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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 8:46 am
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nickyboy
 
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Originally Posted by WHBM
I wonder how long it will be before the Advertising Standards Authority get Virgin for advertising three trains per hour to Manchester with fares from £10, when the £10 fare is tied to a reservation on one specific train, when of course the fact that there are three per hour becomes a complete irrelevance.
I think relevant inasmuch as one can be reasonably sure that one could buy a ticket for a train (at whatever price than may be) to get you there at pretty well exactly the time you want to get there

On a different matter, the new pricing seems to be taking a while to settle down. I saw several trains last week where the Advance 1st was cheaper than the Advance Standard. I travelled London - Manchester last Friday at 13.00 and the Advance 1st was £2 more than the Advance Standard - for which I got lounge access, some food and drink, a paper and a better seat ^

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