{"id":25305,"date":"2016-09-07T13:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T06:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/national-express-free-journeys-offer-has-driven-me-to-distraction\/"},"modified":"2016-09-07T13:09:18","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T06:09:18","slug":"national-express-free-journeys-offer-has-driven-me-to-distraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/national-express-free-journeys-offer-has-driven-me-to-distraction\/","title":{"rendered":"National Express free journeys offer has driven me to distraction"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI have made many attempts to claim the free trips but, except for one booked for me by its staff, have failed every timeI travel once a week between Bristol and London for work. I\u2019ve been doing this for more than three years and, because of its much lower prices than Great Western\u2019s train service, use National Express coaches every week. I was delighted when, early in 2015, National Express began advertising a deal whereby on certain routes, including Bristol-London, customers would get a free journey for every 10 booked. However, my experience after numerous attempts to book these free journeys \u2013 delivered in the form of a promotional code by email \u2013 has been utter failure.When I enter the code, an error message comes up. I have been in touch with National Express by both phone and email. On one occasion staff booked the free trip for me, but on other occasions I\u2019ve had no help whatsoever. The system clearly doesn\u2019t work and, despite my contact with the company, I have seen no indication of any attempt to resolve it. My last phone conversation met with a promise that it would get back to me. It didn\u2019t. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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