Quote ="jonny the leyther"That's brilliant Cronus, all this stuff will be brought up when I propose it.
What if there was an offer, something like a free 1st class upgrade with a final ticket?
Or if I could make more advance tickets available and promote them with a voucher code? Means travelling to London via Manchester could be dirt cheap?'"
Not sure Virgin would be pleased wiv a loada drunken mucky RL flat caps in t'1st Class wagon.
More advance tickets probably the way to go for volume bookings - and could also link it in with tube tickets. You can buy underground tickets online, but maybe an offer for your tube ticket to Wembley for, say, £3 (or even included).
What about group bookings? A reduced set fare for group booking over 10 people bookable until 7 days after the last semi final? Or a package aimed at amateur clubs? Try and pull people away from the coach operators.
I think 1st Class is pretty cheap to upgrade at weekends anyway - £15 each way? A free upgrade might see 1st Class overwhelmed. Maybe a £10 return upgrade would be good, that way the riff-raff might stay in cattle class.