Sell Your Unused LNER Ticket
Booked with LNER and can’t travel? Recover what you paid instead of losing it.
Photo: LNER Azuma at London King’s Cross · SavageKieran / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
LNER operates most services on the East Coast Main Line — the route running north from London King’s Cross through Peterborough, Doncaster, Leeds, York, Darlington, Durham, Newcastle and Berwick-upon-Tweed, into Edinburgh, and onward to Aberdeen and Inverness. Its trains run as a fleet of Hitachi-built Azuma units. If a meeting got cancelled, your dates changed, or you booked a different service, an unused LNER Advance ticket doesn’t have to be a write-off.
SaveMyFare lets you list an eligible unused ticket for another traveller to buy at a lower price than a fresh fare. It’s free to list, and you only pay a 10% platform fee if it sells.
Can you sell an unused LNER ticket?
LNER isn’t a special case — like every train operating company in Great Britain, it operates under the National Rail Conditions of Travel. Under Condition 5, a ticket can be transferred to another passenger if three things are true: it wasn’t made out in your name or tied to a Railcard, the journey hasn’t started, and you don’t resell it for more than you originally paid. An LNER Advance single from London to York that cost £29 can be transferred for £29 or less — not for £45 because the train’s now nearly full.
Full detail on what qualifies is in our guide to which train tickets can be transferred.
Changing an LNER Advance ticket vs. selling it
LNER Advance fares are non-refundable, but LNER will let you change to a different date or train for a £10 admin fee plus any difference in price. That’s worth checking first if your journey is simply moving to another day — but it doesn’t help if you no longer need to travel on this route at all. In that case, selling recovers money a change fee can’t.
Example
You paid £38 for an Advance single from London King’s Cross to Newcastle. Changing to a different day could cost £10 plus any fare increase. Selling the original ticket for up to £38 gets your money back outright, with no admin fee to you as the seller.
Delayed instead of unused? That’s a different claim
If you travelled and LNER’s train ran late, that’s Delay Repay, not resale. LNER pays out from 30 minutes’ delay: 50% of your single fare for a 30–59 minute delay, and 100% for 60 minutes or more, claimable within 28 days of travel. Selling a ticket only applies before you’ve travelled — once you’ve boarded, Delay Repay is the route to compensation instead.
Where LNER tickets sell fastest
London King’s Cross is LNER’s hub, and the route with the most consistent buyer demand on SaveMyFare is King’s Cross to Edinburgh — a journey LNER covers in around 4 hours on its fastest direct services. King’s Cross to Leeds and King’s Cross to Newcastle are the next most active routes. If your ticket is on one of these, it’s likely to find a buyer quickly.
How to list your LNER ticket
Add your ticket details
Enter the departure and arrival stations, travel date, time, coach and seat number if reserved, and the original price you paid.
Set your asking price
Price at or below what you paid — SaveMyFare enforces this at listing, matching the National Rail transfer condition.
We check it
Your listing is reviewed against the transfer conditions before it goes live, so buyers can trust what they're buying.
Get paid once it sells
Payment is held securely and released 48 hours after the travel date, once the journey has taken place.
Common questions
Can I sell an LNER Advance ticket?
Yes, if it meets the National Rail transfer conditions: it isn’t made out in your name or tied to a Railcard, your journey hasn’t started, and you don’t sell it for more than you paid. LNER Advance tickets are single-train, single-date fares, so a buyer must travel on the exact service printed on the ticket — see our full Advance ticket transfer guide for the complete rules.
My LNER train was delayed instead — can I still sell the ticket?
If you travelled and the train itself was delayed, that’s a Delay Repay claim through LNER, not a resale situation — LNER pays out from 30 minutes’ delay (50% of your fare for 30–59 minutes, 100% for 60 minutes or more), and you have 28 days to claim. Selling only applies to a ticket you haven’t used yet. See what to do with a non-refundable train ticket for the full breakdown of when to claim versus when to sell.
Is my Azuma seat reservation transferable with the ticket?
Most LNER Advance fares include a seat reservation as part of the ticket, shown on the small displays above each pair of seats on the Azuma fleet. When you list a ticket on SaveMyFare, include the coach and seat number in the listing so the buyer knows exactly where to sit — the reservation travels with the ticket, not with you.
Do I need to be an LNER account holder to sell my ticket?
No. Selling through SaveMyFare doesn't go through LNER's own systems at all — you list the ticket details with us, a buyer pays through SaveMyFare's secure checkout, and you transfer the ticket to them directly once it sells.
What if my ticket was bought with a Railcard?
Railcard-discounted tickets are generally not transferable — the discount is tied to the cardholder, and a buyer without that Railcard could be treated as travelling without a valid ticket. Check your ticket for a Railcard reference before listing it.
SaveMyFare is an independent ticket resale marketplace and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by LNER (London North Eastern Railway). “LNER” and “Azuma” are used here to describe the operator and trains a ticket is valid on, in line with National Rail’s published Conditions of Travel.
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