Upgrading on trains

[Welshbeef]

Just going through the usual hassle of buying Tickets from Reading to London.
This is expensed but only economy/standard travel.

Now for those of you who know this line it's congestion Hell day in day out yet First class is delirious as always has air con on yet economy class doesn't.

Anyway what I'm thinking of doing is expense the standard rail fare yet travel first class - the daily cost is less than what I'd spend on fuel to my usual office.
So is this a no brainer or a Foolish waste of money which I could save from my daily commute cost?

[Welshbeef]

Standard price is £45.50.

Think I spend c8.50 a day on fuel I cannot find the daily cost of first class return. Hmm

[Welshbeef]

icetea said:

Do you have a laptop for work? If so can you not get your boss to allow 1st class tickets to be expensed on the basis that you need a table/more space to work on the train?

I do but noone is permitted for that length of journey to use first or at least expense it.

If it was London to Manchester etc then yes as it would be 6 hours work rather than 6 hours of maybe calls only

[Welshbeef]

PHmember said:

How early/late are you booking?

Need to go this Thursday and Friday then Tuesday and Wednesday.

Standard daily rtn is £45.50
Weekly season ticket is £115 standard economy.

Looks like business class daily is £89 .... That's quite a lot of diesel. Hmm

Cannot find the price of a weekly business class ticket any ideas?

[Welshbeef]

Weekly business class season ticket is £238.5.

It's quite a bit more but gives access to complementary drinks and grub.

Any more qualitative input?

[Welshbeef]

Puggit said:

It's 25 mins FFS!

So could say the same about anyone with anything above a Kia Cee'd as its not required...

[Welshbeef]

Railcard is for 16-25 or those with a child 5-15 years old and the child must travel with you.

None are valid to me but also none will be giving any discount for the times I'm looking at.