Bagpus
New Member
Hi, wondered if anyone can shed any light on PRIV fares on the Caledonian sleeper.
Since the sleeper services were taken back under Scottish Government operation from last June, it has no longer been possible to book sleeper berths using PRIV facilities over the phone with Caledonian sleeper direct, with the only way to make a booking being either using the Rail Staff Travel RSTL site or at a railway station ticket office.
I successfully made a PRIV booking for sleeper travel last Thursday but since then when trying to book a return trip on the RSTL site, it has not listed any PRIV fares.
At first I thought it might be the date in question had sold out so have tried various dates up to May all on dates showing plenty of availability for full fares on the Caledonian website, but none of the selected dates for any journey combination show PRIV fares.
I got in touch with RSTL who didn't seem to know and just replied saying the website only shows PRIV fares that are released by the TOC's, so I decided to contact Caledonian Sleeper direct who advised me that since the transfer back in house they no longer can see PRIV fares or check if any are available.
I've never known this to happen before and don't for a minute believe there are no PRIV fares on any of the dates I've checked, but it seems very odd that no PRIV fares are showing.
If any one knows how this might be resolved I'd be interested to hear, I wouldn't have thought they would have suddenly stopped selling PRIV fares or even be allowed to?
Since the sleeper services were taken back under Scottish Government operation from last June, it has no longer been possible to book sleeper berths using PRIV facilities over the phone with Caledonian sleeper direct, with the only way to make a booking being either using the Rail Staff Travel RSTL site or at a railway station ticket office.
I successfully made a PRIV booking for sleeper travel last Thursday but since then when trying to book a return trip on the RSTL site, it has not listed any PRIV fares.
At first I thought it might be the date in question had sold out so have tried various dates up to May all on dates showing plenty of availability for full fares on the Caledonian website, but none of the selected dates for any journey combination show PRIV fares.
I got in touch with RSTL who didn't seem to know and just replied saying the website only shows PRIV fares that are released by the TOC's, so I decided to contact Caledonian Sleeper direct who advised me that since the transfer back in house they no longer can see PRIV fares or check if any are available.
I've never known this to happen before and don't for a minute believe there are no PRIV fares on any of the dates I've checked, but it seems very odd that no PRIV fares are showing.
If any one knows how this might be resolved I'd be interested to hear, I wouldn't have thought they would have suddenly stopped selling PRIV fares or even be allowed to?