Manchester - London fare

[Andrew]

I've come across a Manchester London Super Off Peak Day Travelcard valid via: Virgin Trains Only and priced £30.55, but can't work out which services it would be permitted on! Can anyone shed any light?

 

[John @ home]

I've come across a Manchester London Super Off Peak Day Travelcard valid via: Virgin Trains Only and priced £30.55, but can't work out which services it would be permitted on! Can anyone shed any light?

I hope this may help:

From : 0438 MANCHESTER STNS
To : 0035 ZONE R1256 ZONES
Route : 00474 - VIRGIN TRNS ONLY
WDT - SAT DYTCRD
1 Adult @£ 30.55 = £ 30.55
Standard Class
Restriction : VY
OUTWARD TRAVEL: Available for date shown. Available by Virgin train shown.
RETURN TRAVEL: Available for date shown. Available by Virgin train shown.

WDT SUPER OFF-PEAK DAY TRAVELCARD
Single/Return - RETURN
Outward Validity:
Day - DATE ON TICKET
Time - TRAIN ON TICKET
Return Validity:
Day - DATE ON TICKET
Time - ANY VIRGIN TRAIN
Break of Journey:
Out/Rtn - NO
Pre-Booking Req: 1800 Day Before
Reservations Compulsory: YES - Outwards Only
Discounts:
Child - NO
Railcard - NO
Group - NO
Refunds: See below

DESCRIPTION:
Saturday Day Travel card is a Standard Class product allowing customers to travel from a number of Virgin Trains stations to London and enjoy unlimited travel throughout London Fare Zones 1-6.
Reservations are compulsory for the outward journey and customers must travel on this service. The return journey can be made at any time on the same day, although it is not reservation compulsory, reservations are recommended.
Please note that the ticket is quota controlled on the outward journey, and reservations must be made out of the correct quota. For reservations for the return journey, the default standard class quota can be used.

AVAILABILITY:
Tickets are routed 'VIRGIN TRNS ONLY' are valid on Virgin services only.
Valid only on the date specified on the ticket, and at the time specified for the outward journey.

CONDITIONS:
REFUNDS - 50% refund less administration fee if submitted for refund before the departure of the first train on the outward journey.

CHANGES - Changes to travel plans must be arranged before the booking deadline. The difference between the price paid and the cost of the next suitable fare is payable, the ticket can only be changed if the origin and destination remain the same. An administration fee is payable each time the ticket is changed.

John

 

[Lampshade]

Me like, me like very much

 

[nedchester]

I hope this may help:

John

If it is an Advance ticket then why has it not called that. The name Super Off Peak suggests a pay on th day ticket.

 

[MrCub]

Is there anything similar available for the opposite direction? I'd quite like a semi-flexible ticket for a Saturday day out to Manchester.

 

[stut]

Great idea, these semi-flexible tickets...

However, I can't find a single train that this is valid on, despite the conditions. Any ideas why?

 

[gordonthemoron]

Great, the Virgin website only shows singles. East Coast shows the fare but says it is not valid on any service

 

[Andrew]

So it's an advance purchase Saturday travelcard, reservations required on Outward. And yes, I was also wondering why no booking engines show it valid on any services. That's a more difficult question, I think! Thanks though John - sheds some light on it!

 

[janb]

I don't know about the online engines, but in order to bring it up in a booking office (RJIS/Journey Planner) you need to enter Manchester to Zone R1256/London Zones 1-6 rather than Manchester to London Terminals.

Thats the first thing, the second thing is they are quota controlled like Advance tickets so they may not be available for the next couple of Saturdays. You may need to search farther ahead.

 

[gordonthemoron]

or even in January

 

[Andrew]

Has anyone managed to find one on any internet booking engine? And what London "station" did you use? Different journey planners have different available, not all of them with any fares available.

 

[323235]

I just searched for Manchester to London Euston on Nationalrail then ticked the travelcard box under the timetable results

As far as I can see the Next Saturday they are available to book online is the 19th December
though the online booking systems prevents you from choosing any train other than the 0735 on that date

Full Availability is however restored from the 2nd January

 

[First class]

WDT - SAT DYTCRD
00474 - VIRGIN TRNS ONLY

1 Adult @£ 30.55 = £ 30.55
__________
£ 30.55

Standard Class Single
From : 0438 MANCHESTER STNS

Restriction : VY
OUTWARD TRAVEL:

Available for date shown.
Available by Virgin train
shown.

RETURN TRAVEL:

Available for date shown.
Available by Virgin train
shown.
WDT SUPER OFF-PEAK DAY
TRAVELCARD

Ticket: SUPER OFF-PEAK
________________DAY TRAVELCARD
Code - WDT
Class - STANDARD
Single/Return - RETURN
Outward Validity:
Day - DATE ON TICKET
Time - TRAIN ON TICKET
Return Validity:
Day - DATE ON TICKET
Time - ANY VIRGIN TRAIN
Break of Journey:
Out/Rtn - NO
Pre-Booking Req: 1800 Day
________________________Before
Reservations Compulsory: YES
_________________Outwards Only
Discounts:
Child - NO
Railcard - NO
Group - NO
Refunds: See below

DESCRIPTION:
Saturday Day Travel card is a
Standard Class product
allowing customers to travel
from a number of Virgin Trains
stations to London and enjoy
unlimited travel throughout
London Fare Zones 1-6.
Reservations are compulsory
for the outward journey and
customers must travel on this
service. The return journey
can be made at any time on the
same day, although it is not
reservation compulsory,
reservations are recommended.
Please note that the ticket is
quota controlled on the
outward journey, and
reservations must be made out
of the correct quota. For
reservations for the return
journey, the default standard
class quota can be used.

 

[Andrew]

I just searched for Manchester to London Euston on Nationalrail then ticked the travelcard box under the timetable results

As far as I can see the Next Saturday they are available to book online is the 19th December
though the online booking systems prevents you from choosing any train other than the 0735 on that date

Full Availability is however restored from the 2nd January

And who did you transfer to to BUY from? None of them work - I guess because when you transfer it has the destination Euston wheras somehow it needs to have a travelcard as the destination. Solutions?