Virgin trains seat sale £5.50 London- Birmingham , £10 London- Manchester or Liverpool, £17 Glasgow- London

£105 the times I want

NOTE these Virgin Trains "Sale" prices SHOULD be available not just on the Virgin Trains OWN website, but via other online railway ticket booking engines as well.

eg personally I used to buy tickets via TopCashBack ==> Southern Railways for potential 6% £back BUT that isn't on offer today, sigh.

If you have a favourite engine these fares SHOULD show up - eg as "VT 2 PROMO" on the booking engine used by Southern (which other sites also use). Just don't use a booking engine that charges you any fees - it's totally unnecessary!

Even if you DO feel need to book on Virgin Train's own site best to get there via your favourite £back site - eg 2% on TCB, 3% on Quidco AND don't forget if you have a Virgin Atlantic Flying Club frequent flyers membership you can probably enter that too to gain a little bit more payback (and extend your current VA miles for a fresh 3 years).

MKD

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when i seen this post i was gutted. as i booked a return fare yesterday for £33

price in the sale, £45

so prices have went up since yesterday lol. only different is, there are more options for departure times

Wow great find. Thanks

Are these going through Coventry and stooping there? So I can buy it from there.

Sliwka

Are these going through Coventry and stooping there? So I can buy it from … Are these going through Coventry and stooping there? So I can buy it from there.Read lessRead more

The T&Cs say the Sale relates to:
"Fares are priced across the Virgin Trains network. Standard Advance one way, London to / from: West Midlands £5.50, North West £10 (except for Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford which are £9.50), Wales £11, Lake District £13 and Scotland £17."
So potential for £5.50 fare BETWEEN London & Coventry, otherwise Advance tickets do NOT allow you to start or end early or to break journey, ie Coventry has to be origin or destination of the fare.
Just put COVENTRY into their Sale checker that the OP listing links to - you can go from Coventry to Milton Keynes Central (£2.50+) OR London Euston (£5.50+)
MKD
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Deedie

when i seen this post i was gutted. as i booked a return fare yesterday … when i seen this post i was gutted. as i booked a return fare yesterday for £33price in the sale, £45so prices have went up since yesterday lol. only different is, there are more options for departure timesRead lessRead more

I THINK they have just applied a bit of discount to EXISTING Advance fares offered over the Sale period. Those Advance fares typically keep going up bit by bit as tranches are bought/reserved over time.
Like you, none of my existing Advance Virgin bookings over next couple of months are cheaper under this deal (not that could do anything if they were), though OTHER days/times are, ie I don't believe they have artificially inflated to suddenly offer reduced "sale" prices.
MKD
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the lowest advance fare anyone can possibly get for Lon-Liv is £12.50. they are now £10 for the days I wanted. Can't complain!

Typical , no cornish routes on sale

jay7472

Typical , no cornish routes on sale

Think Virgin lost the Cross Country franchise back in 2007... do keep up
MKD

Sorry can't edit my earlier post from mobile but won't TCB match quidco under their highest cashback guarantee thing? I don't know how you do it but means possible 3% on TCB as well.x

£8.50 each way, Milton Keynes to Manchester...can't complain at that! Used to paying £30+ for returns, and that's with a railcard

Cbhatt

Sorry can't edit my earlier post from mobile but won't TCB match quidco … Sorry can't edit my earlier post from mobile but won't TCB match quidco under their highest cashback guarantee thing? I don't know how you do it but means possible 3% on TCB as well.xRead lessRead more

Yes TCB still claim to offer that guarantee though personally never used it, see TCB:
topcashback.co.uk/Hel…/76
MKD

website keeps throwing me out.

mk-donald

The T&Cs say the Sale relates to:"Fares are priced across the Virgin … The T&Cs say the Sale relates to:"Fares are priced across the Virgin Trains network. Standard Advance one way, London to / from: West Midlands £5.50, North West £10 (except for Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford which are £9.50), Wales £11, Lake District £13 and Scotland £17."So potential for £5.50 fare BETWEEN London & Coventry, otherwise Advance tickets do NOT allow you to start or end early or to break journey, ie Coventry has to be origin or destination of the fare.Just put COVENTRY into their Sale checker that the OP listing links to - you can go from Coventry to Milton Keynes Central (£2.50+) OR London Euston (£5.50+)MKDRead lessRead more

