Virgin Trains has come under fire this week after Sky presenter Martha Kelner tweeted that she had just spent £338 on an open return ticket from Manchester to London.
Posting on Twitter, Martha called the rail service a 'national disgrace' and said it would've been cheaper to fly to New York.
In a statement Virgin Trains said: "The vast majority of our customers pay far less than Martha, with fares between London and Manchester starting at £23.
"Martha could have booked and travelled that same day for just £39 by choosing her train and buying an advance fare."
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After tweeting Virgin Trains, Martha was inundated with replies to tell her what she could've spent her £338 on.
As if Martha needs to feel any worse about parting with £338, her followers definitely made sure she knew exactly what she had missed out on.
A one-way flight from Manchester to New York on Tuesday 4 December is currently priced at £283 so she would even have a little bit of money spare.
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One follower also wrote: "For £338 you could have a flight from Heathrow to Moscow direct and a night in the Sheraton Palace hotel." (The Sheraton is a 5-star hotel in the Russian city.)
Martha also could've treated herself to four bottles of Aldi's six-litre bottle of Prosecco which would have been a lot more enjoyable than the two-hour train journey.
Other followers asked whether Martha got to keep the train and if she was offered unlimited food and drink for that price.
One user wrote: "You get the whole carriage for that right? To take home I mean...??"
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Another added: "I paid £184 at the weekend. I didn't get a seat with that, but it's now starting to look like a bargain."
"We were going to Edinburgh for the weekend on @VirginTrains - turns out it was cheaper to fly to Hamburg for the weekend so who won! This country loses out with the outrageous travel prices", added another.
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