Newcastle Away

[Alexander Litvinenko]

Top spotting there

Quite!

[Rex]

Dirkers looking apprehensive.

[Compo's Hat]

Think it's all those bloody stairs we've had to climb!

[RoyalTank]

Yeeeeheeeeee £5 student tickets and a night out on the toooom is in order!
3 points would go down well to!!!

[bobby1413]

Yeeeeheeeeee £5 student tickets and a night out on the toooom is in order!
3 points would go down well to!!!

Are you really a student?

I find that hard to believe.

[RoyalTank]

Yeeeeheeeeee £5 student tickets and a night out on the toooom is in order!
3 points would go down well to!!!

Are you really a student?

I find that hard to believe.

Cool

[Elazarus]

Planning to go to this. Train is now costing 71quid return (goddamn rail fares going up!!!). Anyone know of any cheaper alternatives or a way of getting round the train fares to make them cheaper (ie. split ticketing)? Any suggestions are appreciated.

Tip for anyone planning to get train. Split the tickets... when buying a ticket from Reading to Newcastle, it quotes 77quid (with a railcard) but if you get a return to Kings Cross and a separate ticket from Kings Cross to Newcastle it works out at 57quid. How does this work???

Anyway, booked the train now, so... IN for this.

[Upper West Ginger]

Planning to go to this. Train is now costing 71quid return (goddamn rail fares going up!!!). Anyone know of any cheaper alternatives or a way of getting round the train fares to make them cheaper (ie. split ticketing)? Any suggestions are appreciated.

Tip for anyone planning to get train. Split the tickets... when buying a ticket from Reading to Newcastle, it quotes 77quid (with a railcard) but if you get a return to Kings Cross and a separate ticket from Kings Cross to Newcastle it works out at 57quid. How does this work???

Anyway, booked the train now, so... IN for this.

It's all to do with the way the ticket revenue is allocated between the different rail companies. If you buy a through ticket, the revenue is shared between all the different railway companies whose trains you might possibly use to make the journey, proportional to an annual survey of actual trips made. On the other hand if you buy tickets only valid on a specific route / specific train then the revenue all goes to the specific company whose train you are using, and they can yield manage to maximise their revenue whilst still giving you a cheaper ticket. Where you lose out is you haven't got the same level of flexibility - but for something like a football match where the timings are fixed and known in advance, that's not really a problem.

[bobby1413]

Tickets arrived. Thought they'd look more jazzy than they do. Maybe they reflect the fixture.

In row D.

Should be an all standing game I hope

[Alexander Litvinenko]

Planning to go to this. Train is now costing 71quid return (goddamn rail fares going up!!!). Anyone know of any cheaper alternatives or a way of getting round the train fares to make them cheaper (ie. split ticketing)? Any suggestions are appreciated.

Tip for anyone planning to get train. Split the tickets... when buying a ticket from Reading to Newcastle, it quotes 77quid (with a railcard) but if you get a return to Kings Cross and a separate ticket from Kings Cross to Newcastle it works out at 57quid. How does this work???

Anyway, booked the train now, so... IN for this.

It's all to do with the way the ticket revenue is allocated between the different rail companies. If you buy a through ticket, the revenue is shared between all the different railway companies whose trains you might possibly use to make the journey, proportional to an annual survey of actual trips made. On the other hand if you buy tickets only valid on a specific route / specific train then the revenue all goes to the specific company whose train you are using, and they can yield manage to maximise their revenue whilst still giving you a cheaper ticket. Where you lose out is you haven't got the same level of flexibility - but for something like a football match where the timings are fixed and known in advance, that's not really a problem.

Unless it snows and the game is postponed ......

[melonhead]

all the more drinking time!

[bobby1413]

[quote="ElazarusIt's all to do with the way the ticket revenue is allocated between the different rail companies. If you buy a through ticket, the revenue is shared between all the different railway companies whose trains you might possibly use to make the journey, proportional to an annual survey of actual trips made. On the other hand if you buy tickets only valid on a specific route / specific train then the revenue all goes to the specific company whose train you are using, and they can yield manage to maximise their revenue whilst still giving you a cheaper ticket. Where you lose out is you haven't got the same level of flexibility - but for something like a football match where the timings are fixed and known in advance, that's not really a problem.