Not strictly true as i've just checked a train going from Birmingham New Street which I know for a fact go through Coventry and stop there to London Euston and the same train from Birmingham is £5.50 or £7.50 from Coventry. So just book the train from Birmingham New Street and get on at Coventry.

mk-donald

Think Virgin lost the Cross Country franchise back in 2007... do keep up … Think Virgin lost the Cross Country franchise back in 2007... do keep up :)MKDRead lessRead more

So why do i still see virgin train heading down there when i travel to cornwall ? also why dose the site say they still run and you can book ticket for virgin trians on there website for around £80 return ? go check !

Afraid the barriers at Coventry won't accept a Birmingham ticket. Getting on or off at any point other than that stated on an advance ticket is, in any case, a breach of the ts & cs; you would then be liable to pay the full 'on the day' fare. Anomalies such as this price differential are normally due to competition considerations such as Chiltern from Birmingham.

Virgin site clesrly shows that the closest operation to Cornwall is the route from London to Birmingham. They have not served Cornwall for getting on for 6 years. CrossCountry use exactly the same trains that Virgin did.

I am very happy that Dick Branson was given these routes back, its a great service from London to Manchester

DonkeyKonk

I am very happy that Dick Branson was given these routes back, its a … I am very happy that Dick Branson was given these routes back, its a great service from London to ManchesterRead lessRead more

About the only thing Virgin is top at.. The trains are expensive but efficient.

andythebrave

Afraid the barriers at Coventry won't accept a Birmingham ticket. Getting … Afraid the barriers at Coventry won't accept a Birmingham ticket. Getting on or off at any point other than that stated on an advance ticket is, in any case, a breach of the ts & cs; you would then be liable to pay the full 'on the day' fare. Anomalies such as this price differential are normally due to competition considerations such as Chiltern from Birmingham.Read lessRead more

Um, there aren't any barriers at Coventry. I commute to Birmingham from there every day.

kebabking

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The problem remains that this sale is ADVANCE tickets for specified services ie from point A to point B, and even if it stops at point C en route, the ticket is NOT valid for use from C, only joining the scheduled service at A and leaving at B with NO break of journey permitted.
As has been raised using the ticket in breach of those conditions would render it totally invalid and the passenger would be potentially liable to the regular single fare from C to B - I think that's £69 for an Anytime Single from Coventry to Euston! Hardly worth trying to cheat the system by using an invalid ticket for a £2.50 potential saving.

National Rail Conditions of Carriage re Advance tickets:
nationalrail.co.uk/tim…tml
"Break of journey
"You may not start, break and resume, or end your journey at any intermediate station except to change to/from connecting trains as shown on the ticket(s) or other valid travel itinerary."

MKD



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Hot! Got a cheap single down to London to see my Dad on his birthday. Thanks

Brilliant thanks. £45 for me and the family return over a weekend. Can't knock it.8)

great deal family of 4 travelling down to London from the midlands for under £50 thanks, day out sorted with my cheap Merlin tickets from a deal last week!

kebabking

Oops! Lack of locap , there aren't any barriers at Coventry. I commute to … Oops! Lack of locap , there aren't any barriers at Coventry. I commute to Birmingham from there every day.Read lessRead more

kebabking

Um, there aren't any barriers at Coventry. I commute to Birmingham from … Um, there aren't any barriers at Coventry. I commute to Birmingham from there every day.Read lessRead more

oops! Lack of local knowledge-itis.

London to Carlisle and back for £30, bargain!!

Mega trains also worth a look...Stagecoach company with a partial stake in Virgin.

£1 (+50p booking) fares available some days between Euston and BHM

Can I go Manchester to London or, is it only London to Manchester?

MancDon1464

Can I go Manchester to London or, is it only London to Manchester?

Yes, both ways

Do we need to provide the travellers name - I don't see it when i am booking. I am booking on behalf of my friends so dont want my name to be printed on the ticket(which is on the account).
Just because i read online that they normally ask for some form of identification so presume that the name must be on the ticket... maybe I am wrong - just looking for some confirmation...

for anyone interested - this deal has been extended by one day so ends tomorrow only!