[keithwalton]

i do remember if you booked virgin trains a long while in advance you get a rather large discount.
As if i book 7 days in advance i can get single tickets from southampton to oxford for £7 a piece. 3 days in advance and its £9.50 a piece.
Who was the mug that forgot about this till two days before travel and was lumped with a £26.60 return ticket :-(

Single tickets are hardly any cheaper than returns I think its about £21-22 for a single (depending on cheap day or not)

Only problem with the cheap tickets are that your stuck on which train you get. You do get a seat reserved but thats not in the quite zone, which isnt allways that quiet :@
As last time i traveled on said train a mother and her two children got on at one of the stops and came and sat in the quiet zone.
They we're good for all of 5 minutes then they started shouting and argueing between each other about how unfare somthing was.
It was obvious that it was irritating alot of passengers in the carriage who had come in here for abit of piece, quiet and personal time, it usually works out well as people mutually respect this.
Everyone left them alone as there was no point in causing any hassle it would of just made things worse. To top it off she started using her mobile to call their farther as well (who they were going to meet it seems as everyone in the carriage could hear the conversation :@)

Needless to say this is the only time such an incident has happend and I do give kudos to virgin trains for implementing such a system, it would be nice for some gentle enforcement perhaps.

K