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I'm going to Prime Ministers Questions on the 20th June, week before Blair stands down!

I'm stupid and left it till now to book train tickets. I need to be there by 12:30 and the cheapest I can come up with on virgin website is £62.90 there and £62.90 back for two people. This is quite expensive still.. is there any way to get it cheaper? I'll be going anyway so will have to fork it out if I can't get it cheaper.. but was wondering if anybody knew anything about trains that I didn't.

Ps. Whats semi-flexible because thats what those tickets are.
 
Sorry can't help but you could ask Janet Anderson from Rossendale, she uses trains a lot :rolleyes::D
 
Cyfr said:
I'm going to Prime Ministers Questions on the 20th June, week before Blair stands down!

I'm stupid and left it till now to book train tickets. I need to be there by 12:30 and the cheapest I can come up with on virgin website is £62.90 there and £62.90 back for two people. This is quite expensive still.. is there any way to get it cheaper? I'll be going anyway so will have to fork it out if I can't get it cheaper.. but was wondering if anybody knew anything about trains that I didn't.

Ps. Whats semi-flexible because thats what those tickets are.
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Have you got a young persons railcard ? If so then according to trainline saver return is £42.20 return
 
lancsdave said:
Have you got a young persons railcard ? If so then according to trainline saver return is £42.20 return
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I don't have one no. If im getting two tickets must I have a young persons railcard for both tickets? I assume so?

Where do I go to book this £42.20 thing? because I can get a rail card, which would make it £62.20 again but it means I can save on future train journeys dosn't it. :)
 
Heh, thats not expensive, when I travel to London for work we have to buy open returns at ~£150
 
Cyfr said:
I don't have one no. If im getting two tickets must I have a young persons railcard for both tickets? I assume so?

Where do I go to book this £42.20 thing? because I can get a rail card, which would make it £62.20 again but it means I can save on future train journeys dosn't it. :)
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Yep, railcard for individual person only. You should be able to get it from Accy station, I got my family railcard from there. As a general rule if you make more than 1 train journey a year a railcard will pay for itself.

Don't know how much the bus is to Manchester but on the day you want to go to London you can still pick up a single ticket for £12.85 each way ( with railcard :) ) from Manchester Piccadily
 
hey thats cheap,leaving it this late, we booked a month in advance,couple of years ago £20 return, to euston, but tried to book Norwich last year n cheapest quote was £240 return,so we drove lol
 
The funny thing about this is that it's probably a reverse logic journey. Most people travel by train, have a kip on the way and feel relaxed when they get there. This one will probably be a case of staying awake on the train so you can have a sleep when you get there :rofl38:
 
lancsdave said:
Yep, railcard for individual person only. You should be able to get it from Accy station, I got my family railcard from there. As a general rule if you make more than 1 train journey a year a railcard will pay for itself.

Don't know how much the bus is to Manchester but on the day you want to go to London you can still pick up a single ticket for £12.85 each way ( with railcard :) ) from Manchester Piccadily
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Really?? The bus is only £5 return to manchester..
 
Cyfr,
Megabus are doing 2 seats for £10 each way Manchester to London

megabus.com - low cost intercity travel in the UK

IIRC the first bus from accy is ~6:30 so you might need to get a lift into M/c (speak nicely to your friendly local techie and I could drop you off, You can make your own way home though :D


That should give you return journey for ~£13 each
 
lancsdave said:
Yep, railcard for individual person only. You should be able to get it from Accy station, I got my family railcard from there. As a general rule if you make more than 1 train journey a year a railcard will pay for itself.

Don't know how much the bus is to Manchester but on the day you want to go to London you can still pick up a single ticket for £12.85 each way ( with railcard :) ) from Manchester Piccadily
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Day return from Accrington to Manchester on the bus is a fiver....hope this helps.
 
My son has used the Mega bus twice and he booked 10days in advance and it cost him £5 each way..Have you tried manchester piccadily to london..sometimes that works out cheaper.
 
If you are going awat to University in September, you'll definitely need a Young Peson's Rail Card.

When I reached 24, and was no longer eligible, I started getting the coach up from London, but soon changed back to the train because of the ease.
 
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