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« on: June 13, 2026, 10:33:15 »
GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) are increasing most their owned first class fares by 5% from 5 July 2026, including advance fares.

Additionally, Weekend First and mid-week first upgrades will increase by £5 across the board.
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« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2026, 10:40:51 »
What are mid-week First Upgrades? Not sure they've been discussed/mentioned before?

Also, Avanti's 1st class are going up 10% too....
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« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2026, 11:41:05 »
Mid-week first upgrades are essentially the same as Weekend First upgrades for Monday - Friday.  They're generally 2x the price of a Weekend First, and have a child fare which is half the adult price (whereas FWF▸ (Weekend First. It is an official National Rail ticket code for a flat-rate upgrade that allows standard class passengers to travel in First Class on Great Western Railway (GWR▸ (Great Western Railway)) services on Saturdays, Sundays, and Bank Holidays.) are flat fares whether adult or child).
If you look on BRFares, they're the GWR WEEKDAY UPG 1U1▸ (Ticket code for a First Class Upgrade, which allows a passenger with a Standard Class ticket to upgrade to First Class for a particular journey or segment
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Originally introduced as a fare-by-fare equivalent, ie a SSS > 1U1 was dearer than an SOS > 1U1, but changed to a flat fare, so SSS > 1U1 is more value for money.
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« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2026, 12:18:14 »
So what's the availability on these? Any empty 1st class off-peak seat? How do you know that the seat isn't already reserved further down the line?

Worth checking these before buying a Seatfrog upgrade I guess - you don't want a Seatfrog where the 1U1▸ (Ticket code for a First Class Upgrade, which allows a passenger with a Standard Class ticket to upgrade to First Class for a particular journey or segment
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« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2026, 20:16:33 »
They are available on any GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) service that normally has 1st class, as a walk up on-train upgrade bought from the guard or TE▸ (Ticket Examiner), where space is available (ie any seat unreserved for the duration of the journey undertaken) - same as Weekend First.
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« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2026, 17:15:18 »
So it looks like GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) have decided at the last minute to put 1U1▸ (Ticket code for a First Class Upgrade, which allows a passenger with a Standard Class ticket to upgrade to First Class for a particular journey or segment
) and FWF▸ (Weekend First. It is an official National Rail ticket code for a flat-rate upgrade that allows standard class passengers to travel in First Class on Great Western Railway (GWR) services on Saturdays, Sundays, and Bank Holidays.) up by £10 across the board, rather than £5 as intended.

Meaning a FWF London - Westcountry is now £45 and a 1U1 £70.
Worth it?
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« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2026, 22:01:56 »
Quote from: plymothian on July 06, 2026, 17:15:18
So it looks like GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) have decided at the last minute to put 1U1▸ (Ticket code for a First Class Upgrade, which allows a passenger with a Standard Class ticket to upgrade to First Class for a particular journey or segment
) and FWF▸ (Weekend First. It is an official National Rail ticket code for a flat-rate upgrade that allows standard class passengers to travel in First Class on Great Western Railway (GWR) services on Saturdays, Sundays, and Bank Holidays.) up by £10 across the board, rather than £5 as intended.

Meaning a FWF London - Westcountry is now £45 and a 1U1 £70.
Worth it?

No.
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« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2026, 22:08:00 »
No need to 'sit on the fence' there, TG▸ (TaplowGreen - a respected member of this forum - or, possibly, a train cancellation code ("cancelled due to an issue with the train crew"), depending on context).  Wink Cheesy Grin
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« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2026, 06:46:38 »
I'm sure I'll work it out eventually... but could 1U1▸ (Ticket code for a First Class Upgrade, which allows a passenger with a Standard Class ticket to upgrade to First Class for a particular journey or segment
) and FWF▸ (Weekend First. It is an official National Rail ticket code for a flat-rate upgrade that allows standard class passengers to travel in First Class on Great Western Railway (GWR▸ (Great Western Railway)) services on Saturdays, Sundays, and Bank Holidays.) be added to the abbreviations list? Smiley

Ah - should have started at the top Embarrassed
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« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2026, 20:16:08 »
No sooner asked for than done, JohnM: they have both been added to our Coffee Shop forum 'abbreviations and acronyms page'.  Smiley
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