Young persons railcard - Money off?

Angelhales2601

I'm hunting around and cant find money off the young persons railcard, is it that they only do offers at certain times?

Thanks

KeithP

Buying a three year one gives a handy discount.

Livingthedream

You could try this one, gives a 10% discount so the price is reduced to £23.40

Save10

http://www.16-25railcard.co.uk/online

Angelhales2601

Ooo ok cool will try that thank you. Unfortunately a 3 year one even though saves money isnt viable as I will only be using train this year to get to college as I drive and rarely train it.

Kua

Livingthedream wrote: »

You could try this one, gives a 10% discount so the price is reduced to £23.40

Save10

http://www.16-25railcard.co.uk/online

I can confirm that this works but unfortunately it won't work for the three year version.

KeithP

Kua wrote: »

I can confirm that this works but unfortunately it won't work for the three year version.

You are right.

But a three year one at £65 works out at £21.66 a year... a bigger discount.

And the great thing about a three year card is that you are protecting yourself from three year's worth of price increases.

Quentin

Time your purchases so that whatever cards you buy eventually expire the day before your 27th birthday.

KeithP

Quentin wrote: »

Time your purchases so that whatever cards you buy eventually expire the day before your 26th birthday.

Building on Quentin's post, you can buy a three year YP Railcard up until the day before your 24th birthday.

From the Railcard website...

Now you can also buy a 3-year 16-25 Railcard, available only online. It’s great value at £65, saving you an extra £13 on the cost of renewing your 1 year Railcard for three consecutive years. You can buy this 3-year Railcard up until the day before your 24th birthday.

In other words, it will be valid until the day before your 27th birthday.

So as Quentin says... "time your purchases carefully".

Kua

KeithP wrote: »

You are right.

But a three year one at £65 works out at £21.66 a year... a bigger discount.

And the great thing about a three year card is that you are protecting yourself from three year's worth of price increases.

This is true. But personally I haven't used the train since my card expired in February and have only just found the need to buy one again. So I saved myself a few months there. It all depends on individual use of course