Free tickets are available on selected routes for travel between 18 September and 30 November.
Make sure you get in quick as once they’re gone, they’re gone.
*Maximum two tickets per person – subject to availability. Terms and conditions apply.
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Latest comments (98)
barginfan
7 Sep 17#95
So a promotion by a regional rail franchise that doesn't serve your locality, because you don't live in that region, is poor because....?
This is an endless loop.
You could have stuck to your word at midnight.
Goodnight.
admirable to barginfan
7 Sep 17#97
The whole point of HDUK is if you think it's a good deal then you vote hot, if you think is a poor deal, IE: you can find the deal cheaper elsewhere, then you vote cold. To vote cold just because the deal is not available in your size, flavour colour, available from your nearest airport or train station is going against the spirit of the site.
jayok to barginfan
8 Sep 17#98
Voted hot - got two Glasgow - Dunblane tickets for November :smile:
I intended to but you carried on poking the bear... Yes I suggest I don't answer your opening question or we will indeed go round again. We shall have to agree to disagree. Adieu.
barginfan
7 Sep 17#88
Yes you may be able to book the Caledonian Sleeper via the Scotrail site, but the sleeper service is operated by a standalone company, being Serco. Therefore there would be no reason to expect that service to be a part of this Scotrail promotion.
As for your Virgin request, that is as ludicrous as your entire argument so far. I can book a ticket on the Virgin site to go to Penzance, but they don't go there.
The promotion is perfectly clear, but you're not happy as you can't have a free ride from England too.
So you, "wasted time and effort with their rubbish website, only to jump through all the hoops", when you could have checked the FAQs or terms and conditions first.
barginfan to barginfan
7 Sep 17#93
I'm not perfect, nobody is. Yes we do edit posts, but constantly doing it means I have to read all your posts twice.
I just don't see the point in wowling about a deal when you've simply not read the terms.
CelicaGT-Four to barginfan
7 Sep 17#94
Because such a major exclusion that excludes 92% of the UK population, shouldn't really be hidden away half way down t&C's and should be made clearer. Its a deal breaker for most. I would think you are in the minority of people who did read t&C's first, therefore it was a lot of collected wasted time from the majority. That's the point.
CelicaGT-Four
7 Sep 17#92
Yes I'm sure you read every page of every t&c of every deal you are interested in first. We can't all be perfect like you though. Equally yes some of us lesser mortals edit posts. Again, sorry your highness.
barginfan
7 Sep 17#91
Can you not make your point without constantly editing your posts?
All promotions have terms and conditions, so it makes sense to check what you're heading into. It's called common sense, but it's actually not!
barginfan
7 Sep 17#90
Those folk clearly didn't check the deal out either, they simply chose to complain on here and highlight their own error.
CelicaGT-Four
7 Sep 17#89
The promotion was not perfectly clear. Read all the above comments from other people. FAQ: its not discussed. T&C's : buried half way down. So no buddy, not obvious, not clear.
CelicaGT-Four
7 Sep 17#87
This^ was your original point: the company name should have given it away about excluding England as a point of entry.
I have booked through scotrail and travelled 'in Scotland' but boarded in England before. The Caledonian sleeper. Google scotrail Caledonian sleeper, it takes you to scotrail website where you can book, through scotrail, the service which is (now) operated by serco. Book sleeper through scotrail here...
Your original point was that it should be obvious it excludes England because it's 'scotrail'. My counterpoint is that it was not obvious to me, or seemingly to others. Thank you for the bed time reading and banter though. Now show me where on Virgin Trains' site it says that non virgins are excluded and I'll admit defeat. :heart_eyes:
barginfan
7 Sep 17#86
The Caledonian Sleeper is operated by a different company to Scotrail. Caledonian Sleeper site
barginfan
7 Sep 17#83
You said earlier that you were done.
CelicaGT-Four
7 Sep 17#82
Its fine darling, fine. I won't make you admit it. :lipstick: plus... Either you aren't making sense now, or I'm too tired for this thread. Either way I'm done.
barginfan
7 Sep 17#81
Oh I'm sorry sweetheart, show me a timetable that has a Midland or Welsh train going to Inverness and then I'll admit defeat.
