Best mature student account

Degeneratemoo

I was going to go for the Natwest student account but the rail card is for young persons only (because older students won't struggle either will they.... :mad:) so what is the best account to go for (freebie wise) for a mature student?

spl2nh

I was under the impression that a young persons railcard also applies to students of any age, but if not, you can still buy one for about £20 as a mature student and hopefully that should save you some money in the long run.

CrispyUK

Anyone under/upto (not 100% on that one) the age of 25 can get a Young Persons Railcard, students over that age can also get one but they need their form stamped by the institution if I recall correctly.

However that is for the bought railcards - I can't confirm how it applies to the NatWest offer.

Snow_Angel

Yes you do get tha railcard - my friend took this offer last year and he's 35.

-rainbow-

Snow_Angel wrote:

Yes you do get tha railcard - my friend took this offer last year and he's 35.

I'm 28 and hoping to get the railcard but I see that it is a five-year one. Do you know if your friend is allowed to continue using it for the two years after he's finished the three-year degree?

impy78

spl2nh wrote:

I was under the impression that a young persons railcard also applies to students of any age, but if not, you can still buy one for about £20 as a mature student and hopefully that should save you some money in the long run.

Nope, you have to be under 26, I tried that one!

-rainbow-

impy78 wrote:

Nope, you have to be under 26, I tried that one!

Impy, I think you might be mistaken.

Their T&Cs state that the card can be purchased by a mature student providing you can show the necessary paper-work and are in full-time education (not applicable to part-time). I got one when I was 27 and doing a full-time Access course.

impy78

Guess who's going to go and shout at the lying man in the station!

-rainbow-

You go girl!

Snow_Angel

I'm a student - I'm 32 - and I've got a national railcard. I get the form stamped by the university admin staff in my dept. I hate to say it but....if you read the form it does say all this on there. Maybe you should tell dude in the station too.