McVinceSCT Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Hi, We are going from Glasgow to Manchester airport on Sunday, October 11. Prices and tickets are already available at 70£ each but i'm sure i can get cheaper prices. Should i wait beffore booking or is it unlikely to drop? When is usually the best period to book train tickets to have the cheapest one? Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 (edited) You'll get it cheaper if you break it down. Glasgow to Preston tickets are usually cheap - sometimes as cheap as a tenner - then buy a single to Manchester Airport separately (from Preston) Edit: There are tickets available for a tenner (Glasgow to Preston) at the moment on Virgin Trains' site. It's then £15.70 single Preston to MA. Edited July 25, 2015 by Charlie Endell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huddersfield Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I think as a rule prices increase rather than decrease as time progresses on the trains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 They all get loaded at full price. Give them a week or 2 and all the discounts are applied. Then they're there until they're sold out. In general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tam4ritchie Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Try go Europe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 (edited) Glasgow to Preston for a tenner available throughout the day on 11 October - add in Preston to Manc Airport and that's £25.70 - I'm struggling to see a way of doing it cheaper by train. Edited July 25, 2015 by Charlie Endell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnie x Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 If you travel by train as a couple quite often the two together rail card is a very good spend. 1/3 off fares for a year, I saved the fee with one journey from London to Glasgow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Och Aye Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Can't remember the figures when I went but Glasgow to Manchester airport was silly money. Glasgow to Manchester Piccadilly was significantly cheaper. Crazy considering how close the stations are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donaldo87 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 If never had my ticket checked when travelling from Preston to Glasgow. It's becoming quite annoying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kps022000 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Hi, We are going from Glasgow to Manchester airport on Sunday, October 11. Prices and tickets are already available at 70£ each but i'm sure i can get cheaper prices. Should i wait beffore booking or is it unlikely to drop? When is usually the best period to book train tickets to have the cheapest one? Many thanks. As a frequent London-Edinburgh traveller, the cheap tickets should come out 12 weeks before but it seems to take a couple of weeks longer for weekend tickets. Having had a quick look they have only reduced the end of September down to £13. Your tickets will go down to that price either this week or the next. Just keep checking the website . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Hi, We are going from Glasgow to Manchester airport on Sunday, October 11. Prices and tickets are already available at 70£ each but i'm sure i can get cheaper prices. Should i wait beffore booking or is it unlikely to drop? When is usually the best period to book train tickets to have the cheapest one? Many thanks. Glasgow to Preston for a tenner available throughout the day on 11 October - add in Preston to Manc Airport and that's £25.70 - I'm struggling to see a way of doing it cheaper by train. Book advance tickets for one of the 38 minutes past the hour departures from Glasgow to Preston (£10), then Preston to Wigan (£7.50) staying on the same train. then a single from Wigan to Manchester airport (£4.20) total per head = £21.70. If you do not want to travel on fixed trains, but remain flexible. you can get walk-up fares on the day for £51.20 by asking for a single Glasgow to Oxenholme (£30), and then Oxenhome -Manchester airport (£21.50). But make sure your train goes through Oxenholme, or you change at Oxenholme. FYI use https://www.splitticketing.com/to check routes...but buy through another operator such as virgin or scotrail who do not charge booking fees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 (edited) Book advance tickets for one of the 38 minutes past the hour departures from Glasgow to Preston (£10), then Preston to Wigan (£7.50) staying on the same train. then a single from Wigan to Manchester airport (£4.20) total per head = £21.70. If you do not want to travel on fixed trains, but remain flexible. you can get walk-up fares on the day for £51.20 by asking for a single Glasgow to Oxenholme (£30), and then Oxenhome -Manchester airport (£21.50). But make sure your train goes through Oxenholme, or you change at Oxenholme. FYI use https://www.splitticketing.com/to check routes...but buy through another operator such as virgin or scotrail who do not charge booking fees. I put in Glasgow to Chester as I'm going there on September 11th - however, I can do it considerably cheaper than the price splitticketing is producing! Edited July 25, 2015 by Charlie Endell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exglasgowasc Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 National Rail Enquiries a couple of weeks ago quoted me £96 single from Glasgow to Euston. Breaking it down into various singles I ended up paying £51. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McVinceSCT Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 That's what i will do. Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kps022000 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 That's what i will do. Thanks for your help. Super advanced will be out in a week or two and you will get your ticket for £13.50 single. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McVinceSCT Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 On which website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kps022000 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Trainline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 On which website? http://www.thetrainline.com/ticketalert/ sign up for notification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Every Sunday in September the 11.16 Glasgow to Manchester Airport is £20.40, so it's possible this will roll into October. It's only that train though. However, it's the Transpennine Express 'rattler' - although it's direct I'd still prefer to pay an extra fiver and travel as far as Preston with Virgin (that's personal preference though as I hate the Transpennine trains - coming back from Oxenholme last month I jumped on the Virgin Edinburgh train and changed at Carlisle rather than put up with the Transpennine, which was direct). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Super advanced will be out in a week or two and you will get your ticket for £13.50 single. http://www.thetrainline.com/farefinder/BestFares.aspx?orig=GLC&dest=MIA&out=20151011Days before and after showing £13.50, but not the day op wants. So looks like the cheapies have been released for that period Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 ive found a few times that is cheaper to buy on the companys website - Virgin or East Coast Rail - rather than through the trainline for the same trains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macwomble Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 You'll get it cheaper if you break it down. Glasgow to Preston tickets are usually cheap - sometimes as cheap as a tenner - then buy a single to Manchester Airport separately (from Preston) Edit: There are tickets available for a tenner (Glasgow to Preston) at the moment on Virgin Trains' site. It's then £15.70 single Preston to MA. Five of us heading down to Manchester airport on Friday 9th of October. Did lots of research and testing on this and unless you can get a cheap fare to Wigan with Virgin, at which point you could potentially get a cheap Manchester Metropolitan fare to Manchester Airport, then change at Preston looks like the best option. Other good option is if you can get a cheap fare to Warrington, airport not that far away by taxi!!! Used group discount (3 or more travelling -20%) and got 1st Class on Virgin to Preston from Glasgow for £32 each and than booked separately with Transpennine 1st class from Preston to Manchester Airport for £14.50 each. It also would appear as long as you leave the minimum transfer at Preston, in our case, which is 7 minutes, even if your first train is late, if you get your ticket approved by the first train manager you can travel on a later service than you originally booked for free, only thing you lose would be your guaranteed seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) I can never seem to get a cheap fare to Warrington (in comparison to the Preston fare) despite it only being another 20 minutes down the line. Value fares are available to Carlisle, Oxenholme, Lancaster and Preston - beyond that I usually need to split the tickets (although the occasional ticket to / from Crewe can be cheap). I also found that tickets to Wolverhampton are often much cheaper than Birmingham - I saved a good few bob coming back from Cheltenham by splitting the tickets Cheltenham > Wolverhampton > Glasgow instead of Cheltenham > Birmingham > Glasgow. Edited July 26, 2015 by Charlie Endell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanJon Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 If you are travelling any station on the West Coast Line Tue-Thu between Glasgow and Wigan Bank Quay then try Megabus website for train deals. (FTR)You can only book train tickets 12 weeks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Endell Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Anyone know if you can get the tickets from Virgin in Central at the same price as online i.e. booking on specific trains? I've got some vouchers to use (a full refund for a delayed journey), but you can't redeem them online. I'll probably pop in tomorrow and enquire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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