Got a Standard Class single for the 06:05 London Marylebone to Birmingham Moor Street for early Monday morning travel in around ten days time. Is there any chance of being able to upgrade to First Class? I am hopeful as I am travelling against the flow.
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Hoping to upgrade to First Class (Chiltern)
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swt_passenger
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Chiltern don’t have First Class...
Bletchleyite
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They sort of do on the Silver Trains (LHCS). You can upgrade on board.
https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/onboard-our-trains/what-business-zone
The 0605 isn't one of those, though, so if it's an Advance you're stuck. Standard is quite nice, though, one of the better layouts and seats.
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It still isn’t first class though.
If it walks like a duck, if it quacks likes duck.......
Bletchleyite
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Quite. If it *wasn't* First Class, First Class tickets wouldn't be accepted on it without payment of the supplement. Despite that web page not mentioning it, they are.
Whatever you call it, it's a higher standard of accommodation than Standard, with 2+1 seating, in a vehicle that in its previous life carried a yellow stripe, and where an additional payment is required for travel therein....quack quack!
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