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I travelled from Manchester to Birmingham with XC last Saturday. I had a choice of a £9 Standard Advance or a £15 First Advance. I haven't travelled with XC since Virgin days when I used it regularly.
I chose the first-class ticket as the website made clear that this would include...
But putting on my layman lawyer's hat, doesn't there have to be some disclosure of the rules before the point of purchase? Virgin cite the t&c's I quoted badged as "ticket terms and conditions" and also reference the NCOC. I can't find any reference to the t&c's on the nationalrail site.
Thanks for that John@Home. Have those ticket-specific conditions been incorporated into the NCOC?
When I buy off Virgin, for example, they quote the Advance ticket conditions as:
Valid on: You must travel on the date, time and trains specified.
Booking: Can be booked up until the day...
I've seen it stated a few times recently that you have to sit in the seat you are allocated when on an Advance ticket.
I've looked but I can't find where this is covered in the ticket t&c's or in the NCOC. Any pointers please?
Given that it's impossible to choose your seats from those...
??? I would end up in Manchester on that surely? I don't think you've read the content of my message where I corrected the typo in the thread title.
EDIT: No, I was being very stupid and made the same error in the body of the message. Now fixed. Apologies Liam.
I thought I'd read that...
Correction: Title should have read "Fare for NUN-MAN-LIV-NUN ?"
I want a flexible ticket to travel:
Day 1: NUN-MAN (before 9am)
Day 2: MAN-LIV
Day 3: LIV-NUN (evening peak)
Nuneaton to Liverpool via Manchester is a permitted route.
There are no time restrictions on a £32.50 Off-peak...
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