Hello! Avanti are trying to drive me insane, and I'd appreciate your collective wisdom.
My wife and I would like to travel from Euston to Llandudno Junction next weekend (11/12 Jan). I originally tried to book tickets on Avanti's website, going out on Friday 10th and returning on Sunday 12th. It returned the following error message:
"There are no more seats available to reserve for your chosen ticket on the outward/return service. The reservation is mandatory. You can change your service or ticket selection and try again."
Same message for various times on those days. So I went to the National Rail website and attempted to buy tickets there, and it informed me that Avanti staff are striking every Sunday for the next three hundred thousand years, which I assumed explained the problem. I adjusted the dates (going out on the 10th and returning on the 11th). This seemed to be working, until the website forcibly redirected me to the Avanti site to complete the purchase. The Avanti journey planner decided that it isn't running trains between Llandudno Junction and Euston on the 11th and changed my return date to the 12th, at which point I received the above error message again.
Does anyone know what's going on? Does this route still exist? I suppose it's possible that every seat is booked, but I've done this route many times before without booking more than a day or two in advance and am very confused.
My wife and I would like to travel from Euston to Llandudno Junction next weekend (11/12 Jan). I originally tried to book tickets on Avanti's website, going out on Friday 10th and returning on Sunday 12th. It returned the following error message:
"There are no more seats available to reserve for your chosen ticket on the outward/return service. The reservation is mandatory. You can change your service or ticket selection and try again."
Same message for various times on those days. So I went to the National Rail website and attempted to buy tickets there, and it informed me that Avanti staff are striking every Sunday for the next three hundred thousand years, which I assumed explained the problem. I adjusted the dates (going out on the 10th and returning on the 11th). This seemed to be working, until the website forcibly redirected me to the Avanti site to complete the purchase. The Avanti journey planner decided that it isn't running trains between Llandudno Junction and Euston on the 11th and changed my return date to the 12th, at which point I received the above error message again.
Does anyone know what's going on? Does this route still exist? I suppose it's possible that every seat is booked, but I've done this route many times before without booking more than a day or two in advance and am very confused.
