Virgin London - Manchester £1

[Pumbaa]

Just seen this and got excited!

I had never noticed it before. The site says it is busy, so I can't get any details. Anyone done this before? I imagine that they are advance fares, but nonetheless a bargain.

If there's any info on these, would be good to know!

Edit: Found this. Which basically says that Virgin lied, and it was a sham. Damn!

 

[rosscbrown]

I read about this a few days ago. Regardless of what Virgin are or are not doing, I don't have much faith in ticketing via mobile.

I'm not too sure how it works, but I have one of these 'smart' phones and it is always out of battery. I wouldn't trust it with anything.

 

[Coradia]

Regardless of what Virgin are or are not doing, I don't have much faith in ticketing via mobile.

Same here, always feels more comfortable to just have a proper ticket that causes little trouble. Surely it must be just as awkward for the conductors/platform staff to be presented with all these different sorts of 'ticket' combinations.

 

[hairyhandedfool]

Bear in mind if you can't show the 'ticket' (or text ticket) on request, you are treated as not holding a ticket, so even if you receive the text ticket, if your battery dies on route you could be lumped with a substancial bill to pay!

 

[Coradia]

if your battery dies on route you could be lumped with a substancial bill to pay!

Better hope a passenger it that situation is sat next to a power socket, "darn it I knew I should've booked us on that Meridian!"