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>> VIRGIN TRAINS passengers can now bid for First Class upgrades through a collaboration with Seatfrog. Customers will be able to bid from 24 hours through to 30 minutes before departure, with upgrades costing as little as £10 >> Online travel management platform TRAVELPERK has integrated full UK rail content from Trainline. The first three months of 2019 saw train bookings increase 138% on the previous quarter >> CABS.COM has launched a taxi-hailing platform it claims will rival Uber. The new tool integrates more than 150,000 vehicles from 8,000 independent UK cab firms with “far better geographical coverage” than Uber.