Check your emails, from Nectar saying collect 2,000 points worth (£10) when you buy a Virgin train ticket from just £4!
Effectively a free train ticket and £6 worth of shopping!
the email reads;
Virgin Trains West Coast are celebrating 20 brilliant years with a huge birthday seat sale, plus an extra 2,000 bonus points when you book your tickets between 9–14 March 2017.
Why not head to Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool or Manchester from just £4, or travel in style in First Class from just £17...With sale prices available for travel between 25 March – 24 August, you can plan a summer full of adventures.
t&c's on first post. Seems to be account specific
A promotional London to Birmingham child ticket is £2
- aau1
All comments (39)
m88sdm
9 Mar 17#1
1. The 2,000 bonus points will only be awarded to those that have received this email and made a booking between 9-14 March 2017 for travel between 25 March – 24 August 2017 inclusive.
2. Bonus points will be awarded on first transaction only and not for multiple bookings. The bonus points will be awarded by 10 April 2017.
3. Promotional First and Standard Class Fares are available on selected Virgin Trains services only on the West Coast Mainline.
4. Promotional First and Standard Class fares available on virgintrains.com virgintrains.co.uk, trainline.com, trainline.co.uk, Virgin Trains app, Trainline app and selected Travel Management Companies only.
5. Subject to availability on specific services, and requested journeys cannot be guaranteed.
6. Promotional fares are available for booking between 9-14 March 2017 inclusive.
7. Promotional fares are available for travel between 25 March – 24 August 2017 inclusive.
8. Promotional fares available on First and Standard Class tickets.
9. Tickets are non-refundable, change of travel date and/or time is available up to the departure on payment of a £10 admin fee plus the difference of the new applicable fare.
10. Other discounts including Railcards and Group discounts do not apply.
11. Child discounts apply.
aau1
9 Mar 17#2
Great.....IF you got the email
m88sdm to aau1
9 Mar 17#3
Good point, have updated the deal.
cburns
9 Mar 17#4
What.... not available on Southern Snailways..............Ooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :sunglasses:
Robboo
9 Mar 17#5
West Coast Mainline only? It doesn't say £4 is the minimum either. Can someone state which journey is best to do? As in buying tickets just for the points not to actually travel.
m88sdm to Robboo
9 Mar 172#8
London to Birmingham will get you the £4 train.
djdelmar
9 Mar 171#6
Thanks - booked some trains for a weekend back home!
valuMax
9 Mar 171#7
£10 admin fee to change the date of a ticket is outrageous. Virgin are a disgrace. This so called birthday sale doesn't in any way make up for their ripoff fares the rest of the time.
matwalaboy
9 Mar 17#9
What is the cheapest just for the points - London to Birmingham - what dates? Thanks a lot.
aau1 to matwalaboy
9 Mar 17#11
I opted for a London to Birmingham child ticket for £2
It would probably work on a non-sale ticket but for the sake of a few pence this ticket will be easier to get the points added on live chat when they don't go on automatically
aau1
9 Mar 17#10
I got an email but it reads differently:
I'm not sure you have to buy a seat in the sale to qualify for the points
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Opening post
Effectively a free train ticket and £6 worth of shopping!
the email reads;
Virgin Trains West Coast are celebrating 20 brilliant years with a huge birthday seat sale, plus an extra 2,000 bonus points when you book your tickets between 9–14 March 2017.
Why not head to Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool or Manchester from just £4, or travel in style in First Class from just £17...With sale prices available for travel between 25 March – 24 August, you can plan a summer full of adventures.
t&c's on first post. Seems to be account specific
A promotional London to Birmingham child ticket is £2
- aau1
All comments (39)
2. Bonus points will be awarded on first transaction only and not for multiple bookings. The bonus points will be awarded by 10 April 2017.
3. Promotional First and Standard Class Fares are available on selected Virgin Trains services only on the West Coast Mainline.
4. Promotional First and Standard Class fares available on virgintrains.com virgintrains.co.uk, trainline.com, trainline.co.uk, Virgin Trains app, Trainline app and selected Travel Management Companies only.
5. Subject to availability on specific services, and requested journeys cannot be guaranteed.
6. Promotional fares are available for booking between 9-14 March 2017 inclusive.
7. Promotional fares are available for travel between 25 March – 24 August 2017 inclusive.
8. Promotional fares available on First and Standard Class tickets.
9. Tickets are non-refundable, change of travel date and/or time is available up to the departure on payment of a £10 admin fee plus the difference of the new applicable fare.
10. Other discounts including Railcards and Group discounts do not apply.
11. Child discounts apply.
It would probably work on a non-sale ticket but for the sake of a few pence this ticket will be easier to get the points added on live chat when they don't go on automatically
I'm not sure you have to buy a seat in the sale to qualify for the points