National Express vs Megabus - a comparison of summer deals

This year's summer promises to be interesting in terms of ticket offers. Major British carriers have decided to introduce special offers for transport within the UK. We’ve written previously about these offers, see our posts about National Express and Megabus summer deals. In our opinion it is worth to do a comparison.

Carrier  ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶	National Express	Megabus
Special Price	£9 (no booking fee)	£8 (+50 p booking fee)
Type of ticket	One-way only, for "Return" double the rate.	One-way only, for "Return" double the rate.
Terms & Conditions	Book at least 14 days in advance	Book at least 14 days in advance
Validity of offer	30th September 2011	2nd October 2011
Offer restrictions	£9 fares aren't available on airport travel or on special services to events or festivals. This offer isn't available through National Express ticket machines or on-board the vehicles.	Offer excludes megatrain.com and megabusplus.com bookings. Offer valid to and from Scottish destinations on cross-border services only and excluding overnight services between Aberdeen and London (via Dundee, Perth, Glasgow, Preston and Birmingham) in both directions
Booking methods	On-line & phone	On-line only
BOOK ONLINE NOW ▶ ▶ ▶ ▶	Carrier's Website	Carrier's Website