MSE News: How the new 26-30 Railcard can be used by commuters to slash £100s off...

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Commuters on some routes will be able to use the new 26-30 Railcard to save up to £700 on a year's train travel, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal, due to a simple trick which those with a 16-25 Railcard can already use...

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'How the new 26-30 Railcard can be used by commuters to slash £100s off travel to work'

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AirlieBird

So not really a trick. Just common sense and Maths.

mjm3346

The "saving" is quickly reduced by any leisure travel on the season ticket route or where the season ticket route forms part of a journey as well as any day you need to travel twice on the same day

You also lose the benefits that go with a Greater Anglia season ticket (Gold Card) which include

Your Gold Card acts as a Railcard giving discounts on other rail journeys for yourself and others after 09.30 Monday - Friday and all day at weekends and on Bank Holidays. These include:

1/3 off Standard and First Class single and return tickets on participating train company services within the Gold Card area (see below)
Up to three additional adults aged 16 or over travelling with you each get 1/3 off as well
Up to four children aged between 5 and 15 pay just 40% of the child fare
1/3 off a London Zones 1-6 Off-Peak Day Travelcard
1/3 off Oyster Off-Peak Pay as you go single fares and Oyster Off-Peak daily price caps on National Rail, London Underground and Docklands Light Railway services in Greater London (apply at a London Underground station for the Gold Card discount to be applied to your Oyster card). This discount applies to the Gold Card holder only

and of course you pay fare increases when they come in rather than put them off for a year

silvercar

Is it still the case that there is no minimum fare restriction in July and August? If so, the maths may work for those two months alone.

Kite2010

silvercar wrote: »

Is it still the case that there is no minimum fare restriction in July and August? If so, the maths may work for those two months alone.

Going via the staff briefs, the relaxation of the minimum fare restriction doesn't appear to apply for the 26-30 card

miller

I have not looked at the T&Cs for this, but I think the article may have interpreted the minimum fare rule incorrectly. The ticket has to cost £18 for you to get the full benefit, but you could still use it on e.g a £12.05 ticket (discounted to £12). Obviously £12 or below there is no point anyway.

miller

If buying 5 daily tickets AFAIK WebTIS backed sites e.g. Chiltern will add multiple tickets in a basket to a single booking collection reference number (I think 6 is the maximum). Others you will get individual refernce numbers e.g. SWR. Will save a fair bit of time at the ticket machine if they are printed in one go.