Crosscountry cheapest 1st class advance tickets

Hi there! My name is James and on Friday 21/06/24 I am going to be doing something that I have wanted to do for a long long time, 1st class end-to-end on the longest direct train journey in Britain, the Crosscountry 1V60 trip from Aberdeen right the way down to Penzance! I booked my ticket a few weeks ago and paid £369 for a 1st class advance ticket. I checked the other day to see what is the latest date that you can still purchase advance tickets fairly cheaply (just in case I have to alter the date of my ticket in case of strikes) and it has now come to my attention that there is now a sale on Crosscountry 1st class advance tickets and that for first class on the train I am booked onto is now only £283, which would have been a saving of £86. I have checked with Crosscountry and unfortunately I cannot have a refund on the ticket that I have already bought. I accept that rules are rules, however, I would like to ask, is there any way of knowing in advance when exactly the first class advance tickets will go on sale?

Many thanks

James

There is no pattern of dates on which tickets go on-sale at a lower price, if that's what you're asking.

island said:

There is no pattern of dates on which tickets go on-sale at a lower price, if that's what you're asking.

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Thanks very much for replying. The only thing I can think of is maybe they had a sale for the Bank Holiday weekend? I don't know