CelicaGT-Four
7 Sep 17#80
Nothing in what I said there is incorrect. And to answer your question of why I would expect to be able to get a scotrail deal that I can hop on at my local english station... Well because I've done precisely that before... The scotrail Caledonian sleeper. Boarded in England and that had significant 'travel in Scotland'. Happy? Anyway,I'm done.
118luke
7 Sep 17#79
ScotRail are a FirstGroup company. Transpennine express (Which also runs upto Scotland) are also a FirstGroup company.
You'd think it would be fair if they allowed TransPennine Tickets to Scotland to be free also.
barginfan
7 Sep 17#78
Midland do indeed have travel info and booking facilities for a larger area, but Midland trains don't travel on those lines do they. Considering the OP clearly states it's for travel in Scotland, operated by Scotrail, why would i expect to hop on a train at my local English station. I took advantage of the deal and I live a long way from Scotland, so anybody else could too.
CelicaGT-Four
6 Sep 17#77
Virgin don't automatically exclude non-virgins :innocent: ...midland trains do deals to the north/south.. Arriva Trains Wales do deals that allow Englanders in... So not really no :face_with_monocle:
CelicaGT-Four
6 Sep 17#76
Its in the mock up of the ticket at the top of that email... Like I said...where it says £1 million pound giveaway. Its just cropped out of your photo at the top though I guess... Literally two lines above in orange writing where it says £1,000,000. I can't tell if you are just being difficult or you genuinely don't have the same email, which would be odd. See Julieallens post at 10.07... 'off peak Day return'. Everyone else is saying off peak day return.
Anyway that's quite enough from me on this thread... I'm always going to bite if someone says that something I just said is categorically not correct, when it actually is correct though, or has a little prod about a perfectly justified cold vote. Don't poke the bear kids :blush:
barginfan
6 Sep 17#75
Thanks OP. Much appreciated for the free day out.
As for folks complaining that it's travel in Scotland only. I thought the company name might have given that away!
wildecat
6 Sep 17#74
True - just Farage, Boris and the rest of the Little Englanders to content with :face_with_monocle:
flexiblefish
6 Sep 17#73
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PeterGammage
6 Sep 17#72
Thanks, but if I have to drive to Glasgow to get the deal I might as well just drive to Paisley :smile: :sunglasses:
lehappymerchant
6 Sep 17#71
Great deal until you realise that this means going to Scotland.
tryn2help
6 Sep 17#70
If you like history they've got a fantastic Abbey in Paisley - it's an absolute treasure. It was built around the same time as the leaning tower of Pisa and leans just as much as it (wasn't the same architect but surprising coincidence). All sorts of famous connections in that Abbey (think Wallace was educated there), but one of the best cups of tea in the whole of Scotland.
Worth visiting Paisley for that place alone, we spent almost the whole day in there, in terms of historical value I'd put it on a par with Edinburghs' Saint Giles or Yorks' Minster - three of my favourite structures, had amazing days out at these places.
prisat
6 Sep 17#69
Just to confirm this - Yes this is a return journey ticket.
qbs
6 Sep 17#68
Well look on the bright side. Your geographical exclusion means you don't have to put up with the Spotty Nazi Party and sturgeon.
c_1st
6 Sep 17#67
Registered and next page shows ONLY for Scotland-based DEPARTURES.
Thanks anyway OP - a good find for those in Scotland (it's not lost on me that it makes a nice change for them to get offers not available to us living in England :^).
Cx
CelicaGT-Four
6 Sep 17#66
On the contrary, 'Subject to availability on selected scotrail routes' is not quite the same as 'only available for Scotrail routes, and only applicable to routes starting and finishing in Scotland, sorry about that England Wales', 'oh and actually, sorry Scotland, it's not available on lots of those Scotrail routes either....' which is the reality :astonished:
It wasn't clear to me, and I'm not particularly dim, nor was it clear to a few other people. I get your point though. I just wish I hadnt of wasted my time like several others have. Hot for the few that it worked for, cold from me. Free and useless, is still useless for me.
qbs
6 Sep 17#65
Sunset over Coatbridge or sunrise over paisley? Decisions, decisions.
coldo
6 Sep 17#64
I options from Glasgow where : Paisley or Coatbridge !! Lovely day trips .
qbs
6 Sep 17#63
"Ticket bookings are subject to availability on selected ScotRail routes (restrictions apply)." seems a pretty good clue.
prisat
6 Sep 17#62
Does one booking include - Both upward and onward journey ? (Return Ticket? ) ?
