Comments on: First Class

By: sarah

sarah — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:01:59 +0000

Or take a pair of crutches and make sure the train is packed they even bought free champainge - think that was virgin from memory - shame I had to decline the champaigne Pain killers an all

By: David Cantrell

David Cantrell — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:07:13 +0000

It's worth it IMO for journeys of more than a couple of hours. I generally use first class on journeys up the east coast, which I book at least a month in advance. It's mostly worth it because I don't have to share a carriage with revolting chavs and football fans.

On Eurostar it's definitely worth it. Again, you need to book in advance - a couple of months - for it to be affordable, but the seats are more comfortable, the food is tasty (although the portions are rather stingy), and there's unlimited free good wine.

By: Cait

Cait — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:45:01 +0000

They used to do Sunday 1st class upgrades for a tenner on the East coast line up to York/Leeds/Edinburgh. Which was absolutely worth the money.

The other, I was going to say 'Cheap' but it isn't particularly. however, it may be convenient, so the other convenient way of doing it is to get a train which also includes a meal time, then you can usually eke out the whole journey in the restaurant car, which has 1st class stylin's.

By: nick s

nick s — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:53:09 +0000

First class on the weekend is very different from first class during the week.

Remember that most of the people who travel first class for work usually get to expense it, either as self-employed individuals or through work. Like Photoshop licences or expert fonts, they're really not priced for retail purchase: there's always the assumption that the cost is going to be written off somewhere along the line.

By: Becca

Becca — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:42:32 +0000

Yeah we managed to get 1st class tickets from Glasgow-MK for just £16 including young persons rail card, they were cheaper than the standard class tickets. On virgin trains we got unlimited tea, coffee, crisps, and cold drinks. Had larger more comfy seats and every set of seats has a proper table. So we amused ourselves with travel scrabble [really what else would you expect from 3 scientists!]. Its worth it if you can get the 1st class advance tickets, but I wouldn't pay the full price for them (£100+!). We also had the added fun of having John Prescott in our carriage LOL!