Couple save hundreds by flying to Spain - rather than take train from Cornwall to Crewe
Couple save hundreds by flying to Spain - rather than take train from Cornwall to Crewe
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A couple say they saved hundreds of pounds by flying thousands of miles to Spain - rather than take a train to get from Cornwall to Crewe. Dan and Kristina Coulson had to travel to Cheshire in order to get a new car after Kristina's was written off - but a look at the train prices from Cornwall to Crewe showed they faced paying anywhere from £89 to £200 each.
Speaking to Sky's Sarah-Jane Mee on The UK Tonight, Ms Coulson said they opted for a flight from Newquay to Malaga, then back to Manchester International Airport. She said the first leg cost £19 per ticket, and the second was "£36 I believe" - cheaper by £34 if they had got the cheapest possible train tickets, and a saving of £290 if they had got the most expensive.
Fares on Great Western Railway - the main train line operator in Cornwall - are on average 2.2% higher than those in the rest of the EU. Follow our channel and never miss an update. "It wasn't easy [to find the flights], but it's all thanks to a group I'm in on Facebook - the Extreme Day Trips - so using their expertise, it made it possible," Kristina told Sky News.
"Either way, whether we'd have got there by plane or whichever, we'd have needed a night up there for the garage to be open up there. So we decided to make the most of eight hours in Spain instead.". Read more:Man jailed after his XL bully killed neighbourHuman case of bird flu found in UK.
