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Old August 22nd 08, 04:15 PM posted to rec.travel.air,rec.travel.europe,uk.transport.london
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Default Purchase Virgin Train tickets online from US address?

In message , grusl
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"AES" wrote in message
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Anyone know how to purchase Virgin Train tickets (London-Holyhead)
online from a U.S. location?

When I try to do so on any of Virgin Train's ".uk" URLs, the "Address"
portion of the registration and booking page stays stubbornly greyed
out, and won't let me complete the registration or the booking.


I'm guessing that you're heading to Ireland. I managed to book a complete
London-Cork journey (on Virgin, Stena and Ironhorse Eire or whatever it is)
at the Virgin Trains booking counter at Euston, but in person.

Crossposted to likely more helpful groups.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore


Probably one of the increasing numbers of travel sites making it
difficult/impossible for anyone with a different country's credit card
to book. (It happens in the other direction as well: for example,
Hawaiian air doesn't accept UK credit cards.) You could email a contact
address on Virgin and ask what to do (Hawaiian gave an agent to contact)
or find someone in the UK to do it for you and pay them back when you
get here or on paypal. If the Holyhead means you are going on to
Ireland, you could see if there is an Irish website that will do it.

Good luck
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Sheila Page