelling on South West Trains.
If you give me the dates you want to travel i'll have a look and should be able to give more advice.

[befuddled]

Many thanks for the offer, qp, but I think we`ve actually cracked it.

What you do is throw the laptop out the window & pick up the phone to SWTrains.
A nice guy, called Andrew, then struggles relentlessly with his own PC, takes your number, comes up with the goods & then calls you back.

^185 return for me & c.^122 for Senior Railcard holder other half.......
None of the above offered online as far as I can see.

BTW^▸ (by the way) Yes, it is the 8.35.
Why it comes up as 8.40 for me I have no idea! 
I`d have been well chuffed (sorry, dreadful pun for a board like this) if I`d arrived to see the little Tarka^▸ (Line from Barnstaple to Exeter) Tin disappearing into the distance

My sincere thanks to everyone here who offered advice.

[swlines]

Many thanks for the offer, qp, but I think we`ve actually cracked it.

What you do is throw the laptop out the window & pick up the phone to SWTrains.
A nice guy, called Andrew, then struggles relentlessly with his own PC, takes your number, comes up with the goods & then calls you back.

^185 return for me & c.^122 for Senior Railcard holder other half.......
None of the above offered online as far as I can see.

BTW^▸ (by the way) Yes, it is the 8.35.
Why it comes up as 8.40 for me I have no idea! 
I`d have been well chuffed (sorry, dreadful pun for a board like this) if I`d arrived to see the little Tarka^▸ (Line from Barnstaple to Exeter) Tin disappearing into the distance

My sincere thanks to everyone here who offered advice.

I can't even find that fare in my national fares manual so I'd love to know what he's come up with!

[befuddled]

  Don`t ask me - as you can tell I`m confused enough as it is.

I think he called the normal fare a 1st Class Saver Return &, presumably, the other was similar but with the Railcard.

[swlines]

In that case, that makes perfect sense.

[befuddled]

Phew! You had me worried there.