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Written by Ben Nuttall on 2024-11-08 at 12:20

Wow. Thetrainline now opens your search in a new tab and then loads booking.com in the original tab. What a dark pattern!

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Written by Andrew on 2024-11-08 at 12:24

@bennuttall do they.... do they think i'm going to book a holiday just because there's a browser tab open?

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Written by Derick Rethans on 2024-11-08 at 12:43

@bennuttall I don't understand why people use "Thetrainline" at all. You can get tickets for any route, at any operator. And the times are best found at https://traintimes.org.uk/

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Written by Ben Nuttall on 2024-11-08 at 12:58

@derickr The journey I'm looking at now is £8.40 direct from northern, and £5.90 from thetrainline 🤷‍♂️

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Written by Derick Rethans on 2024-11-08 at 13:01

@bennuttall There is no reason why they are offering cheaper tickets. They must be available from another vendor too. (Unless they're burning investor money, I suppose)

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Written by Ben Nuttall on 2024-11-08 at 13:06

@derickr Oddly it's £5.90 (no fee) in the app and £5 + £0.59 fee on the web. No idea what's going on.

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Written by Ben Nuttall on 2024-11-08 at 13:14

@derickr Ok so northern was only offering two singles not a return, which is why it cost more. There seems to be no return ticket available, unless you use their "advanced search", which is a different coloured skin of ... thetrainline.

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Written by Mark Kirschstein on 2024-11-08 at 13:31

@derickr @bennuttall I search for "train timetables" on ecosia, click the sponsored link from the train line, find the times I'm after, and gleefully close the browser.

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