Some of them are a pain though! Monzo refused to accept it each time I've tried, but Natwest has always been solid.
TIL that it's "Bob Marley and The Wailers" and not "Bob Marley and The Whalers" totally makes more sense.
The last person from the Salem whitch trials wasn't officially pardoned until May 2022, 329 years after her wrongful conviction in 1693.
Two things recently: - Russia and Japan are still technically at war, since they never shook hands after WWII. - Fiddy actually has a "bottle full of bub", not a "bottle full of Bud", which I suppose fits his bling lifestyle more than a crappy American knock-off beer. It would however be funny if he had the Benz rollin' on limited edition test pressings instead of twenty inch rims.
I remember when they were a thing back in the day, i never really thought about it until a looked at a round wifi charger today and thought Aaah!
This seems a long time, but then sometimes it feels like we only just turned into the 21st Century and then I have to remind myself that was 26 years ago. It was also nearly seven bl00dy years ago we were starting to shelter indoors. Seven!
TLDR; Trainline is a ripoff and basically now a scam site. Little while ago got done by one of those rewardsnow discount scams because after buying a ticket on the Trainline app, it offered 10% off a purchase at a site I'd been looking at, clicked the link bought the thing, THEN get the "you've been stung for £12.99 a month" message. Great. Luckily I knew what it was and called the bank to cancel the card, they'd already declined that payment thankfully. Anyhoo, I was booking a return to Leeds today in late August for a test match. £120ish cheapest on only a couple of trains, seemed pretty high for that far in advance with both periods I wanted to travel being off peak. They offered a discount if I bought a couples Railcard for £35 to knock the price down to a total just under the normal price, saw it when we had to get the tickets to Devon but was in a rush then and couldn't be arsed, but if we were gonna make a thing of it might be worth it. So I start filling out the forms, they want passport photos which is a ball ache, and as I'm running through the application something catches my eye. The discount is only valid when we're both traveling together, and if we're not, I am liable to purchase another full price ticket The website knew I only wanted 1 ticket, and if I'd gone through with the whole thing would likely have been stung for another fare. Let's see if I can get it cheaper elsewhere. First website I try, £50. it's one of those split ticket jobs and has to be those specific times and I've got to get off a train at derby and wait for the next one, no thanks. Wanted a bit of flexibility for the Sunday return in case of severe hangover, try another site, £59 for split, but flip a switch on the site to anytime off-peak return, £89. Ok, £89 still better than £120ish. Try adding seat reservations but it says it can't guarantee it F this, national rail, select train, takes me to cross country site, book tickets, with reservations, still £89. £89 seems awfully familiar though go back to Trainline, yup, they were jacking up the standard off peak fair by a few pence under £35 to sell me something I didn't need, while still then being able to say they "technically discounted" the ticket. Absolute cockwombles.
That does sound a total pain and a scam, but I got my network railcard (me only) when booking a train and have used it a few times since, so maybe worth doing if you're going to use the train a lot? Or get the railcard at your station? I know in my app it holds my railcard on there and books all subsequent tickets using it, whether that's worth anything in terms of less hassle to you is another question. Summary I guess, is if you're going to use the train a lot anyway, maybe it's only the first purchase that looks the scam?
