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  National Express £5 or less one-way tickets

  One million cheap fares for travel up to 20 Apr. £1 booking fee

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  National Express is offering one million single coach fares for £5 or less via this National Express* link, for travel until Fri 20 Apr.

  The cheap fares (plus £1 booking fee per transaction) are randomly spread on hundreds of its routes including singles from Birmingham to London for £1.50, Manchester to Sheffield for £2.90, and Cardiff to London for £5 – see 'More info' for a list of popular routes and cheap tickets available.

  How do I find the cheap fares?

  The cheap fares are randomly spread throughout the booking period, so it could be pot luck finding the cheapest fares on a specific coach on a specific date – you'll have more chance the more flexible you are. After you've selected your journey and dates, you'll be able to see the cheapest tickets available (see image).

  Popular times are expected to go quickly, and there's limited availability during peak times, half-term and Easter holidays.

  The tickets are 'restricted' fares, which aren't amendable and are non-refundable.

  There's a £1 booking fee per transaction and you can print your tickets at home for free, otherwise you'll pay an extra £2.50 to have your tickets posted to you or £1 to have them sent to your mobile phone.

  Will these fares always be cheapest?

  Most of the time, these cheap 'restricted' fares should be cheaper than a 'standard' or 'flexible' fare, but if you have a National Express Coachcard (this works similar to a railcard and gets a third off standard fares), then sometimes it may be cheaper to buy a standard fare ticket with a Coachcard if the restricted fare is less than 33% cheaper than the standard fare.

  • More info

    Route and fare examples

    National Express says hundreds of its journeys are included. Below are 40 popular routes and the cheapest fare available as of Tue 9 Jan:

    Departure location	Arrival location	Cheap fare	Number of tickets available
    Bath	London	£5	14,800
    Birmingham	London	£1.50	8,000
    Birmingham	Leeds	£3	2,700
    Birmingham	Manchester	£4	2,600
    Bournemouth	London	£5	3,200
    Brighton	London	£5	2,700
    Bristol	London	£5	10,900
    Bristol	Exeter	£4.80	1,100
    Bristol	Birmingham	£4.60	1,000
    Cambridge	London	£3	1,700
    Cardiff	London	£5	12,300
    Coventry	London	£1.40	1,100
    Exeter	London	£5	1,500
    Exeter	Bristol	£4.40	1,000
    Leeds	Liverpool	£5	6,800
    Leeds	London	£2.90	4,600
    Leeds	Nottingham	£4.60	2,400
    Leeds	Leicester	£5	2,400
    Leeds	Birmingham	£3	2,300
    Leicester	London	£5	4,700
    Leicester	Leeds	£5	1,900
    Liverpool	Leeds	£5	8,000
    Liverpool	London	£5	3,500
    London	Southampton	£5	26,700
    London	Bath	£5	15,700
    London	Cardiff	£5	11,900
    London	Birmingham	£1.50	8,900
    London	Brighton	£5	2,200
    London	Canterbury	£5	1,700
    London	Cheltenham	£4	1,100
    Manchester	Birmingham	£4	2,700
    Manchester	Sheffield	£2.90	2,000
    Manchester	London	£3.30	1,900
    Norwich	London	£5	3,100
    Nottingham	London	£3	2,700
    Nottingham	Leeds	£4.60	2,500
    Plymouth	London	£5	1,200
    Sheffield	London	£5	3,700
    Sheffield	Manchester	£2.90	2,500
    Southampton	London	£5	1,300

    
    London coaches depart from and arrive at Victoria Coach Station.

    This offer can't be used with any other discount, promotion or Coachcard. Restricted tickets are non-refundable and can only be booked online.

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  National Express 40% off code for £2

  Via Groupon. Travel Jan-Mar on most UK routes

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  If you're looking to travel by coach in the new year, you can buy a code for £2 from Groupon* that gets 40% off most UK routes with National Express*. If your journey is going to cost more than £5 (before any discount and before the £1 booking fee), using the code could save you money – unless you can find a 'funfare' for cheaper (see 'how to book' below).

  You can use the discount on standard fares (single or return, not 'funfares') for travel until Fri 31 Mar, excluding Fri 10 Feb to Mon 20 Feb (half-term holiday). It's valid on all seats on all UK journeys except airport routes, festival and events packages, those operated by third parties and Eurolines.

  You'll need to book at least three days before travel and before Tue 28 Feb, or sooner if all codes are snapped up. As of Tue 3 Jan, there were 37,000 codes left.

  How do I book it?

  • Check the cost of a standard ticket on National Express, then see if an online advance ‘funfare’ is available as this starts from £5 and could be better for you (once you've selected your coach you'll see which type of fares are available). Also check the price on Megabus*.
  • If the standard National Express fare is cheapest and £5+, go to Groupon and pay £2 for your code and PIN.
  • Then book through this National Express* link and enter your code and PIN. Booking fee’s £1 after discount and you'll need to print your tickets.
  • Coach tickets are non-refundable, but if you can't find a journey you want after you've bought a code, you can get a £2 refund through Groupon within 14 days.

  Each Groupon code is for one person and you can get a maximum of four codes per transaction.

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