Young persons railcard ?

stars_bright

I want to buy a young persons railcard for my daughter and found a website that said you can buy one for about £23 instead of £26 if you have a promotional code, does anyone know where I can get this code from?

Lowra

You can get one for £23.40 on the 16-25railcard site as they are offering a 10% discount until december.

Coupon-mad

I think you can still get a 16-25 5-year railcard free if your DD opens a Natwest bank account and fulfils the account activity requirements. It doesn't have to be her main or only bank account - but there is a certain amount that has to go in and out of the account AFAIK.

I haven't done this but there's a thread on it somewhere, worth searching 'railcard' (use minimum keywords for best results IMHO).

QuincyBella

I wouldn't be without my railcard! It's great, especially as you can get lots of other discounts with it (money off hotels, shops etc). At the moment they're doing a discount to the Gourmet Society, which I'm definitely going to buy :j

BTW, the best value way to get a railcard is to buy the 3-year one for 65 pounds - not sure if the discount is available on that one too, but it works out well either way.

P.S Don't forget you can pay for First Class Advance tickets with the card too - it often works out really cheap to do so

Coupon-mad

QuincyBella wrote: »

I wouldn't be without my railcard! It's great, especially as you can get lots of other discounts with it (money off hotels, shops etc). At the moment they're doing a discount to the Gourmet Society, which I'm definitely going to buy :j

BTW, the best value way to get a railcard is to buy the 3-year one for 65 pounds - not sure if the discount is available on that one too, but it works out well either way.

P.S Don't forget you can pay for First Class Advance tickets with the card too - it often works out really cheap to do so

I agree, railcards offer some great savings!

But how can paying £65 for a 3 year railcard be better value than getting a FREE 5-year one as per my post about simply opening a Bank account?

Quentin

Coupon-mad wrote: »

But how can paying £65 for a 3 year railcard be better value than getting a FREE 5-year one as per my post about simply opening a Bank account?

It isn't for "simply" opening an account.

It is only for one specific account - a student current account, and only available if you open the account as a first year undergraduate commencing your first year at uni.

Lots more conditions to meet, and closing date is 10/10/09.

pineapplejelly

Coupon-mad wrote: »

I think you can still get a 16-25 5-year railcard free if your DD opens a Natwest bank account and fulfils the account activity requirements. It doesn't have to be her main or only bank account - but there is a certain amount that has to go in and out of the account AFAIK.

I haven't done this but there's a thread on it somewhere, worth searching 'railcard' (use minimum keywords for best results IMHO).

As Quentin points out, this offer is only available to first year undergraduate students, and it needs to be the "main" student account (they define this as the one the student loan gets paid into, I believe).

QuincyBella

Coupon-mad wrote: »

I agree, railcards offer some great savings!

But how can paying £65 for a 3 year railcard be better value than getting a FREE 5-year one as per my post about simply opening a Bank account?

Sorry - I meant that if you were to buy it, rather than open a student account it is the best way to do. I got my original one with HSBC years ago - it worked out very well.