Train Company Special Offers and General Rail Travel Discussion

[Aqualung]

Or first class is cheaper than second.

I've never seen that as I don't normally take much notice of first class. I'm guessing it could happen with advance tickets when the second class ones get snapped up.
I wonder if there is still the demand for first class travel any more especially on the full length Virgin trains on both East and West Coast main lines.

[rpadam]

I wonder if there is still the demand for first class travel any more especially on the full length Virgin trains on both East and West Coast main lines.

There still is from me, provided that there's a sale on.

[Aqualung]

There still is from me, provided that there's a sale on.

Fair enough, I've got a mate who does the same. I asked the wrong question really as what I wanted to know is whether the 3 or 4 first class carriages on a 9+ coach train are justified by the number of takers. I've never noticed it to be the case on the trains I've used. It's a different matter on, for example the four coach London North Western (Yawwwnnnn.... they've changed their name from London Midland) service from Euston to Crewe which just has a half carriage of First Class.

[NickDavies]

I've never seen that as I don't normally take much notice of first class. I

It's worth looking - I've got the 10AM Euston-Manchester a few times and had a nice breakfast c/o Virgin

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[Aqualung]

I've recently found trouble getting advance tickets on a SATURDAY. It seems to be OK during the week and affect all lines. Is anyone else having trouble?

[Bucking Fastard]

I've recently found trouble getting advance tickets on a SATURDAY. It seems to be OK during the week and affect all lines. Is anyone else having trouble?

I've not tried to book advanced tickets on a Saturday but your question did lead me to wonder if there are any clever ruses or Virgin offers to Stoke on Trent for the Summer Pub Crawl on June 15th ?

[Mobyduck]

I've not tried to book advanced tickets on a Saturday but your question did lead me to wonder if there are any clever ruses or Virgin offers to Stoke on Trent for the Summer Pub Crawl on June 15th ?

There needs to be looking at the current advance prices.

[sheffield hatter]

I've recently found trouble getting advance tickets on a SATURDAY. It seems to be OK during the week and affect all lines. Is anyone else having trouble?

I was trying to book tickets on their East Coast line for a Sunday in June. Ended up using Cross Country instead.

[sheffield hatter]

There needs to be looking at the current advance prices.

Have you tried splitting the ticket at Banbury? Or Banbury and Birmingham. Tedious, I know, but you could save quite a bit.

[Aqualung]

I was trying to book tickets on their East Coast line for a Sunday in June. Ended up using Cross Country instead.

I never travel on a Sunday, it may be there's engineering somewhere on the ECML It's good to have the choice!