Martin Lewis's urgent £25m warning to millions as compensation deadline in hours
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You only have until Friday to stake your claim for compensation with a company that has settled out of court in an alleged overpayment case - you don’t even need evidence for the smallest payout. Money expert Martin Lewis has issued an urgent alert for the public to check if they can claim cash back from a company which has allocated £25million in compensation for alleged, historic overcharging. He issued his warning at the start of the week but time is now running out with the deadline fast approaching.
It relates to travel with South West Trains over a period of almost two years, so millions could be eligible for some cash. On Monday Martin posted on X, formerly Twitter, urging people to check if they made journeys with the company from 2015. He wrote: "URGENT: Did you travel with South West Trains 2015 to 2017? Quickly check if you're due an easy £30+. It's paying up to £25m in compensation for alleged historic overcharging, but you've only got till 11.59pm on Friday to do it...".
The financial guru provided a link to an article on his moneysavingexpert website which explains exactly who can claim and what the payouts are likely to be, with or without evidence. It states that if you took a South West train out of London between 1 October 2015 and 20 August 2017, and held a Transport for London (TfL) Travelcard, you could have been overcharged and can claim compensation.
The company ran services to and from London Waterloo station covering destinations in south west England such as Basingstoke, Bournemouth, Bristol Temple Meads, Exeter St. Davids, Guildford, Portsmouth, Reading, Salisbury, Southampton Central, Weymouth and Woking. The case against South West Trains involves ‘boundary fares’ for those with a TfL Travelcard.