Sam_Crow
6 Sep 17#61
What's 2nd prize - £2bn worth?
PeterGammage
6 Sep 17#60
On the surface it's a good deal, however a lot of destinations are not available. From Glasgow I can only travel to Coatbridge or Paisley - not really a day trip I'd like to take. Edinburgh has a few more, but again not a great selection. Nothing from my local station so I'd have to drive to 20 mile (or pay for train ticket) get to starting station as I'm based in south Lanarkshire
Voted hot for the free deal, but cold for the selection of routes and destinations
missscotia
6 Sep 17#59
Great deal, heat added :sunglasses:
missscotia
6 Sep 17#58
Works fine for me.
CelicaGT-Four
6 Sep 17#57
Glasgow to mallaig would be spectacular, going via fort William. I'm not sure the fort William to mallaig will be on offer though, and it's fairly expensive. But reportedly one of the best train rides in the world....
asmcar
6 Sep 17#56
The mainline up to Inverness (From Glasgow or Edinburgh), Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh, Glasgow to Fort William / Mallaig or Glasgow to Oban. Not sure what the availability is like on those routes but they're all scenic! (Probably more but those are the routes I have experienced!
Pretty hard to go wrong if it's on the train lines through the highlands.
CelicaGT-Four
6 Sep 17#55
Because neither the email or the link from scitrail specified that it is only for travel within Scotland, where only 8% of the UK population reside. I wasted time and effort with their rubbish website, only to jump through all the hoops and find out that the terms of the offer basically make it next to useless for the 92% of the UK population not in Scotland. Since you asked dear. If it had of been clear that it's Scotland only, I'd have not voted. I think this is fair. But that's my opinion and I'm entitled to it.
prisat
6 Sep 17#54
Any suggested routes for travel by train and enjoy the Scotland Scenery ? Please list out few routes please. I dont think google can give personal inputs.
iloveacomputer
6 Sep 17#53
My husband booked the second set of tickets. We both received the Scotrail email at 10am and used it then, not from Hotukdeals.
The journey to Oban is over 3 hours and with a chronic illness I can’t travel there and back in one day and still feel well. So I will be buying a ticket home the following day. I’m sure many other people will do the same on long routes.
asmcar
6 Sep 17#52
I have every intention of using mine as a single - My station has around 3-4 trains a day, and I live 1.5 hours bus from that station (With around 4 buses I could take a day to the station) so can only feasibly make the 2 afternoon trains, making a return that day impossible unless I stayed on the same train and didn't get off at the destination station.
I was online from 9.45 - 10.15 and managed to get them - I hope you manage to get some (And use them as singles if you want!).
Faiza
6 Sep 17#51
Managed to get Glasgow to Inverness and Glasgow to Dumfries. Can i do a day trip on these routes?
scaryvonne
6 Sep 17#50
Thank you got 2 tickets booked
cakeh
6 Sep 17#49
Hot! Thank you so much for posting this! :heart_eyes: Website kept crashing and it took me about an hour to finally get the booking confirmed, but I managed to get a free day out booked in the end. Chuffed!
bleachershane
6 Sep 17#48
Shame I can't get Glasgow to Edinburgh, Glasgow to Oban nor Glasgow to Aberdeen... I think I'll leave the free tickets to someone else that wants the small selection of destinations available from Glasgow...
Don't worry, I voted hot, I just couldn't find any destinations I wanted to visit... Unless Stranraer is worth the trek...
Firemountain
6 Sep 17#47
Tried several routes and dates .. no tickets left for that date.. go back and try again...
Nice to see folk taking two that they " might just use as a single" (!)
