First class travel.. Cheap or expensive?

[Julian Hornby]

As you have probably heard a lot of people say, it depends. For example, if you decided to book a single ticket to Edinburgh from London Kings cross, first class and booked in advance... It would be £75. And if you had a 16 - 25 railcard it would be £47, which is very good value compared to the standard fare of £26. So, what does first class on EAST COAST have to offer? Well, a first class lounge at kings cross, a meal, a large seat which reclines, good service, clean and quiet area, free wifi and many more things like curtains. I personally believe first class is good if you know how to get hold of cheap tickets.
Before I end the forum though, let's see how much it is if we book through the best fare finder... Well, it was £40 first and £17 standard which is incredibly cheap.
Thanks for reading.

 

[SS4]

First class is outstanding when it's on someone else's dime

 

[yorkie]

You hit the nail on the head; "it depends".

As for what you get on EC, a meal is only offered on selected services. There's a thread devoted to that though so we don't need to cover that here

Also, at the prices you quote, you won't be getting into the lounge at King's Cross!

 

[alex17595]

I found some first advances to be brilliant prices.

For example for 22.45 (w/ Railcard) you can do Norwich to Tamworth via London and Birmingham.

 

[Deerfold]

You should be able to find a lot better than £75 for London-Edinburgh if you fiddle about with dates and times.

When they had a sale a while ago I did that for £10 in STD returning in 1ST for £25.

 

[Flamingo]

Best I have ever seen was £4.95 with SNR railcard from Swansea to Bristol Parkway (approx 1 1/2 hrs).

Mind you, the 1st Class WestonSM to Pad for £20 with a YP I saw a few days ago looked pretty good value as well!

 

[bb21]

On the subject of FGW, Paddington to Pembroke Dock £22.45 with Y-P is pretty awesome value.

Similarly approx £33 all the way on the Highland Chieftain is amazing value.

 

[yorksrob]

On the subject of first class, does anyone know if there are any first class freebies on the Virgin trains pretendelino out of Euston ?

 

[island]

On the subject of first class, does anyone know if there are any first class freebies on the Virgin trains pretendelino out of Euston ?

Does it even (a) run or (b) have first class?

 

[bb21]

Does it even (a) run or (b) have first class?

Yep.

 

[yorksrob]

Yep.

Thanks for the link.

Out of interest, it says at the top of the page its a class 390. Is that an error on the website or is the diagram likely to have changed ?

 

[bb21]

Just uses 390 timings I would imagine.

 

[yorksrob]

Just uses 390 timings I would imagine.

Ah cheers.

On the subject of value, £23. Can't complain !