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« Reply #15 on: December 15, 2015, 23:45:28 »
I'e been trying since 10:30pm and it is now 11:45pm and the booking engine appears to be down as it won't recognise any station names.
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« Reply #16 on: December 16, 2015, 01:32:02 »
The e-mail I received from Great Western Railway at 16:23 yesterday says:

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Our great value offer is here. You can now access Advance purchase single tickets between Bristol and London Paddington from just ^10 for travel between 11 January and 2 March 2016.
 
And the good news is, you can buy as many tickets as you like. So book now ^ the countdown is underway.

Problem is, I can't remember the last time I travelled to Paddington - but there are many other destination stations that I could find useful.

Why do GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) apparently assume that I'd only find cheap tickets to London of any interest?  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #17 on: December 16, 2015, 10:51:57 »
Quote from: PhilWakely on December 15, 2015, 23:45:28
I'e been trying since 10:30pm and it is now 11:45pm and the booking engine appears to be down as it won't recognise any station names.

That was still the case 30 minutes ago!
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« Reply #18 on: December 16, 2015, 15:38:04 »
I had the same problem, but the app works.
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« Reply #19 on: December 16, 2015, 15:48:41 »
I've booked now, but it took a while
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« Reply #20 on: December 16, 2015, 22:20:57 »
Made use of this toady for a few tickets for my mum.

The website is very clunky and it was really difficult to book for more than one journey, ended up doing 3 separate transactions.
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« Reply #21 on: December 30, 2015, 11:32:44 »
Appears to be a further offer from ^6 to ^19 across their network. Another email arrived this morning.

Book by January 12th, for travel between January 20th & March 22nd.
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« Reply #22 on: December 30, 2015, 11:40:54 »
Further, it seems that there are triple nectar points on offer too!

I got both these offers - "Avon Triple Bonus Nov15" and "West of England triple off-peak STD" so, for a ^26 spend, I got a total of 156 Nectar points!
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