Collierpaul
6 Sep 17#46
Fabulous. I was online at 1000 and the link went live minutes later. Booked my day out Aberdeen to Edinburgh in November. The ticket came through instantly by email!
iloveacomputer
6 Sep 17#45
Took me an hour to get two sets of tickets. Oban in September and Edinburgh in November. Will probably end up using as singles but still a very good offer.
admirable
6 Sep 17#44
Why vote cold? FREE train tickets and you're voting cold!
CelicaGT-Four
6 Sep 17#43
It was a little over ten years ago that I'm talking about though, not now.... I'm pretty sure I remember Scottish students studying in England didn't have to pay, and I seem to vaguely recall it was paid by their local authority. Agreed, its a crazy system. Some Englander took the whole thing to court while I was at uni :grin: Anyway, we digress.... I've had to vote cold on this deal. I'd have thought scotrail might have teamed up with the Scottish tourist board to widen the offer to those south of the border... actually encourage some English/Welsh visitors to spend money North of the border. Shame. I'd have been one of them. Also the sleeper train is rarely on offer either but arriving to a snowy morning in the Highlands is something magical :heart_eyes: alas far too expensive now!
localgeek
6 Sep 17#42
Just got a ticket, site is slow and often has errors but still worth trying
notavalidaddress
6 Sep 17#41
Was going to go to Aberdeen but unfortunately selecting Edinburgh doesn't yield the required dates which is a pity.
rr9054
6 Sep 17#17
Only travel from scotland??
CelicaGT-Four to rr9054
6 Sep 17#26
Confirmed. All origin stations are in Scotland. I feel a bit hard done to. :cry: A bit like the time I went to uni in Scotland and had to pay tuition fees but all my scottish pals didn't, yet we paid the same taxes (none lol) and if they studied in England theirs would have been free! I got lots of sympathy though. Not. Lol :grin:
edinburgher to CelicaGT-Four
6 Sep 17#40
Think you'll find that Scots at English Unis do have to pay fees, but EU students studying in Scotland get it free, English ones don't....ludicrous!!
stockdam
6 Sep 17#39
The probability of getting to the first page = 75% The probability of getting to the next page = 10% The probability of getting to the last page = 0.00001% The probability of getting anything = 0%
just select edinburgh or somewhere else depending on where you want to go. I wanted inverkeithing to aviemore but as i couldnt select inverkeithing i chose edinburgh and will just get on at inverkeithing.
The confirmation says valid any direction from any station inbetween the two you choose.
Cravenation
6 Sep 17#33
This is DDos-ing their site, great if it actually worked though.
hooray.henry
6 Sep 17#32
The websites service is up to the same rubbish standard as their manky trains I see. So expect delays and cancellations when using their site.....
cnblt
6 Sep 17#31
perfect :wink: :smile:
mambo1888
6 Sep 17#30
Great deal, got a couple of tickets from Edinburgh to Aviemore. It says "Your ticket voucher is valid in either direction between the two stations listed" So I guess you could stop at multiple locations throughout the day
Thanks Op
bulktrans
6 Sep 17#29
Got one set :-) the site is very slow so just be patient ..
rr9054
6 Sep 17#28
haha Yeh
keano666
6 Sep 17#27
Great for those who live in and want to travel around Scotland, for everyone else, not much point.
admirable
6 Sep 17#25
Result thanks :sunglasses:
blammo
6 Sep 17#24
Managed to get tickets to Edinburgh on a saturday. Better than nothing!
CelicaGT-Four
6 Sep 17#5
Note that it's off peak day returns. From the midlands that's not going to get me very far lol. Love Scotland though.
flexiblefish to CelicaGT-Four
6 Sep 17#7
Not quite correct. It's not day returns.
CelicaGT-Four to flexiblefish
6 Sep 17#11
The email that arrived in my inbox from scotrail this morning says different... As did the link contained therein kind sir :thumbsup:
It may be that how they calculated the £1million value but the promo picture of a tickey says "the £1 million off peak day return ticket giveaway" though... Maybe it's just a mock ticket.
julieallen to flexiblefish
6 Sep 17#15
To say thank you, Transport Scotland and ScotRail are giving away £1 million worth of FREE Off-Peak Day Return tickets on a huge range of routes to Scotland’s most magical destinations.
