help please for what may appear to be false advertising...

Looking to book a ticket from Heuston to Cork and they are supposedly doing one way promos for 10euro....

However going through the whole booking process there's no option of buying a ticket at that price and instead am greeted with only other normal, fares.

What way does this web offer work? Do they just honor the fact you bought it online when you get there and charge you 10?

MrStuffins

Try ringing the helpline at Ryanair, they always have their prices as advertised so i reckon they could help you!

I hope you get hit by an airplane tomorrow.

The Express

I hope you get hit by a train tomorrow

If I do I will be thinking of you.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

It says "selected trains only". I just ran a search for ticket prices tomorrow, and it tells me that the trains at 11am and 2pm are the only ones departing at 10€. Everything else is either 20€ or 36€.

ArmaniJeanss

Jay D wrote: »

Looking to book a ticket from Heuston to Cork and they are supposedly doing one way promos for 10euro....

However going through the whole booking process there's no option of buying a ticket at that price and instead am greeted with only other normal, fares.

What way does this web offer work? Do they just honor the fact you bought it online when you get there and charge you 10?

No, you have to find a train with this fare still available.
For example the 12th January, 11am train Dub to Cork is available for €10.

What you will probably find is that there will be fewer, if any such fares a) at weekends b) at peak times c) during the holidays etc.

So no, not false advertising as such.
HTH.

MrStuffins

Jay D wrote: »

I hope you get hit by an airplane tomorrow.

I only fly my Hot-Air Balloon on Tuesdays and Thursdays, that shut YOU up!

Cupcake_Crisis

Only certain trains have the €10 fare. You have to find that train in the timetable then select that train during your bookong process. It comes up as €10 then. Its all very easy really..........i book them for belfast all the time

PCPhoto

Jay D wrote: »

If I do I will be thinking of you The Express.

fyp

Keano

Always read the small print

Warfi

Keano A Legend wrote: »

Always read the small print

What?

AnonoBoy

Yeah it's selected trains only. Only a good offer if you're very flexible about when you travel. Wouldn't surprise me to see the available trains for this fare disappear completely over the next week as the demand for seats rises.

funk-you

Warfi wrote: »

What?

He said:

Keano A Legend wrote: »

Always read the small print

-Funk

yerayeah

Got the half 8 train last night for a tenner... And I doubt it's false advertising because they probably advertise it as being selected trains only.

Jammyc

The Express wrote: »

I hope you get hit by an express train tomorrow

CrazyRabbit

About a year ago I looked into the laws regarding false advertisement.

My mother had ordered a 17 inch monitor from Dell online, but got a 15 inch monitor instead. Dell decided to measure the diagonal width of the entire monitor and not just the diagonal viewable area (so the border area around the screen was included in their measurements)

After a lot of investigation, and complaints I found that Irish law regarding advertising only applies to printed advertisements. Online adverts are not yet covered.

Dell, and many other companies regularly advertise 'special offers' on their products but don't always deliver what you expected. Always read the small print, and get a written product description from the company before making any expensive purchases.

gaz wac

Save your cash....Cork sucks !!

TouchingVirus

You should get on to Joe Duffy!

Run_to_da_hills

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

No, you have to find a train with this fare still available.

That fare only applies to goods trains.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

funk-you wrote: »

He said:



-Funk

Why o why do you insist on signing every comment you make? It's obvious who is making the comment... really.

RobbieTheRobber

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

It says "selected trains only". I just ran a search for ticket prices tomorrow, and it tells me that the trains at 11am and 2pm are the only ones departing at 10€. Everything else is either 20€ or 36€.

ArmaniJeanss wrote: »

No, you have to find a train with this fare still available.
For example the 12th January, 11am train Dub to Cork is available for €10.

What you will probably find is that there will be fewer, if any such fares a) at weekends b) at peak times c) during the holidays etc.

So no, not false advertising as such.
HTH.

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

Only certain trains have the €10 fare. You have to find that train in the timetable then select that train during your bookong process. It comes up as €10 then. Its all very easy really..........i book them for belfast all the time

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Yeah it's selected trains only. Only a good offer if you're very flexible about when you travel. Wouldn't surprise me to see the available trains for this fare disappear completely over the next week as the demand for seats rises.

yerayeah wrote: »

Got the half 8 train last night for a tenner... And I doubt it's false advertising because they probably advertise it as being selected trains only.

Just in case you missed that OP its only on selected trains!

Capt'n Midnight

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

About a year ago I looked into the laws regarding false advertisement.

My mother had ordered a 17 inch monitor from Dell online, but got a 15 inch monitor instead. Dell decided to measure the diagonal width of the entire monitor and not just the diagonal viewable area (so the border area around the screen was included in their measurements)

I'd be fairly sure it said 15.1" viewable area somewhere in the ad

But having said that stating the external measurements of the TUBE has been industry standard practice for TV's and CRT's since day 1.

2.5" , 3.5" disks and 19 inch racks - guess what ???

funk-you

Talia Screeching Memorandum wrote: »

Why o why do you insist on signing every comment you make? It's obvious who is making the comment... really.

If something that small upsets you, I think you might need to get a hobby.

-Funk

Joey the lips

Jay D wrote: »

I hope you get hit by an airplane tomorrow.

rofl....

Jammyc

Joey the lips wrote: »

rofl....copter

:cool:

CrazyRabbit

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

I'd be fairly sure it said 15.1" viewable area somewhere in the ad

First thing I checked....

They were just playing off people's ignorance of how to measure the screen size. Many people don't even know what 15 or 17 inches is.

the whole year inn

was on there yesterday for a train from castlebar to dublin for a 10er found one at 7.15 i think ,checked it again today and its 25 euro.what ups with that.me wants cheap travel!

Keano

Talia Screeching Memorandum wrote: »

Why o why do you insist on signing every comment you make? It's obvious who is making the comment... really.

Well if it annoys you why not put your money where your words are? Challenge a boardsie and all that??

Victor

This is the old list, before the new timetable was introduced. Its a hint, but not guaranteed: http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=402 A station specific list is available here: http://www.irishrail.ie/your_ticket/fares_enquiries.asp

gob_smacked wrote: »

was on there yesterday for a train from castlebar to dublin for a 10er found one at 7.15 i think ,checked it again today and its 25 euro.what ups with that.me wants cheap travel!

For a given time, not every day of the week has the special fares. The (theoretical) list of trains with low fares is also something that is evolving.

The advice I have is "We no longer publish a list of [cheap] trains as it keeps changing. The € [symbol] by the service is the easiest way." - see image.