On Tue, 22 May 2007 00:34:13 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:
>Martin wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 22 May 2007 00:02:11 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >Martin wrote:
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>> >> Demonstrating yet again how expensive even subsidised train travel is.
>> >
>> >To a point. If I had to travel to Barcelona buying the flight a couple
>> >of days before, I wouldn't fancy my chances. I paid £210 for a one-way
>> >from Liverpool to Girona last year- fully refunded as the flight was
>> >cancelled FWIW. People do the same thing here- comparing the train from
>> >Manchester to London to the plane. Yes, it's actually possible to find
>> >train fares well above plane fares, but ones you actually compare like
>> >for like (i.e. book ahead via fully flexible) you usually get a 3 to 1
>> >price ratio in favour of the train...
>>
>> There didn't appear to be any cheap deals on the Stoke on Trent London route
>> irrespective of when you bought a ticket.
>
>Irrespective is a load of crap."Didn't appear to be" is meaningless.
No it's not meaningless, it's reality. I read what you have been posting about
cheap trips and wasted hours looking for cheap deals, there weren't any, no
matter how many weeks we looked in advance.
>There are plenty of deals available at the moment, depending how far you
>book ahead- 2 weeks is better than one week. I don't have a clue what
>your "Didn't appear to be" referred to- weekends get busier quicker, and
>for weekdays, you should try at least 2 weeks in advance- as with the
>plane, which I referred to.
The trip was go on Friday return on Sunday. She started looking much more than
two weeks in advance, the trip was three or four weeks ago.
>
>> Nor are there any really cheap deals
>> on the route between Stoke on Trent and Scarborough.
>
>There isn't anything on that route, but then again, I can't think of any
>way that the plane would compete with it. It's unfortunately one of
>those weird routes where you'll get a cheaper advance deal by booking
>two tickets- one from Stoke to Mancester- then to Scarborough. I'm not
>defending it, but that's what it is.
She saved GBP4 doing that.
Plane? I was thinking of a car.
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Martin
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