Looking at brfares the only ticket that will fit your needs is the £22.80 16-25 discounted Anytime Return, the only Off-Peak ticket is a day return.
All of them?
I've edited the title to say London, but if you want bespoke advice, you'd need to give the name of the station you'd be originating from.
I'd say for the Stratford to Stansted coach service you are being a little unfair to National Express, the coach service in real times is as fast as the comparable rail service especially if you adhere to the central London connection times for rail. Coming in on hs1 it would be my choice of route and with the Jubilee Line coming in to Waterloo and London Bridge on a non Thameslink service too. Of course Nat Ex doesn't suffer from chronic unreliability caused by planned improvement works and industrial action eitherCheapest and least hassle - I'm afraid it's a case of "pick one of the two", when it comes to Stansted!
You can sometimes get cheaper "Advance Open Return" fares directly through the Stansted Express website, but the price depends on how far in advance you're looking to travel.
Confusingly, unlike normal Advance fares, "Advance Open Return" fares are valid on any Stansted Express service within the ticket's date-wise validity.
The "Advance" part of their name only refers to the fact that these discounted fares are only available if you buy several days or weeks in advance - unlike normal Advance fares, which can often be available even just a few minutes before the train departs. No scope for confusion there!
Otherwise your next cheapest option is probably to get a (normal) Advance ticket to somewhere like Bishops Stortford and then to get a bus from there, or to get a coach from London Victoria or Stratford etc. Clearly that's much slower and less convenient, but if you're looking for the absolute cheapest option, that's probably it.
Doesn't seem too bad. Considering.
Fair enough yes, how much is it to Bishops Stortford + (£2 bus fare)?Cheapest and least hassle - I'm afraid it's a case of "pick one of the two", when it comes to Stansted!
You can sometimes get cheaper "Advance Open Return" fares directly through the Stansted Express website, but the price depends on how far in advance you're looking to travel.
Confusingly, unlike normal Advance fares, "Advance Open Return" fares are valid on any Stansted Express service within the ticket's date-wise validity.
The "Advance" part of their name only refers to the fact that these discounted fares are only available if you buy several days or weeks in advance - unlike normal Advance fares, which can often be available even just a few minutes before the train departs. No scope for confusion there!
Otherwise your next cheapest option is probably to get a (normal) Advance ticket to somewhere like Bishops Stortford and then to get a bus from there, or to get a coach from London Victoria or Stratford etc. Clearly that's much slower and less convenient, but if you're looking for the absolute cheapest option, that's probably it.
Yes, any. I originally put Liverpool street.
How much is the coach compared to rail?
Looks like the best fare for that would be the £19.20 off peak return (brfares), which you could use to return on any day within a month.
It depends where you start from.
These advance fares can be undercut by buying through Ryanair
Ok, I recon the train would be most worth it for me, I'd pay more incase the NX service gets stuck in traffic for example, thank you all for the advice.