reduced virgin train fare for charities

iglimpse

Came across this today. You have to register and provide proof of charity and book in advance.

Go to the virgin site, think you will find it under the services / business tab.

iglimpse

Been in contact with anumber of friends in the area. None of them aware of this-despite regular travel to London using Virgin trains

Savvy_Sue

Sorry, perhaps being dense but cannot find either a services / business tab or any other tab which sends me to a link about reduced fares for charities! Please, can you post a link or revisit the page and tell us where to go hunting? Would be most grateful ...

iglimpse

Apologies, it was not on the virgin site (odd), on national train enquiries site.

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/promotions/e0d47a6bc35ce741019b6b75f6258ae9.html

copied from page:-
To help Charities devote the maximum possible funding to their Charities Work rather than to administration costs Virgin have set up a Charity Line and are offering an easement to their Saver ticket restrictions on Virgin Trains to registered charities.

The new Virgin Trains Charity Line service will be a booking service available to all UK registered Charities.

Registered users will be free of all travel restrictions on Virgin Trains services.

The Charity line will provide a full travel account and supporting documentation.

Charities will have to register to use this service, they can do this by calling 0845 30 50 350 or by completing a registration form.

There will be an annual fee of £15 for this service.

When registering Charities can give details of travel preferences, authorized bookers and payment methods and these will be held on file to speed up the booking process.

Tickets booked through Charity Line will have a special stamp on them, and customers may be asked for ID to prove they work for the Charity that booked the ticket.

As well as booking unrestricted Saver tickets the line can also book normal tickets for Charities ONLY

Applicable train operators & stations
Train operators:
Virgin Trains

Applicable areas
Region:
All Lines

Validity
From: Tuesday 7 September 2004
Until: Until further notice
Validity Times: Not specified

Validity Details:

Available for purchase
From: Tuesday 7 September 2004
Until: Until further notice

Savvy_Sue

It's always so good to realise it's not me being dense! Thank you VERY much for that! Will probably register at work, I think we do enough train travel to justify the £15.

iglimpse

Glad it maybe of some use. Not many charities seem to know about this

Discodave

so you get FREE Travel if ya a charity? or have i read that wrong?

iglimpse

NO not free but ability to travel with savers on peak trains etc I think. Read the T&C or phone them to find out more