Virgin fares

Have only just picked up on the trial Virgin First Class Off-Peak fare to and from Birmingham International and London Euston. At £84 each way for a walk-on fare, this offers a significant saving for Birmingham passengers as the First Class Anytime Virgin-only return fare between New Street and International is £6.20 - giving a walk-on off-peak day fare of £174.20 (compared to the quoted New Street-Euston walk-on fare of £240...)!

This fare is available to Euston on the 0539 and 0600 trains from International (0529 and 0550 from New Street) on which breakfast is served, and then on every train from 10.39 (10.30 from New Street). Don't forget that an evening meal is available on the trains from 1739 through to 1920 (1730 to 1910 from New Street).

From Euston, the fare is available on services from 0943 through to 14.43, then from 1903 through to 2330. Note that breakfast is available on the 0943.

A note to any readers from Coventry: as the First Class Anytime Virgin-only return fare between Coventry and International is £3.50, your walk-on off-peak day fare could be £171.50(compared to the quoted Coventry-Euston walk-on fare of £215...)!

Interestingly, this fare is also available on LondonMidland trains though, of course, one would never purchase it for this purpose as LM's walk-on First Anytime single fare is £60!