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Well, if such offers attract just a few more people (who wouldn't otherwise be travelling) onto trains which are running anyway - that's a few more ^25s in used fivers that FGW▸ can drop into the DfT» 's coffers ... ? Every little helps!  |
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Its back because it was very successful last year. It has also been extended this year: For another fiver, you can travel thru to any Arriva Train Wales station in South Wales.
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Well, if such offers attract just a few more people (who wouldn't otherwise be travelling) onto trains which are running anyway - that's a few more ^25s in used fivers that FGW▸ can drop into the DfT» 's coffers ... ? Every little helps! Just like SWT▸ 's recent Midsummer Madness offer, which made me travel down to Weymouth the other Sunday from Guildford for a tenner, which I wouldn't have done had the offer not been on. And FGW benefitted because I bought a CDR▸ from Dorking to Guildford. Incidentally, the SWT trains I was on between Woking and Weymouth were very busy, with passengers standing in both directions on 10 car trains. |
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« Reply #18 on: September 06, 2009, 21:41:23 » |
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...Or Not..
Should have been available from today, Sunday, but apparently at lot of stations are unable to issue them as the details aren't in the ticket machines, and it might be middle of the week before it's sorted.
pee up & brewery come to mind..
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« Reply #19 on: September 06, 2009, 21:48:42 » |
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The failure of the ticketing system is pretty wide spread, issued with a ticket and complaint form today.
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« Reply #20 on: January 03, 2010, 10:16:48 » |
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I hear that club 55 is up and running again on First Scotrail from the 9th Jan. Any one heard if this is going to happen down here?
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« Reply #21 on: January 03, 2010, 11:34:57 » |
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Anyone any idea why its club 55 and not club 50 (the start age for Saga) or 60 or 65 or any other age. Why choose 55???
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« Reply #22 on: January 03, 2010, 11:54:36 » |
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« Reply #23 on: January 03, 2010, 15:09:52 » |
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« Reply #24 on: January 03, 2010, 16:59:19 » |
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Going off at a bit of a tangent here, but the minimum age for starting to take a pension rises from 50 to 55 overnight on 5 April 2010. (Just in case anyone who is affected wasn't aware of the change.  ) |
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« Reply #25 on: February 27, 2010, 21:39:44 » |
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Why are First are offering club 55 tickets on Scotrail and Transpennine but not on Great Western.
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« Reply #26 on: February 27, 2010, 22:06:42 » |
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Also available on Arriva Trains Wales
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« Reply #27 on: February 27, 2010, 22:44:19 » |
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Why are First are offering club 55 tickets on Scotrail and Transpennine but not on Great Western.
They have no obligation, its simply a promotion. There isn't really a "window of opportunity" as once Easter gets underway the holiday season has begun.. |
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« Reply #28 on: February 28, 2010, 06:06:50 » |
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Commercial decision (?) ... put yourself in FGW▸ management's shoes.
* Will we gain a lot of new passengers / income from them?
* If we do, do we have enough capacity on our trains to handle them and have them go away as happy campers telling people how great we are, rather than as critics of a system that didn't deliver to them?
* How much will we loose when regular customers switch to the lower priced tickets?
Clearly, the answers will differ across the franchises, with different decisions made on high basic fare, already heavily loaded networks, as compared to networks which have spare capacity and where customer are paying only a little more when the club isn't running.
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« Reply #29 on: August 27, 2010, 16:22:12 » |
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For those oldies out there...Club 55 is coming back...
Will be available for travel from the 20th sept onwards and will be zonal and operating across most First franchises and ATW▸ ..
more when I know more (or if you know more)
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