Mentos to CelicaGT-Four
6 Sep 17#23
Obviously wasn't going to be a peak ticket, as a million quid wouldn't buy one of those :grin:
asmcar
6 Sep 17#22
Got one so far, trying to get second one now. Planning to use both for one way Journeys rather than return but still a good deal!
Only seems to be valid for single journeys not trips requiring changes, so to get a ticket from Kyle of Lochalsh to Edinburgh i'm having to get two vouchers.
Edit: Got my second ticket too! Both journeys are on a Saturday in November, the cheapest advance tickets would set me back £10, on the day tickets would be a lot more so a good giveaway for me!
Kev`
6 Sep 17#21
Thanks OP, great deal - got 2 sets. :grin:
Gannet
6 Sep 17#20
Scorching
mrspydey
6 Sep 17#19
doesnt work
CelicaGT-Four
6 Sep 17#18
Scotrail link not working for me. Hotukdeals strikes again lol
bulktrans
6 Sep 17#16
Unable to see any free tickets .. does it become free at checkout .. :-( ?
bellachu
6 Sep 17#14
cannot select time
honeyblossom_01
6 Sep 17#12
Not many 'travelling from' destinations. Is that right?
twinkle to honeyblossom_01
6 Sep 17#13
I'm assuming only in Scotland for starters.
fatreg
6 Sep 17#10
Couldn't live any further from Scotland without getting my feet wet. It's some day trip!
blammo
6 Sep 17#9
Would be great if it worked. We live next to the west highland line so a free day-out to Oban would be great!
AzNDeals
6 Sep 17#6
Will I need to select specific dates? Or are they open-dated tickets?
flexiblefish to AzNDeals
6 Sep 17#8
Based on the recent ticket giveaways, you have to stipulate an outward date. But the odd thing is I still have one of those still registered on my smartcard, the only thing is I daren't risk testing if it's still works by getting on an Aberdeen to Edinburgh train without a valid ticket and being asked for £65.
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Opening post
We’re giving away £1 million worth of free off-peak tickets to some of Scotland’s top destinations.
It’s our way of saying thank you and your way of seeing a bit more of Scotland for free.
How to get your free ticket…
Claim your free tickets* from 10am on Wednesday 6 September 2017 at thankyou.scotrail.co.uk/
Free tickets are available on selected routes for travel between 18 September and 30 November.
Make sure you get in quick as once they’re gone, they’re gone.
*Maximum two tickets per person – subject to availability. Terms and conditions apply.
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Latest comments (98)
This is an endless loop.
You could have stuck to your word at midnight.
Goodnight.
To vote cold just because the deal is not available in your size, flavour colour, available from your nearest airport or train station is going against the spirit of the site.
Scotrail
Yes I suggest I don't answer your opening question or we will indeed go round again.
We shall have to agree to disagree. Adieu.
As for your Virgin request, that is as ludicrous as your entire argument so far. I can book a ticket on the Virgin site to go to Penzance, but they don't go there.
The promotion is perfectly clear, but you're not happy as you can't have a free ride from England too.
So you, "wasted time and effort with their rubbish website, only to jump through all the hoops", when you could have checked the FAQs or terms and conditions first.
Yes we do edit posts, but constantly doing it means I have to read all your posts twice.
I just don't see the point in wowling about a deal when you've simply not read the terms.
I would think you are in the minority of people who did read t&C's first, therefore it was a lot of collected wasted time from the majority.
That's the point.
Equally yes some of us lesser mortals edit posts. Again, sorry your highness.
All promotions have terms and conditions, so it makes sense to check what you're heading into.
It's called common sense, but it's actually not!
FAQ: its not discussed. T&C's : buried half way down.
So no buddy, not obvious, not clear.
I have booked through scotrail and travelled 'in Scotland' but boarded in England before. The Caledonian sleeper. Google scotrail Caledonian sleeper, it takes you to scotrail website where you can book, through scotrail, the service which is (now) operated by serco.
Book sleeper through scotrail here...
Your original point was that it should be obvious it excludes England because it's 'scotrail'. My counterpoint is that it was not obvious to me, or seemingly to others.
Thank you for the bed time reading and banter though.
