KARFA

To paddington crossrail is £12.80 and HEX is £16.50, so I wouldn’t quite say there is a massive difference tbh. But yes if you are heading further east than paddington crossrail is certainly a very convenient choice.

flight125

The best resource for checking most fares is brfares.com - it pulls the data from the GB rail ticketing system and is used by railway staff (like myself) all the time.

For Advance (quota/bucket controlled) fares, it'll show every bucket that they have - even if it's not sold. You may also see some promotional ticket types for future/past use, but you shouldn't read much into these as the retailer can also just use a discount code with a bog-standard ticket to facilitate a special offer.

Anyway, to be utterly pedantic: the absolute cheapest way to travel on HEx is for free with a HEx or GWR staff travel pass. Some directly employed Heathrow Airport Ltd. and airline staff (certainly BA), as well as most other GB rail staff, get 75% off the flexible fares (Anytime, Off Peak, etc.) but not Advance rates.

Similarly, with the Liz Line you can travel free with a Freedom Pass. No airport discount, but mainline rail staff will get 75% off as with HEx.

Not sure what other airlines or airport businesses get HEx discount anymore?

AAL1

Could I message you and pick your brain about some routing? The last day of the trip I'm staying in Padington, but I'm looking for the quickest way to get to Chelsea when I arrive.

stifle

sure, or open a post in the UK/Ireland forum, whatever you prefer

AAL1

I'll do that. Thanks for your suggestions!

LondonAussie

I received an Amex Offer for 10% off "Heathrow Express Train: London to Heathrow Terminals" which suggests the cashback is only valid on a one-way ticket in the Paddington to Heathrow direction. I read the T&C's (yes actually) which doesn't mention anything specific except it's only for tickets booked through the website or app (which would seem to exclude contactless fare payments). I wonder if buying a return would invalidate the offer...

im.daniel

JFK19 still working as of today. Thanks!

DTS

Just used JFK19. Thank you flyertalk.

Frequentflyer99

I think they may have cut the amount of the JFK19 discount. At the moment MCARD12 seems to be giving a tiny bit more off.

IJN Harekaze

I just tried adding a code and neither JFK19 or MCARD12 worked for me

KARFA

JFK19 used to take the £25 fare down to £16.50.

trying it this morning it only seems to give a £2.50 reduction now.

EDIT: just to add MCARD12 gives a reduction of £3

Frequentflyer99

Are you trying on the website? I don't think they work in the app.

KARFA

JFK19 did and still does work on the app, albeit only giving the smaller reduction now.

Frequentflyer99

Yes, MCARD12 is now better. 10-12% Topcashback has also gone.

LondonAussie

JFK19 was previously a 33% reduction, and also allowed an £18 HEX+Zone2 ticket from LHR (which I often bought a few minutes before the train departed and collected from a vending machine).

If that's no longer available, it'll be the Elizabeth Line from now on for me.