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Travelling ASAP after arrival into Euston (14:14). No railcards and I don't need a return as will be getting picked up from Gatwick when I fly back.

I've boarded hundreds of Virgin trains from New Street to Euston and have never even seen a guard until well after Coventry, never mind having my tickets checked. You should be fine. However, you may want to double check your timings/connections. The date and time you specified in the first...

Thanks. Is the thameslink train the same price regardless or is it better to book in advance? And would you say Gatwick is the easiest London airport to get to from Euston? I could have flew from Heathrow but i worked out it meant spendng almost an hour on the Tube and I didn't fancy that.

I'm off on a short break next month and I need to be at Gatwick for around 16:00 latest I'm coming from the Midlands and have already snapped up a Virgin advance from Birmingham New Street to London Euston for £8.50 as it was too cheap to turn down. It's the 12:50 from New Street and arrives at...

Agreed and we're probably talking about less than 1% of fare dodgers here but you can't put anything past them. Multiple trainline accounts, multiple devices, anonymous paypal accounts etc What is probably more common is fake e-tickets. Guards should be able to scan the barcode and detect its...

Yeah I acknowledge it would only be minor losses, but still. For local journeys a fare dodger could have a valid e-ticket, even show it to the guard and be secure in the knowledge that once he/she gets home they can just log-in to their app and request a refund :| Doesn't sit right with me! I'm...

This is concerning as it seems like it is massively open to abuse from the more advanced fare dodger.

Thankyou Just to clarify it is ok to use trainline as a general guide to prices? as in they don't just make their own up? it would cost exactly the same as on the train companies own website/app it's just they charge a booking fee? that is it? And how is it that advances are sometimes...

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/cheap-train-tickets/ Is there a better way to look for advance tickets the day before than my current method? i.e just checking The Train Line app on my phone? Any specific times to look etc?

Why? I know its illegal to re-sell train tickets but this would just be giving them away to friends/family. Despite what you're probably going to reply with, it's virtually unenforceable anyway. In the reality of life...guards just look at your ticket and as long as it is a valid ticket for the...

What does RTV stand for? And I'm assuming this rule of must be refunded via same method exists to combat fraud? e.g someone finds a train ticket that doesnt belong to them and attempts to get "refunded" on their own card? And Bletchleyite that is not the case nor my intention. Long story short...

Everyone seems to be saying that a refund must be issued via the same method the ticket was payed for, but this from the National Rail website seems to suggest otherwise? 5. How will I receive my refund? You will receive your refund by the same method that you used to pay for the ticket, unless...

Thanks guys you have all been extremely helpful it's great. For Mon 8th I have an anytime day return (WMT only). Could I get this changed at any station, and pay the difference? What is the £10 admin fee all about? Is this a minimum charge type thing and I'd have to pay that even if the ticket...

Sorry to bump my own topic I hate when people do that its just I've had no luck trying to research this idea myself. Anyone?

I anticipated replies like that and was going to put a dislaimer in my post but might aswell do it now. I'm just looking for purely fact based replies on the question I asked. Doesn't mean I'm going to do it I'm just interested in the procedure. Thanks