Now show me where on Virgin Trains' site it says that non virgins are excluded and I'll admit defeat. :heart_eyes:
Caledonian Sleeper site
And to answer your question of why I would expect to be able to get a scotrail deal that I can hop on at my local english station... Well because I've done precisely that before... The scotrail Caledonian sleeper. Boarded in England and that had significant 'travel in Scotland'. Happy? Anyway,I'm done.
Transpennine express (Which also runs upto Scotland) are also a FirstGroup company.
You'd think it would be fair if they allowed TransPennine Tickets to Scotland to be free also.
Considering the OP clearly states it's for travel in Scotland, operated by Scotrail, why would i expect to hop on a train at my local English station.
I took advantage of the deal and I live a long way from Scotland, so anybody else could too.
See Julieallens post at 10.07... 'off peak Day return'. Everyone else is saying off peak day return.
Scottish sun 'day return'
And...
Anyway that's quite enough from me on this thread... I'm always going to bite if someone says that something I just said is categorically not correct, when it actually is correct though, or has a little prod about a perfectly justified cold vote. Don't poke the bear kids :blush:
Much appreciated for the free day out.
As for folks complaining that it's travel in Scotland only. I thought the company name might have given that away!
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All sorts of famous connections in that Abbey (think Wallace was educated there), but one of the best cups of tea in the whole of Scotland.
Worth visiting Paisley for that place alone, we spent almost the whole day in there, in terms of historical value I'd put it on a par with Edinburghs' Saint Giles or Yorks' Minster - three of my favourite structures, had amazing days out at these places.
Thanks anyway OP - a good find for those in Scotland (it's not lost on me that it makes a nice change for them to get offers not available to us living in England :^).
Cx
It wasn't clear to me, and I'm not particularly dim, nor was it clear to a few other people.
I get your point though. I just wish I hadnt of wasted my time like several others have. Hot for the few that it worked for, cold from me. Free and useless, is still useless for me.
Voted hot for the free deal, but cold for the selection of routes and destinations
Pretty hard to go wrong if it's on the train lines through the highlands.
I wasted time and effort with their rubbish website, only to jump through all the hoops and find out that the terms of the offer basically make it next to useless for the 92% of the UK population not in Scotland.
Since you asked dear.
If it had of been clear that it's Scotland only, I'd have not voted. I think this is fair. But that's my opinion and I'm entitled to it.
The journey to Oban is over 3 hours and with a chronic illness I can’t travel there and back in one day and still feel well. So I will be buying a ticket home the following day. I’m sure many other people will do the same on long routes.
I was online from 9.45 - 10.15 and managed to get them - I hope you manage to get some (And use them as singles if you want!).
Don't worry, I voted hot, I just couldn't find any destinations I wanted to visit... Unless Stranraer is worth the trek...
Nice to see folk taking two that they " might just use as a single" (!)
Anyway, we digress.... I've had to vote cold on this deal. I'd have thought scotrail might have teamed up with the Scottish tourist board to widen the offer to those south of the border... actually encourage some English/Welsh visitors to spend money North of the border. Shame. I'd have been one of them. Also the sleeper train is rarely on offer either but arriving to a snowy morning in the Highlands is something magical :heart_eyes: alas far too expensive now!
A bit like the time I went to uni in Scotland and had to pay tuition fees but all my scottish pals didn't, yet we paid the same taxes (none lol) and if they studied in England theirs would have been free! I got lots of sympathy though. Not. Lol :grin:
The probability of getting to the next page = 10%
The probability of getting to the last page = 0.00001%
The probability of getting anything = 0%
Well done Scotrail for the worst website ever
The confirmation says valid any direction from any station inbetween the two you choose.
Thanks Op
It may be that how they calculated the £1million value but the promo picture of a tickey says "the £1 million off peak day return ticket giveaway" though... Maybe it's just a mock ticket.
Only seems to be valid for single journeys not trips requiring changes, so to get a ticket from Kyle of Lochalsh to Edinburgh i'm having to get two vouchers.
Edit: Got my second ticket too! Both journeys are on a Saturday in November, the cheapest advance tickets would set me back £10, on the day tickets would be a lot more so a good giveaway for me!