staff discount

[pacerlover]

hi all
new here
got a question for u
can family members use a staff dicount
is the limit doing so like times of trains etc
thanks

 

[MidnightFlyer]

hi all
new here
got a question for u
can family members use a staff dicount
is the limit doing so like times of trains etc
thanks

Any close family members (partner/children) should be issued with a PRIV pass if the person in question is a long-term rail employee - I'm not sure about duration or jobs etc), which entitles them to 25% off Anytime STD fares, nothing for 1st unless the family member who entitles everyone to a pass is an MD etc.

 

[Mojo]

nothing for 1st unless the family member who entitles everyone to a pass is an MD etc.

I don't know, but AIUI if they are an MD then they are more likely entitled to a Gold Status pass which means free First class travel at any time.

I think the criteria for First class passes varies between companies, but I do know that some junior staff can even get them depending on long service, but they would typically be issued to those slightly above middle management. I had (have) a First class Priv and my Mum was certainty a few steps down from the MD

 

[Safety365]

Any close family members (partner/children) should be issued with a PRIV pass [...] which entitles them to 25% off Anytime STD fares [...]

Actually priv is 75% off SOR & SOS.

For some (if not all), It often works out cheaper to book Advance fares with a YoungPersons (16-25) Railcard instead of using Priv. £6.25 Wolverhampton - Eus advance with Y-P on VT, instead of the £20ish SOS Priv fare...

 

[Flamingo]

I know FirstGroup do a "friends and family" discount, which is basically an all-network rover for 1 day for £5, but a passholder has to travel with them at all times, otherwise some nasty guard comes along and nails them!

Also, they have have been abused in the past with Firstgroup employees giving them / selling them to their mates and saying "Tell the guard I'm on the next train", and some passengers with them think they mean an automatic 1st upgrade (which they most certainly do not!)

 

[wibble]

I don't know, but AIUI if they are an MD then they are more likely entitled to a Gold Status pass which means free First class travel at any time.

AFAIK, the pool of people eligible for Status Passes is shrinking as normally only Safeguarded staff are eligible. TOC directors will only get a TOC New Entrant pass, albeit for First Class...

 

[jd]

If you're a TOC new entrant (meaning you entered employment with a Train Operating Company post-1997 - after privitisation), you get a PRIV which grants you 75% off Anytime tickets only (the most expensive type of ticket). Most TOCs also give you some form of free travel on their own services, and sometimes those of other TOCs owned by the same company - though there is no consistency between different companies, as the issusing of such a benefit is entirely down to the individual TOC. The same benefits the employee gets are usually granted to their spouse, and 'dependants' (children under 16, or 16+ but still in education/otherwise unemployed).

For example, all Govia staff (London Midland, Southern, Southeastern and Gatwick Express) get unlimited free travel on all services of all Govia TOCs. On Central Trains, we got unlimited travel on CT and a limited number of boxes for travel on other National Express TOCs (which were at the time Midland Mainline, Gatwick Express, one, c2c, and maybe another one...)

If you worked for the railways before 1997, it's all different, and I'm not entirely sure what you do and don't get.

 

[Fred26]

On Central Trains, we got unlimited travel on CT and a limited number of boxes for travel on other National Express TOCs (which were at the time Midland Mainline, Gatwick Express, one, c2c, and maybe another one...)

I got the same when I worked for one. However, it's interesting to note that at the time, c2c staff did not receive boxes for other NX routes. Instead they were allowed free travel on 'London Lines', which was basically c2c and the North London Lines, which at the time were run by NX.

 

[scotsman]

ScotRail gets you unlimited travel on all First TOCs (incl. sleepers) and 10(?) boxes on the rest of the UK Network

 

[CarterUSM]

ScotRail gets you unlimited travel on all First TOCs (incl. sleepers) and 10(?) boxes on the rest of the UK Network

Not quite Scotsman, the 10 boxes are for the other First franchises, you only get unlimited leisure travel with ScotRail.

 

[jd]

I got the same when I worked for one. However, it's interesting to note that at the time, c2c staff did not receive boxes for other NX routes. Instead they were allowed free travel on 'London Lines', which was basically c2c and the North London Lines, which at the time were run by NX.

Ah yes, the other one I can't think of is Silverlink!
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Not quite Scotsman, the 10 boxes are for the other First franchises, you only get unlimited leisure travel with ScotRail.

I thought that sounded really generous!

 

[scotsman]

Not quite Scotsman, the 10 boxes are for the other First franchises, you only get unlimited leisure travel with ScotRail.

Right then, that makes one friend's version of events rather odd....

 

[CarterUSM]

Right then, that makes one friend's version of events rather odd....

He maybe got mixed up!!