National Express - October Newsletter

Written by DragosB on October 9, 2014. Posted in Awin, General Promotions, Network, Offers/Promotions, Promotion, Promotion Type, Regions, Sector, Travel, UK

Dear Affiliates,

Please find below the latest offers and service updates from National Express this October.

1000s of fares from £5

We're committed to always finding you the lowest fares possible to where you want to go. We've decided to make this as simple and easy as possible with our Low Fare Finder, which displays all of our FunFare tickets - our lowest fares are only available online.

FunFare tickets are available to book in advance to hundreds of towns, cities and airports across the UK. We also offer great-value coach travel to Europe with our sister company Eurolines.

These bargain fares are limited online exclusives, so if you see a fare you like the look of, then book it straight away because once they're gone, they're gone.

Hurry – when they’re gone, they’re gone.

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Please be aware that you may also drive traffic via this landing page which may well help to improve your convesions:

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One day Adventures

Explore England’s best day trips this autumn with our One Day Adventures. Choose from culture vulture trips, family fun or city trips and find dozens of ideas for brilliants days out.

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Europe for Less

City breaks continue to be an affordable treat with National Express. Treat yourself to a city break that won’t break the bank with one-way fares starting from as little as £19 to Paris or £18 to Amsterdam and Brussels. With great value fares, comfortable coaches, two medium suitcases free luggage and free Wi-Fi on selected services, all that’s left for you to do is sit back and relax. Start planning your trip today!

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Paris:

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Coaches to Paris for just £19 one-way. More details below:

-Subject to availability
- Available online only
- Must be booked at least 14 days in advance.
- Fares are bookable until 16 November 2014 for travel until 30 November 2014
- Offer excludes travel between 23 October and 01 November 2014
- Includes a £5 booking fee per person
- Offer not available with any other discount, including Group discounts
- Your ticket is non-refundable, non-amendable but can be upgraded
- Your ticket must be presented when travelling.
- All tickets are issued and all customers are carried subject to Eurolines General Conditions of Carriage.

Amsterdam:

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Coaches to Amsterdam for just £18 one-way. More details below:

- Subject to availability
- Available online only
- Must be booked at least 21 days in advance.
- Fares are bookable until 16 November 2014 for travel until 30 November 2014
- Offer excludes travel between 23 October and 01 November 2014
- Includes a £5 booking fee per person
- Offer not available with any other discount, including Group discounts
- Your ticket is non-refundable, non-amendable but can be upgraded
- Your ticket must be presented when travelling.
- All tickets are issued and all customers are carried subject to Eurolines General Conditions of Carriage.

Brussels:

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Coaches are also available to Brussels for just £18 one-way. More details below:

- Subject to availability
- Must be booked at least 14 days in advance.
- Offer not available on Fridays and Sundays
- Fares are bookable until 16 November 2014 for travel until 30 November 2014
- Offer excludes travel between 23 October and 01 November 2014
- Includes a £5 booking fee per person
- Offer not available with any other discount, including Group discounts
- Your ticket is non-refundable, non-amendable but can be upgraded
- Your ticket must be presented when travelling.
- All tickets are issued and all customers are carried subject to Eurolines General Conditions of Carriage.

Upcoming Events

England v Slovenia – 30% off coach travel!

Saturday 15 November 2014

England's 2016 European Championship Qualifiers continue at home against Slovenia, and Roy Hodgon's boys will be hoping for 3 points in their journey to qualify for the Championships in France.

All our fares for this game have been reduced by 30% so you get return travel from only £16.00. We're running coaches right to the gates of Wembley Stadium for all the action from a list of locations. We'll get you there in plenty of time for kick off and wait for the game to finish for your journey home.

• Coach travel only available to book now using the journey planner to the left
• Venue: Wembley Stadium
• Date: Saturday 15 November 2014
• Kick off: 17:00
• Official Coach Supplier to Wembley Stadium
• All coaches will leave 45 minutes after the game has finished

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NFL - Lions v Falcons – Sunday 26th October kick off at 13:30
NFL – Cowboys v Jaguars – Sunday 9th November 2014 kick off at 18:00

A series of three NFL International games at Wembley Stadium. Get the chance to see some of the biggest NFL stars right here on your doorstep. As the official coach supplier to Wembley, we’re running services direct to the game making sure you don’t miss a minute of the action.

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Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury is back - and so are our official services running direct to the festival coach station inside Worthy Farm for the 2015 festival. We’ll be running official coaches from Wednesday 24 June to Friday 26 June. Our return coaches operate from Sunday 28 and Monday 29 June (from 2am). Plus, travelling with us means you are part of Glastonbury's Green Traveller Initiative, so you'll receive vouchers to get money off food and attractions when you arrive at the event.

• Fares are frozen until the New Year - grab them while you can!
• Want to grab the best camping pitches? Our services arrive right at the festival from 5:30am on Wednesday 24 June
• Need to leave Glastonbury once all of the live music is over? Don't panic, our coaches start at 2am on Monday 29 June
• Travel only direct to Worthy Farm, Glastonbury (admission not included)
• Event date: 24 - 28 June 2015
• Please remember to have your admission ticket with you when you board the coach

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Tickets to be won for the best performing affiliate!

There is a 2 pairs of tickets up for grabs this month for two fantastic events for the affiliates who have been able to show an improvement in monthly performance across EL or NX, this month we will be looking at sales and revenue:

- NFL - Dallas Cowboys V Jacksonville Jaguars - 9th November at Wembley Stadium
- England v Slovenia - 15th November at Wembley Stadium

Reminder to use AWin and TD JPs and updated

Please remember to use all the updated creative that is currently available to help with your promotions and help to convert your users more effectively.

To recap, you have the Journey planner widget that will help with your activity as a searchable banner. Please remember to always link activity to the most relevant page and not the homepage, this way your conversion rate will surely improve and you will receive the correct commission.

Airport transfers from £5

Airport transfers from £5
Our airport transfers run throughout the day and night.
More than 100 services every 24 hours on selected routes - equivalent to one every 15 minutes.
Hop on at one of hundreds of pick-up points in many major cities and towns nationwide.
We take you right to the airport door – not a remote car park or train station.
Airport transfers to Luton Airport and Stansted Airport from Central London from as little as £5 one-way when you book in advance. Alternatively, travel to all London airports from just £15 one-way.

Heathrow
200 services a day, from 154 pick-up points, from £15 one-way

Gatwick
156 services a day, from 90 pick-up points, from £10 one-way

Stansted
140 services a day, from 38 pick-up points, from £12 one-way

Luton
217 services a day, from 30 pick-up points, from £5 one-way

Birmingham
Right to the airport door from £3.80 one-way

Manchester
Right to the airport door from £12 one-way

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Please get in touch

Your contributions are the lifeblood of the National Express affiliate programme, therefore we value any suggestions or insights you might have. If you would like something from us, or would like to talk about exploring further opportunities, please do not hesitate to get in touch, we would love to hear from you.

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any requests.

Best regards,

The National Express Affiliate team