{"id":11430,"date":"2024-02-15T03:36:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T17:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=11430"},"modified":"2024-02-15T03:36:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T17:36:45","slug":"were-not-playing-cupid-northerns-new-duo-tickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=11430","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe\u2019re NOT playing cupid\u201d \u2013 Northern\u2019s new Duo tickets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Northern<\/a> has sought to reassure its customers ahead of Valentine\u2019s Day tomorrow that Duo tickets have no \u2018romantic connotations\u2019 associated with them. A Duo ticket is available when two people travel together.<\/p>\n

The train operator says \u2018platonic pairings\u2019 travelling on its services should make use of the savings scheme, which offers a 25% discount on the standard fare. Duo tickets require no Railcard and are available on hundreds of services every day via the Northern app and website as well as ticket vending machines and over the counter.<\/p>\n

Mark Powles, commercial and customer director at Northern<\/a>, said: \u201cWe\u2019re not playing cupid, this is about unlocking a saving that already exists. Everyone<\/em> is entitled to the 25% discount regardless of the reason they have for travelling together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is<\/em> important though is that people travelling on a Duo ticket must stick together. It\u2019s never going to make the catchiest Taylor Swift song lyric \u2013 but if you \u2018break-up\u2019 you invalidate your train ticket \u2013 so think on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Northern<\/a> is the second largest train operator in the UK, with 2,500 services a day to more than 500 stations across the North of England.<\/p>\n

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Northern has sought to reassure its customers ahead of Valentine\u2019s Day tomorrow that Duo tickets have no \u2018romantic connotations\u2019 associated with them. A Duo ticket […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,47,488],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-opinion","category-rail-news","category-railway-stations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t