Get a free £5 to spend with LNER trains when you join ‘LNER Perks’

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• TimM says:

  1 Jun1 June 05:05

  I, along, I am sure, with regular contributor here, ‘Save East Coast Rewards’, lament the loss of the original scheme. Once I achieved status, I was sent a voucher for two first class tickets anywhere to anywhere on the East Coast Mainline once a year. Those days are sadly gone. Perks are a piffle in comparison.

  • Rich says:

    1 Jun1 June 18:43

    It was an absurdly-good offer. Disappointed it’s gone, but hardly surprised.

• Ian says:

  1 Jun1 June 08:21

  Live in the wrong part of the UK for this.

  Was hoping GWR would have their own scheme as they also dropped from Nectar – but sadly no.

  • Rhys says:

    1 Jun1 June 08:58

    You can book national trains via any of the franchises. I use LNER despite not taking LNER trains very often.

    • RussellH says:

      1 Jun1 June 14:01

      In my experience, you do not get LNER Perks on GWR or Chiltern tickets.
      You do, at some indeterminate stage, get the Amex rebate.

      • Ryan says:

        1 Jun1 June 23:48

        Correct. LNER rewards are only applied to LNER services booked via the app. Rhys is correct in that you can book any ticket on any TOC, but you will not receive any credits for non LNER services.

• Alex H says:

  1 Jun1 June 08:24

  I recently had a LNER Nectar Connect offer giving 10 Nectar points per £1 which stacked with 10% off Amex offer too. For some reason I couldn’t get the LNER website to show GroupSave tickets on other operators though..

• JG says:

  1 Jun1 June 08:37

  Be interesting to see how the Head of Loyalty at Great British Railways shakes up this area. Though unlikely to introduce an East Coast Rewards type of scheme – it would be nice!

  • RussellH says:

    1 Jun1 June 14:04

    Does “Great British Railways” have a Head of Loyalty?

• Alan says:

  1 Jun1 June 09:28

  Damn, didn’t realise you could get credit for LNER tickets bought elsewhere – there’s a 7 day cut off though that is probably worth highlighting…

  • WaynedP says:

    1 Jun1 June 18:51

    But if you choose a future starting date within that 7 day window, it opens up season tickets for purchase up to 12 months !

• John says:

  1 Jun1 June 11:20

  Amex says the offer works “in store”. Well I tried it at a ticket office run by LNER and didn’t get the credit

  • Nick says:

    1 Jun1 June 11:58

    My Amex offer says very clearly ‘online only’.

  • Andrew says:

    1 Jun1 June 14:13

    Checked mine, definitely “Online & Instore”.

    What was the statement narrative? Did you still get your Nectar Connect Points?

  • ADS says:

    1 Jun1 June 23:04

    I’m still waiting for Amex credit from an “in store” transaction a couple of months ago.

    But the offer terms state: “A statement credit should appear on your Card Account statement within five days from the date you made an eligible transaction but may take up to 90 days from the Offer End Date”

    Offer end date is 13th July – ffs

• Ryan says:

  1 Jun1 June 14:03

  Opportunity cost of building towards the sign up? If you could get the bonus anyway then that’s a huge cash saving miss

• JohnTh says:

  2 Jun2 June 07:35

  Don’t forget Seatfrog to bid for first class on LNER (and West coast too I think). Just come back from Leeds – paid £25 for 2 adv Std single with Senior Railcards. Won bid at £14 each for upgrade and got a nice (small) hot lunch with wine, snacks and hot drinks. Unfortunately an hour’s delay (trespassers) but as a result full refund of LNER fare plus also Seatfrog upgrade and a comfortable seat while waiting.

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