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• Frank says:

  2 Oct2 October 06:00

  Seems that the Tesco site now only lets you convert a multiple of £1.50 and not just a minimum of £1.50 followed by an increase of 50p increments.

• Simon says:

  2 Oct2 October 06:13

  If I get a digital railcard with trainline can I only use this card when buying tickets on trainline or can I also use it when buying tickets at a station?

  • Rob says:

    2 Oct2 October 09:54

    Anywhere. You just don’t get posted one and would need to have your phone with you at all times.

    • Simon says:

      2 Oct2 October 12:07

      Thanks.

• LaTy says:

  2 Oct2 October 06:17

  You can get a similar deal for railcards with the TrainPal app 🙂

  • Phil says:

    2 Oct2 October 07:48

    Looks like it’s only 3 quid (10%) off the one year cards on that app.

    • LaTy says:

      2 Oct2 October 20:39

      That’s odd, it shows 34% off for all railcards on my side for both 1-year and 3-years cards.

• TimM says:

  2 Oct2 October 06:23

  It annoys me to be targeted as one of a small minority of people not able to obtain a railcard, i.e. aged between 31 and 60, not disabled, not a student, without children or travelling companion – yet still a regular train traveller! Why don’t Network Rail drop the pretence and complexity and just have one pre-paid Railcard for all? Or better still, no railcards whatsoever.

  • zapato1060 says:

    2 Oct2 October 06:36

    i may be wrong but dont you come under Network Railcard?

  • John says:

    2 Oct2 October 06:40

    Because you don’t need any incentives to take the train while they assume that those groups do.

    Btw, network rail manages infrastructure, you mean the rail delivery group.

  • memesweeper says:

    2 Oct2 October 07:51

    Anyone can get the network railcard.

    If you have journeys that start and end in S E England this may be worthwhile; ditto if you use the IHG Railcard rate.

    • Phil says:

      2 Oct2 October 08:44

      IHG railcard rate?

  • TimM says:

    2 Oct2 October 08:09

    Ah, so I am in an even smaller minority than I thought – not living in London or the South East!

    • AJA says:

      2 Oct2 October 08:24

      @TimM I feel your frustration. I have 6 years to go to get my own seniors card. I didn’t know about the network card so could have saved a fair bit in the meantime ho hum.

      The only suggestion I can make is revel in your unique position and be grateful.that you can afford to buy train tickets anyway.

      Or if you do a particular route frequently enough observe if there are any other apparent singletons who do the same journeys and if so strike up a friendship. Then you can buy a two together railcard 🙂

  • Brian says:

    2 Oct2 October 08:46

    My guess is that most of the groups targeted have a lower income than you do. Would you like to swap that as well?

    • dougzz99 says:

      2 Oct2 October 10:46

      I think that’s rubbish. There are plenty of people railcard eligible that have very nice incomes. Railcards are like many of the other discount schemes you encounter, just pretty random.

      • Callum says:

        2 Oct2 October 11:41

        The existence of well off people in those groups does not therefore mean that the group is not less well off on average.

        Though it’s also not simply “help the poor” (otherwise it would be based on income), it’s also about inducing demand (particularly off-peak) and improving social mobility.

    • MrVine says:

      2 Oct2 October 12:27

      That is clearly absolute nonsense.

  • RussellH says:

    2 Oct2 October 10:46

    Minor correction – it is nothing to do with Network Rail since they do not operate any trains. These days I would guess that it is the RDG that set the policy.

    But yes, whoever is responsible should take a leaf out of the Swiss book and have a half price railcard, available to all for as long as I can remember. Does cost CHF185 (CHF120 for under 25s) though! But certainly worth it for many.

    • Craig V says:

      2 Oct2 October 13:34

      The Swiss Halbtax is brilliant. You can easily cover its cost with the purchase of a Jungfrau pass, or a trip on the Glacier Express. As stated CHF185 in the first year; CHF 165 for renewals. The pass is stored on your phone in the SBB Mobile app, along with any tickets and day passes.

      • Lady London says:

        2 Oct2 October 14:58

        +1 Love Swiss Rail.
        Always worth looking at adjacent countries in Europe as often cards are recognised cross-border

  • Max says:

    2 Oct2 October 16:45

    I agree with this comment. Railcards discriminate against people who are single.

• OrlandoBelle says:

  2 Oct2 October 08:10

  This will be the first time the veterans railcard is included in the offer. Already renewed mine unfortunately

  • Duncan says:

    3 Oct3 October 07:51

    The page says they’re not included in the offer.

• Greenpen says:

  2 Oct2 October 08:11

  The Club Card points do disappear instantaneously but Virgin does not reciprocate! Maybe a bit later they’ll appear.

• Frank says:

  2 Oct2 October 08:12

  I signed up for Automatic conversion from Tesco to Virgin last quarter for the Virgin points to be added,this has been completed however the 2500 points one off bonus conversation bonus has not been put on account.
  Does anybody have any experience of completion, before I contact Tesco.
  Thanks for your help.

• Susan says:

  2 Oct2 October 08:21

  nb Trainline discount is for new customers only.

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