If you are given a 20% discount immediately for 2 x £50 train journeys, it save you both £20 in total immediately, isn't it?
It was not a straightforward process for me. When I bought my 26-30 railcard, the railcard website didn't accept my passport I used. I phoned customer service and she told me to send emails such that my order would be processed manually which I didn't bother do it, and I ended buying my railcard on East Midlands Railway!
That thread is a poor example. As far as I can tell the OP bought a physical railcard online, and tried travelling with the receipt as the railcard hadn't arrived in time.
The fact that "it depends entirely on the railcard" is pretty bureaucratic, tbh.
Is there any journey that's cheaper with a Two Together Railcard than a Family and Friends one?
I got a Two Together Railcard in May. I took two photos on my phone and uploaded them to the website. Within the week I had the Railcard in my hand, without having had to leave the house. We've used it for 2 journeys so far. It paid for itself with the first one.
Two adults and one child under five. On a Family & Friends you need to buy a child ticket to get the adult discount; on a Two Together you don't.
That's not cheaper, it's the same prices but with one less ticket.
You should be delighted to have so many options to save money. There are many people who don't have the opportunity to benefit from even one railcard.
I don't think they were trying to be rude to you - he was saying that given the membership of this forum probably understands the ticketing system much better than the average passenger, the quantity of confusion the system causes even to us is testament to the fact that the system is overcomplicated!
In the past two weeks I've worked Exeter to London most days and all have been very well loaded, to the point where its not possible for everyone to have window seats
Ah, the railway's traditional heart-warming attitude of "be grateful for what we give you and don't you dare ask for more, you miserable proles".
There's nothing wrong with asking for more, but try and appreciate how much more you have than others. Is being unselfish such a bad thing?
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Is that anything to do with having not signed a railcard? No, it isn't.And another one
TIL have sent a letter after an invalid ticket via an unreadable Railcard.
Please help if you can. My girlfriend has had a letter come through asking for confirmation of the validity of her Railcard. We've tried going to the local station, ringing customer relations etc and cannot get anywhere because we don't have a receipt- it wasn't provided to her or it has been...
A "system" is an intangible concept. It is the fault of the person/team who designed, implemented and tested the procedures.
As noted upthread, it appears that advance fares are being priced by date rather than reflecting demand - so you will see cheaper advances further out from now in some cases but those fares get removed if they aren't bought within a given time frame.
Maybe it has changed over the last couple of weeks, but that doesn't tie up with what I'm seeing. Lots of heavily discounted advance tickets popping up when checking and scanning tickets
People who book each journey separately, shortly before they travel, and who will be shown the Advance as the cheapest option.
How is the DfT quids in if the person is paying less?
The cheapest GWR advance fare for Guildford to Oxford is now £15.00 following the changes.
Quids in because they're paying more than they would if they booked a return.
Well, that is probably the last time I'll be buying an advanced purchase ticket to Oxford.The cheapest GWR advance fare for Guildford to Oxford is now £15.00 following the changes.
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(Ignore the promotional fare as that isn't normally available.)
