Teenager flies from Sheffield to Essex via Berlin... to save less than £8 on train fare

Going the extra mile: The teenager on his journey
Jordon Cox
Tom Marshall27 January 2016

A teenager hoping to travel from Sheffield to Essex decided to fly via Berlin – because it was £8 cheaper than taking the train.

Extreme bargain-hunter Jordon Cox, 18, added more than 1,000 miles to his journey to make the modest saving.

He said a direct train would have cost £47 while two Ryanair flights from East Midlands Airport to London Stansted via the German city were less than half the price, at £21.37.

Adding in costs for food and bus fares for a whistle-stop sightseeing tour in the centre of Berlin, the teenager said he still saved a total of £7.72.

Jordon revealed his cost-cutting adventure on a blog he writes for the Money Saving Expert website.

He wrote: “I always go the extra mile to save money, but last week I went the extra 1,017 miles and saved £7.72 by getting back to Essex from Sheffield via Berlin – I even had enough Euros spare for a currywurst sausage by the Brandenburg Gate… Wunderbar!"

The teenager conceded that his method was not exactly environmentally friendly, but said the trip earned him a free “mini holiday” in a city he had longed to visit.

He said he made the trip as he was “teaching a class” on the use of coupons to save money in Sheffield and baulked at the cost of a one-way ticket back to Essex.

The teenager – who calls himself The Coupon Kid – claims to have previously bought a £600 food shop for just 4p after spending months saving up vouchers.

He added: “Even by my usual standards, I’ll admit this is a rather extreme way of saving money."

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