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That makes sense, thanks for the advice. Hopefully they'll get the reservations up soon. The 1828 is really too tight to catch, otherwise I'd just book that instead.

I'm trying to book tickets on the 1928 Virgin Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central on Sunday 23rd April. On the Virgin Trains site I can buy a regular ticket, but it says "reservations aren't available". Advance tickets (and thus reservations) are available earlier that day, and for the...

Just to update everyone, I've head back from Scotrail customer services to say: Thank you for contacting me regarding your smartcard and the discounts. At the moment there is no confirmation or time confirmed for smartcard tickets to be purchased at a ticket office or ticket vending...

That's the way I've been buying seasons loyalty fare tickets so far, it's just a bit less convenient than buying a ticket straight from the machine. I've written to Scotrail to ask if they can make the fares available on the machines, will report back when I hear back from them.

I've recently switched from a paper Scotrail season ticket to a Scotrail Smartcard season ticket. This allows me to take advantage of the new Seasons Loyalty Discount fares for off-peak tickets. So far I've been buying the tickets online as I can't find the fares on ticket machines. Does anyone...

Slightly cheaper would be Glasgow to Shawfair £10.45 off-peak return, again with no restrictions to a particular TOC or route.

What exactly does this mean? Does the ticket holder need to be travelling with at least one other person to get the discount? Is the discount on Smart ticketing routes only? Does is apply to just travelling with Scotrail? Or all standard off-peak single and return tickets in Scotland?

Is there a list anywhere of what ticket booking websites offer seat selectors, and what operators they support? So far I've seen the Virgin Trains East Coast, CrossCountry and Virgin Trains West Coast sites all offering seat selectors for their own trains. Presumably that means if booking an...

These examples are interesting: +---------------------------------+--------+-----------------+----------------------------------+ | Journey | Single | Off Peak Return | Return Discount (vs two singles) |...

Out of curiosity, does anyone know how the price of Off Peak returns are set? I had assumed that the price of single tickets was set, and then returns would be a % extra from that, however it doesn't seem to be quite that simple. For example, looking at two fares from Glasgow: Glasgow to...