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How to get the cheapest price and maximum rewards when booking train travel...

(EDIT:  Unfortunately, the Southern Railways deal with Quidco discussed in this post was withdrawn in January 2013.) Head for Points is, of course, primarily about collecting airline and hotel points....

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How to get the cheapest price and maximum rewards when booking train travel...

Two days ago I looked at the various ways of booking UK train tickets.  My conclusion is that the cheapest option – assuming that your train company does not offer an exclusive discount on its own...

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East Coast Rewards gets even better

In my long post on train ticket reward schemes last week, I explained East Coast Rewards. As I said then, if you would be interested in redeeming for travel on the East Coast line, then booking your...

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£99 First Class London to Edinburgh train tickets

I was down at the Business Travel Show at Earls Court on Tuesday, of which more to follow. This is the best offer that caught my eye, but booking will be a little tricky. East Coast Trains is running a...

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East Coast Rewards adds a good-value magazine subscriptions reward

East Coast Rewards, the train loyalty scheme that I recommend as the best value option for rail bookings, has introduced a new redemption option. For just 400 East Coast Rewards points, you will...

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East Coast Rewards offering special 2nd birthday deals

East Coast Rewards is my preferred train travel reward scheme. As per this old post, I believe that it offers genuinely good value for money. You only need to spend £300 on First Class tickets to get a...

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Three things I discovered on my golfing trip over the weekend

I spent the weekend playing pitch and putt golf on the Yorkshire coast, with a diversion via South Yorkshire.  Here are three things I discovered along the way: 1.  Top-tier status is not always what...

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20% off East Coast train tickets with Accor

Yes, Head for Points does trains as well as planes!  (Click on Eurostar and East Coast Rewards in the ‘Archives by Category’ menu on the right hand side to read older articles.) East Coast, which runs...

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10,000 x £10 East Coast trains vouchers in The Sunday Telegraph tomorrow

East Coast trains is jumping on the redspottedhanky bandwagon by giving away 10,000 x £10 discount vouchers tomorrow. There is some information on The Telegraph website here. moneysavingexpert.com adds...

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East Coast Trains launches ‘massive’ 7-day sale today

East Coast Trains is launching what it calls a ‘massive’ 7-day sale today. Tickets will start from £5 each way in Standard and £20 each way in First Class. You need to book by January 9th, for travel...

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Amex Membership Rewards still offering 20% bonus on train ticket redemptions

One of my favourite American Express Membership Rewards offers is East Coast Trains, oddly enough. I just noticed that this ‘temporary’ special offer is still running, about a year after it started, so...

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Getting the cheapest price and maximum rewards for train travel (part 1, 2014...

Head for Points is, of course, primarily about collecting airline and hotel points. However, most of us probably spend some time on trains as well so I thought it was worth a run through of the various...

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Getting the cheapest price and maximum rewards for train travel (part 2, 2014...

Yesterday I looked at the various ways of booking UK train tickets.  My conclusion was that there is no longer any obvious best choice, but you would not go far wrong by starting with the site of the...

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Exclusive East Coast Trains discounts via Time Out

Time Out magazine is currently running an exclusive online promotion for East Coast Trains.   This offers substantial discounts if you are travelling to or from London over the Summer. The ‘one way’...

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East Coast Trains launches sale from £10 for Sep-Nov travel

East Coast Trains has launched its latest sale, with tickets available for booking until midnight on Tuesday September 2nd. Tickets start from £10 each way in Standard and £30 each way in First Class....

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redspottedhanky adds booking and postage fees – where should you book now?

Many of you will have received an email from redspottedhanky.com last night advising that they are introducing a £1 booking fee and a £1 postage fee for all train ticket bookings.  This was, in some...

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Devaluations galore – East Coast Rewards, Collect More Fly, Leaders Club

It is hopefully just an unfortunate coincidence but a raft of loyalty scheme devaluations have hit my inbox this week.  Let’s take a look. East Coast Rewards The East Coast trains scheme, East Coast...

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East Coast Rewards to close as Stagecoach wins franchise

The Government announced on Thursday that a consortium comprising of Stagecoach (90%) and Virgin Rail (10%) will take over the East Coast rail franchise from 1st March 2015. I will not dwell on the...

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East Coast Trains launches £5+ January sale – book by Friday

East Coast Trains has launched a short sale with strong discounts on its routes from Scotland to London via Yorkshire. The headline prices are very low: London to Leeds from £5 one-way London to...

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Closure of East Coast Rewards now confirmed – what should you do?

If you are a member of the East Coast Rewards train loyalty scheme you will have received an email yesterday confirming that the scheme is being closed on February 28th.  The franchise is being handed...

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