RAIL TRAVELLERS SAVED AVERAGE OF 58% ON FARES BOOKED WITH TICKETCLEVER IN FIRST WEEK

London, UK, 14th February 2017.  ticketclever.com, the new rail travel booking site that launched on 31 January, has already saved its customers an average of 58%* in its first week of operation. 

Today's announcement from ticketclever reveals that by cutting through the complexity of rail fares using its technology, the public can find cheaper prices available now for journeys across the country. Savings can be also be made at the last minute by using a smartphone at the train station. The Rail Delivery Group announced plans to simplify rail fares with a trial beginning in May to simplify the buying process on three rail lines.

“It's amazing that in the first week our customers have saved an average of 58% on their journeys. By launching  ticketclever.com  we  intended to make rail travel cheaper for customers, particularly when they use their mobile at the station to search and purchase, and these figures prove that is exactly what we have achieved.” said Jeremy Acklam, CEO, ticketclever.

More about ticketclever

ticketclever's smart technology uniquely calculates hundreds of millions of different fare combinations and identifies where the biggest savings can be made. It presents options for each journey so customers can see where a saving can be made whether travelling later, earlier or on a slightly different route.  If a customer's journey spans peak and off-peak times, ticketclever will automatically work out if multiple tickets would be cheaper and offer that option.

For those who can plan ahead ticketclever also sells discounted Advance Purchase fares.  Where possible the site offers multi-ticket deals at a lower cost than-on-the-day fares, when Advance Purchase fares are sold-out or unavailable. ticketclever is an independent train booking site and doesn't charge any booking or payment card fees. 

Key features

• Finds savings of up to 60 per cent for day of travel or when Advance fares are unavailable or sold out
• No booking or payment card fees or commission on savings made
• More cheap fares than any other rail booking website
• Created by a privately funded UK startup
• ticketclever.com is accredited by National Rail to sell tickets on behalf of the UK Train Operators

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*The ticketclever.com 58% average savings is based on Advance Fares when compared to Standard on the day walk-up fares and ticketclever deal savings when compared to cheapest comparable flexible fare. Advance fares and ticketclever deals are not available on every route. Excludes promotional fares. Average taken across Journeys made 31st Jan to 7th Feb 2017. 

About ticketclever

ticketclever is an independent third party rail ticket retailer which uses a clever new algorithm that searches hundreds of millions of ticket combinations to offer more cheap train fares than other sites. ticketclever was devised by a team of Oxford-based mathematicians and computer scientists to crack the complexity of rail ticketing. 

Website: ticketclever.com

Twitter: @ticketclever

Facebook: Facebook.com/ticketclever