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Blogger: Why I flew to Berlin to save on Essex train fare

A teenage consumer blogger has discovered that it is cheaper to travel home to Essex from Sheffield via Berlin than to take the train.

Jordon Cox, 18, was in Sheffield for a lecture and found a one-way train ticket home would cost £47.

He opted instead to fly through a budget airline from East Midlands Airport to Berlin and then fly from Berlin to Stansted. It saved the teen £8 in total.

The frugal teen told 5 live's Peter Allen: "It just shows you how extortionate train prices are becoming, the fact you can fly however many thousand miles more and still save money and still will be cheaper.”

This clip is originally from 5 live Daily on Thursday 28 January 2016. Footage and pictures reproduced courtesy of Jordon Cox.

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