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Advance Train Tickets

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  • BlueEyedGirl
    BlueEyedGirl Posts: 1,753 Forumite
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    I bought Advance tickets today for 11th November, since I made a note of them going on sale 12 weeks before. This was with Virgin Trains. Trainline let me sign up to be reminded when tickets went on sale for the 12 weeks mark!
  • p00hsticks
    p00hsticks Posts: 14,612 Forumite
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    edited 21 August 2015 at 1:10PM
    Virgin maintain an Advance fares calendar that shows when Advance tickets for their trains become available - the link is halfway down the 'book early' section on the left hand side of this web page

    http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/tickets-offers/

    Note that Advance tickets for weekends and holday periods often go on sale later than 12 weeks before the travel date, as they have to make sure there are no engineering works planned and those schedules are not always available that early.
  • dzug1
    dzug1 Posts: 13,535 Forumite
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    BlueEyedGirl wrote: »
    I bought Advance tickets today for 11th November, since I made a note of them going on sale 12 weeks before. This was with Virgin Trains. Trainline let me sign up to be reminded when tickets went on sale for the 12 weeks mark!



    Hope you didn't pay extra to buy them from thetrainline
  • BlueEyedGirl
    BlueEyedGirl Posts: 1,753 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud! I've been Money Tipped!
    dzug1 wrote: »
    Hope you didn't pay extra to buy them from thetrainline

    Not this time. Normally I always buy from the Trainline.com but then I realised that Virgin Trains don't charge a booking fee! :j
  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    Next time get them cheaper by using a cashback site (eg with first transpennine) at topcashback/quidco etc
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