[OT] Cheap UK rail tickets - a myth?

[bert]

In message , News writes

Have you tried the train operators sites rather than national rail?

[Roland Perry]

In message , at 13:33:21 on Thu, 4 Sep

2014, bert remarked:

Won't necessarily help, because the National Rail site has the same pricing, and sends you off to one of the train companies to buy the tickets.

But some of the train companies (especially if you choose the one whose trains you'll mainly be using) may have a slight discount or their own "cheapest fare finder" to take the grunt work out of it if you are very flexible about when you travel [but that's only for fixed-train tickets which I think the OP was leaning away from].

[F]

Looks as though my split ticketing suggestion isn't going to provide a saving, so have you checked out buying singles? Counter-intuitive, but it sometimes works.