I generally travel with my phone and laptop, but as discussed below I think the railcard can only be shown on the phone. Personally, given they have a photo on them, I fail to see why RDG cannot allow us to have the railcard on devices and also a plastic version. I do think that they should also release a laptop version of the app or an option to download/print the railcard as a PDF (like for e-tickets). I get this would require some financial outlay to implement, but it seems worth it. It's not very nice to have a system which, as MrJeeves has outlined, can land you with a criminal record for forgetting your railcard. There should be multiple ways to produce it.I'm intrigued by the argument the advantage of a digital railcard is that it can be be held on multiple devices. How many different devices (each with a point of failure if the battery runs out) would a passenger take on their journey? One, in nearly all cases.
But a physical piece of plastic, in a wallet or whatever, has a 100% guaranteed success rate of being produced on demand and being accepted. I'm with Brissie Girl on this.
Can you get the railcard on your laptop though? I was under the impression it cannot be put on MacBooks, so wondering if this varies for different laptop brandsUsually two phones (I have a passion for mobile networks, hence one SIM with each network in two dual SIM phones) and a power bank (specifically my 96Wh Anker one), and usually a 100W power adapter for myself and friends I'm with.
Not too uncommon for me to sling my small XPS 13 into the backpack too as it's only just over a kilo which is nothing on my back and lets me be productive wherever I'm going.
(For Mods - RDG = Rail Delivery Group)