Chiltern advance fares?

[JonathanPrince]

I've been looking at tickets between London and Birmingham for around 2-3 months time, and I can't find any advance fares on Chiltern? They advertise themselves as offering cheap advance tickets (https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/advance-fares-ps550-one-way/), and I've heard they do from other people too.

Perhaps I've just been unlucky with the journeys I've looked at, but so far I haven't seen any advance fares - they're all around £20 off peak tickets, even for months in advance. As much as I'd love to use them, it really can't compare to £7 on Virgin.

Any advice? I'm not really looking for an exact ticket, just evidence that they do do advance fares somewhere...

Thanks!

 

[swt_passenger]

They probably just aren’t available to book on journey planners yet. TOCs generally are having problems meeting the 12 week deadline. You can check here for each TOC:
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ticket_types/44703.aspx

As you’ll see if you select other TOCs the booking availability is pretty random...

 

[JonathanPrince]

Aha - that would be it. Just checked a closer date and the advances have popped up. It didn't occur to me to check sooner dates!

Cheers!

 

[CyrusWuff]

Chiltern are only offering Advances until 18th May at present, presumably pending confirmation of the "base" Summer timetable.

Latest date can be found on their homepage.

 

[433N]

... and presumably if you sign up to their advance ticket alert email, you'll be (one of) the first to know when they are released.