This is ONLY for Saturdays and ONLY for a day trip. You must book by 6PM night before and specify the outward (Manchester to London) train. You can book any time train for this.
While you're in London you can go anywhere anytime on tubes, buses, trains and trams in zones 1-6. This is normally £12 on its own.
Coming back you can get ANY train, you can reserve a seat if you wish but still do not have to get on that time trains.
All trains on this deal are the normal fast direct Virgin trains. Every 20 minutes for most of the day, every half hour in evening.
There are NO railcard discounts for this fare.
This offer's been running for years and is permanent, just not advertised much.
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Uridium
5 Aug 164#3
not sure which would be worse...going to London or having to go home to Manchester....:stuck_out_tongue:
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DonkeyKonk
10 Aug 162#16
To get free travel in London you can also marry a tube driver.
MAZZY60 to DonkeyKonk
10 Aug 16#18
did you
seaniboy to DonkeyKonk
14 Aug 16#29
I dunno if thats scraping the barrel or a marriage made in heaven....
Hold on if you divorce do you get this as perk as part of your settlement ? could work out a excellent deal with 50% TfL pension threw in ontop :smiley:
boyaloud
12 Aug 16#28
Are you usjg virgintrains.com and putting in Manchester to London on a Saturday?
scouser100000
12 Aug 16#27
Cheapest I can find is £41.20 each way
scouser100000
10 Aug 16#20
how do you actually book this? Can you only book it on a friday or do you have to book by friday?
Do I need to select a certain option to get this?
boyaloud to scouser100000
12 Aug 16#26
You can book any day or time up until the Friday before at 6PM. Just search Manchester to London. It's called a Saturday Day Travelcard. Find the price that's £41.20 return. You will then be able to select an outward and return train. You must get on exact train for outward. For the return you'll receive a reservation but you can ignore it and get any train coming back.
Iloveabargain101
11 Aug 16#25
I can't get this offer to work.
Taksim_Red
11 Aug 161#24
I've an account with First Trans Pennine and I book most of my train tickets, including Virgin ones, through them - as they offer free 1st class delivery. Unlike Virgin who charge £1. Don't forget cashback!
unhappybunny
11 Aug 161#23
Why are these deals always for visiting London??
I live in London and would love to get out of the **** hole on an offer like this sometimes !! But it's never available going in the opposite direction..
Although Manchester is a bit far to go for a day!?! You would spend most of it travelling.. A weekend maybe.
gadger100
11 Aug 161#22
Or buy a railcard and get very cheap seats booked well in advance, two adults and two children... We went to London return for £21.20 from York only two weeks ago on a friends and family railcard.. That was return and booked 11 weeks in advance.
jessejk
11 Aug 16#21
Your text here
Stevie Badman
10 Aug 16#19
cold - not nationwide
Nerchio1
10 Aug 16#17
This is not an offer, this just a standard price that isn't well advertised
ysm1234
6 Aug 16#15
Or take the train for a few quid :wink:
ysm1234
6 Aug 16#14
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/manchester-london-13-train-split-change-trains-works-other-routes-aswell-2490012 - this sometimes works the day before and even if it isn't £13 the day before, it's still a lot cheaper than Virgin's overpriced day before tickets.
juggler1
5 Aug 16#13
Wow, now I never knew that, about trains starting in manc. I know I've got same train to Edinburgh from Wigan. They're pretty much the same in travel time I think - 2hrs 2, 2hrs 8 ? Prob for me is that it so easy to park at Wigan, leave car all day. Cheap too. Not so in manc, I don't think. Will have a look, see if I can line up Wigan, manc, London. Thank you so much !!
juggler1
5 Aug 161#7
Op, if this isn't a daft question- is it Manchester only? Was wanting to travel Wigan to London. Not that well up on train stuff, but I do know it's a different line? But still operated by Virgin
boyaloud to juggler1
5 Aug 16#10
try wigan to london VIA manchester on a search engine which lets you put a VIA in. i use http://www.eastcoast.com. All tickets for all train companies are available on any train companie's website which a lot of people don't realise. Also just try Manchester to London and book singles Wigan to Manchester. There are 3 fast trains an hour Manchester to London and a lot of them are about 3/4 empty in the middle of the day. Wigan only has one fast train an hour, and one slow one which is Virgin but it takes an hour longer. In other words, supply and demand! The trains through WIgan all come from Scotland so there is already all the people on them from all the stations between there and Wigan. Manchester ones start in Manchester and only stop 3 times on way so u often virtually have a carriage to yourself.
mcormack to juggler1
5 Aug 161#12
Walk from Wigan to Manchester then get the train.
boyaloud
5 Aug 16#11
And that's for fixed times and rarely that cheap the day before.
donslibi
5 Aug 162#9
Still £30 too much for public transport, but obviously better price than usual, so heat.
juggler1
5 Aug 161#8
Heat btw :smiley:
skyarsenal
5 Aug 16#5
£26 single trip during the week after peak hours
ysm1234 to skyarsenal
5 Aug 161#6
Starts at 21
paulj48
5 Aug 16#4
shows it as 1 way when you try and book using the link above
Uridium
5 Aug 164#3
not sure which would be worse...going to London or having to go home to Manchester....:stuck_out_tongue:
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Opening post
This is ONLY for Saturdays and ONLY for a day trip. You must book by 6PM night before and specify the outward (Manchester to London) train. You can book any time train for this.
While you're in London you can go anywhere anytime on tubes, buses, trains and trams in zones 1-6. This is normally £12 on its own.
Coming back you can get ANY train, you can reserve a seat if you wish but still do not have to get on that time trains.
All trains on this deal are the normal fast direct Virgin trains. Every 20 minutes for most of the day, every half hour in evening.
There are NO railcard discounts for this fare.
This offer's been running for years and is permanent, just not advertised much.
Top comments
Latest comments (29)
Hold on if you divorce do you get this as perk as part of your settlement ? could work out a excellent deal with 50% TfL pension threw in ontop :smiley:
Do I need to select a certain option to get this?
I live in London and would love to get out of the **** hole on an offer like this sometimes !! But it's never available going in the opposite direction..
Although Manchester is a bit far to go for a day!?! You would spend most of it travelling.. A weekend maybe.