Do I need to have a raillcard at the time of buying my ticket .. or just at the time of travel ?

WLM21

As the title says ..

Do I need to have a railcard at the time of buying my ticket .. or just at the time of travel ?

I want to book now, a journey for my wife and me to travel to London early in December, which will obviously be cheaper with a 'Two Together' card, but was wondering if it would be OK to buy (without the actual card) then get the card nearer the time.

MSE_James

If you buy the tickets online, there will be no issue buying the tickets now and obtaining the railcard nearer the time.

However, when buying at a ticket office they may insist on seeing the railcard. This happened to me yesterday when buying tickets for a complicated last-minute group travel transaction when one of the railcard holders had not yet arrived at the station and we only had a few minutes to spare till the train left.  I bought the tickets covered by the two railcard holders who were present, and bought the third set of tickets from the ticket vending machine on the platform.