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Author Topic: cheap weekend fares for season ticket holders?  (Read 11116 times)
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« on: January 13, 2008, 11:57:59 »

Last year, Jan - Mar 2007, FGW (First Great Western) did a promotion where a weekend return anywhere on the network was ^10 for holders of monthly plus season tickets.
Does anyone know if they are doing the same again this year? I have not seen any adverts for this and when I asked at Reading, the ticket issuer did not know.
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« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2008, 16:15:43 »

I'm hoping they do this again, and have been half expecting something to appear. Let's face it, FGW (First Great Western) need all the positive PR (Public Relations) they can get with season ticket holders.
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« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2008, 09:35:19 »

I buy a yearly season ticket and that also acts as a railcard for cheaper fares - although I am not quite sure what that means and haven't used it yet.  Mind you I only get a yearly ticket because my employer loans me the money to do so - I was buying monthly tickets beforehand.....
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« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2008, 11:49:45 »

If it's a Devon and Cornwall Gold Card then you get 34% off Cheap Day Returns and Savers within Devon and Cornwall, another adult travelling with you gets the same discount, and you can take up to four children for ^1 each.
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« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2008, 14:57:55 »

I prefer my Young Persons Railcard, as i can get first class tickets from cardiff > paddington any day of the week for ^15 ... Tongue
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« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2008, 16:41:55 »

If it's a Devon and Cornwall Gold Card then you get 34% off Cheap Day Returns and Savers within Devon and Cornwall, another adult travelling with you gets the same discount, and you can take up to four children for ^1 each.

Does a D&C railcard reduce the price, of say a Paignton - Westbury SVR?
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« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2008, 17:26:20 »

If it's a Devon and Cornwall Gold Card then you get 34% off Cheap Day Returns and Savers within Devon and Cornwall, another adult travelling with you gets the same discount, and you can take up to four children for ^1 each.

Does a D&C railcard reduce the price, of say a Paignton - Westbury SVR?
If it doesn't, you can just buy two tickets anyway.
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« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2008, 19:10:00 »

I prefer my Young Persons Railcard, as i can get first class tickets from cardiff > paddington any day of the week for ^15 ... Tongue
Y-P isn't valid for First class tickets!
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« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2008, 19:12:16 »

I prefer my Young Persons Railcard, as i can get first class tickets from cardiff > paddington any day of the week for ^15 ... Tongue
Y-P isn't valid for First class tickets!

Well it seems to be on the first minute fares i book for first class Tongue

never actually had a problem with it.
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« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2008, 21:34:43 »

YP can't be used on normal walk on fares. On advanced fares it is valid for some strange reason.
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« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2008, 21:54:46 »

Well, as vacman has suggested in other discussion threads - and I have agreed with him - the whole current fare structure should be scrapped and started again: this is just nonsense!

I say, good luck to Shazz if he can travel first class from Cardiff: he might even get to have a nice chat with Gavin and his friends!  Tongue
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« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2008, 23:36:50 »

YP can't be used on normal walk on fares. On advanced fares it is valid for some strange reason.

Yeah i dont get that either, but i've never had a problem.
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« Reply #12 on: January 17, 2008, 14:36:49 »

If it's a Devon and Cornwall Gold Card then you get 34% off Cheap Day Returns and Savers within Devon and Cornwall, another adult travelling with you gets the same discount, and you can take up to four children for ^1 each.

Yes it is a Gold Card and that's pretty good - we have three children (two of which are old enough to need tickets) so that's great news.  Will make use of that for sure.
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« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2008, 18:41:39 »

With Gold Cards make sure you're aware of the ticket it applies to - for instance a Newbury to London would be a Network Goldcard, so you have a Network Railcard, etc.
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« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2008, 19:01:23 »

With Gold Cards make sure you're aware of the ticket it applies to - for instance a Newbury to London would be a Network Goldcard, so you have a Network Railcard, etc.
We have Devon and Cornwall gold cards down here, valid exactly the same as a D&C railcard.
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