Megabus travel ticket or lack of!!!

[46100ROYALSCOT]

I think I may have read about this before but not certain, here goes. I have booked a trip to Carlisle through Megabus. I have printed what I think is a reservation slip. It lists a reservation summary order number and a very long reservation number. Is this all I need to travel or do I exchange for a ticket at station or exchange for ticket on train ? Don't want to end up in a mess on day of travel.Great value by the way, return to Carlisle from Warrington with Virgin only £2.00 plus 50p booking fee.

 

[dzug2]

You just need the reservation number - there is no ticket.

 

[First class]

Don't even need to print it out!

 

[class17]

I have a megabus.com eticket as well. I cannot see a seat reservation with it, so I guess you can pick your seat. I was expecting to have a reservation with a seat next to a pillar considering the price I have paid.

Does anyone know if you can get a plus bus with these tickets? When I have bought plus bus before, I paid for it when I ordered the train ticket, but I don't think I had the option when I ordered my megabus journey.

Thanks

 

[46100ROYALSCOT]

Many thanks for your very prompt and helpful replies.

 

[dzug2]

There is no reservation with a megatrain ticket - you can sit in any vacant seat. At one time there was a megatrain carriage on some routes but I think that's gone - too difficult to manage

No plusbus either.

 

[shinkansen1966]

So you can get £1.00 Megabus train ticket on Virgin from Warrington to Glasgow, for instance. To travel from Euston to Glasgow, could it be cheaper to get to an advance from Euston to Warrington, and then a Megabus ticket from there onto Glagow ? And would that be allowed ?

 

[Pumbaa]

As long as the service called at Warrington then yes.

 

[shinkansen1966]

As long as the service called at Warrington then yes.

Thought so. That means with flexibility and a train stopping in Warrington, I can travel from Euston to Glasgow for approx £13.00.

I've just noticed that Virgin will be launching an iPhone app which will allow you to:

"Search times and fares or buy tickets for any UK route up to 10 minutes before departure - without card charges or booking fees. Then collect them from a FastTicket machine at the station. "

I'll believe it when I see it.