{"id":21013,"date":"2024-10-18T21:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T20:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=21013"},"modified":"2024-10-18T21:55:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T20:55:41","slug":"buy-heavily-discounted-train-tickets-through-secret-fare-including-eurostar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2024\/10\/18\/buy-heavily-discounted-train-tickets-through-secret-fare-including-eurostar\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy heavily discounted UK train and Eurostar tickets through secret fare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>[Eurostar Snap]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Years ago Eurostar brought up a very creative sales idea called <em>Eurostar Snap<\/em>. Basically you tell them on which day you want to travel and they offer you a deeply discounted price but will only book you on a particular train close to the departure date.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/eurostar-snap.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"216\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/eurostar-snap.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/eurostar-snap.jpg 457w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/eurostar-snap-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been years since that program ceased to operate, yet surprisingly <a href=\"https:\/\/snap.eurostar.com\/uk-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">they&#8217;ve decided to restart it<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Valid for select routes: London &#8211; Paris \/ Brussels and Paris &#8211; Brussels \/ Cologne \/ Amsterdam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose a travel date in the next 14 days<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eurostar will email you the ticket 48 hours in advance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tickets are non-changeable and non-refundable, but eligible for point earning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your seat will be allocated at random<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is an example search page:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/eurostar-snap-calendar-example.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/eurostar-snap-calendar-example.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/eurostar-snap-calendar-example.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/eurostar-snap-calendar-example-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/eurostar-snap-calendar-example-768x264.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Compared to its previous version, <em>Snap<\/em> has become much less generous and more restricted. Firstly you can no longer select a time range, so could end up on any train however early or late. Secondly it&#8217;s also priced much higher &#8211; I revisited some 2018 stats and it was as cheap as \u00a325, as opposed to the current \u00a360 or \u00a370.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since you can purchase a regular ticket for under \u00a340 if planned in advance, I don&#8217;t find <em>Snap <\/em>very appealing anymore. If you have a last-minute travel plan and are flexible enough however, it might work out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[Secret Fare]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The heritage of <em>Eurostar Snap<\/em> has also been resurrecting in other UK train companies over the past years, thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/seatfrog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">SeatFrog<\/a> for bringing the idea back to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EMR and Transpennine Express offer a deal called <em>Secret Fare<\/em> via SeatFrog. Rules are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Book at least 7 days in advance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose your origin, destination and day of travel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pick from morning, afternoon or evening<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The ticket will be emailed to you 24 hours in advance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/seatfrog-secret-fare-example.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"708\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/seatfrog-secret-fare-example.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/seatfrog-secret-fare-example.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/seatfrog-secret-fare-example-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Main EMR destinations are: London, Luton, Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield, Liverpool and Manchester. Main Transpennine destinations are: Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, York, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also powered by SeatFrog, Avanti has a Superfare program on their own platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avantisuperfare.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">which you can access here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/superfare.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"272\" src=\"http:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/superfare.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/superfare.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/superfare-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Rules are pretty much the same and some advised fares are (one-way):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>London &#8211; Birmingham \u00a39<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>London &#8211; Liverpool \u00a315<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>London &#8211; Manchester \u00a320<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>London &#8211; Glasgow \u00a330<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I find the SeatFrog terms much more practical, as you know vaguely when you are going to travel and the fares are indeed a bargain. If you are not too fussed about travel times, with such fares you can make substantial savings, especially if you don&#8217;t have access to other discount programs such as railcard and group save.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Eurostar Snap] Years ago Eurostar brought up a very creative sales idea called Eurostar Snap. Basically you tell them on which day you want to travel&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,39],"tags":[129],"class_list":["post-21013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe","category-uk","tag-train"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21013"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21090,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21013\/revisions\/21090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}