12 February 2014

Update on discount train tickets by splitting journeys

I wrote a previous post about using the Martin Lewis' Money Saving Expert Tickety Split website/app but I found that it didn't always give the best results.

When checking to go on the same journey the results from the app weren't consistent. However, it does say that the app is Lite and clause 8 applies:
"Why is it TicketySplit Lite? This is a three-month trial of the technology and is currently free. However, every time you search we have to pay. Frankly, we have to see how popular and well used it is. We're willing to foot the bill up to a certain level; beyond that we'll have to do some careful thinking. We called this 'Lite', so you'll know it may change."

Therefore I found a way to do my own testing of the best prices once I knew of the journey split details.
You can run queries on the National Rail website and save the urls for later.

e.g.
Bristol Parkway to Clapham Junction (full journey)
http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/BPW/CLJ/tomorrow/0545/dep

Bristol Parkway to Didcot Parkway (Part A journey)
http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/BPW/DID/tomorrow/0545/dep

Bristol Parkway to Clapham Junction (Part B journey)
http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/DID/CLJ/tomorrow/0630/dep

By using the second two journeys it works out to be a 42% saving on the full journey cost.
:-)

Try them out yourself?

tqv

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