Unless it snows and the game is postponed ......

Don't.

Don't even think, suggest, post... just don't say that.

[JayRoyal]

Couple of questions here:

First game of the season for me, I live in Darlington, so Its hard for me to get to the games. I'm taking a couple of my mates who are students with me (both support Liverpool but are well up for going along)

1. I'm a member, but they aren't, how will I book? Will we sell our allocation cause we could get them on the day I suppose.

2. When it says student discount, is that college or university, we're all at college (hence me not being able to afford to come down for games)


Thanks for the help

[bobby1413]

Couple of questions here:

First game of the season for me, I live in Darlington, so Its hard for me to get to the games. I'm taking a couple of my mates who are students with me (both support Liverpool but are well up for going along)

1. I'm a member, but they aren't, how will I book? Will we sell our allocation cause we could get them on the day I suppose.

2. When it says student discount, is that college or university, we're all at college (hence me not being able to afford to come down for games)


Thanks for the help

Student I believe is aged 17-21, any younger and you're classified as child (I THINK anyway).

I doubt we will sell all tickets. I'm not sure they will be available on the day though as this option isn't regularly available (is it?).

[JayRoyal]

Couple of questions here:

First game of the season for me, I live in Darlington, so Its hard for me to get to the games. I'm taking a couple of my mates who are students with me (both support Liverpool but are well up for going along)

1. I'm a member, but they aren't, how will I book? Will we sell our allocation cause we could get them on the day I suppose.

2. When it says student discount, is that college or university, we're all at college (hence me not being able to afford to come down for games)


Thanks for the help

Student I believe is aged 17-21, any younger and you're classified as child (I THINK anyway).

I doubt we will sell all tickets. I'm not sure they will be available on the day though as this option isn't regularly available (is it?).

If it comes to the worst, we'll sit in the home stand and keep our mouths shut, I've seen where their away stand is and it looks pretty daunting haha!

[bobby1413]

Why don't you just sign up as a member over the phone and buy today?

[Alexander Litvinenko]

Or talk to the Northern Royals who will probably be able to arrange ticket purchase for you :

NORTHERN & SCOTLAND BRANCH -STAR Northern Royals began as the Yorkshire Royals in the 1995/6 season to cater for northern based fans. Renamed to reflect our wider membership the group has grown steadily to around 80 members.

Many of us meet up before local games and at the Mad Stad whenever possible, travelling to games together and enjoying the occasional social event. Phil Parkinson attended one of our evenings in his testimonial year and we often welcome fans from STAR coaches to our Buxton hotel venue.

For a number of years, we have arranged block seat bookings for home and away games, now including a "Northern Away Season Ticket". If you live in the north (or know someone who does), contact us at northern.royals@star-reading.org for more details.

[JayRoyal]

Why don't you just sign up as a member over the phone and buy today?

Thats what I was asking, if we all needed to be members to order them.

[Elazarus]

Couple of questions here:

First game of the season for me, I live in Darlington, so Its hard for me to get to the games. I'm taking a couple of my mates who are students with me (both support Liverpool but are well up for going along)

1. I'm a member, but they aren't, how will I book? Will we sell our allocation cause we could get them on the day I suppose.

2. When it says student discount, is that college or university, we're all at college (hence me not being able to afford to come down for games)


Thanks for the help

Student I believe is aged 17-21, any younger and you're classified as child (I THINK anyway).

I doubt we will sell all tickets. I'm not sure they will be available on the day though as this option isn't regularly available (is it?).

Students... If you have a relevant (in date) student or NUS card then you are a student. It's not dependent on age as anyone at any age can be in education studying.

I'm 26 and do some evening courses at my local college during the week and this allows me to have a student card which I have used to purchase student tickets for previous games.

I think tickets have always been availble on the day for previous away games we haven't sold out. But this could be dependant on the stadium if they want to sell on the day I guess?

[RFCUK]

Sent my ticket to the wrong house, though they managed to sort out my City one okay... Idiots..