I commute with a season ticket and I have a Two-Together Railcard with my wife. We travel together from time to time over the route on which I commute, though probably only two-three times a year.
I was wondering if my wife and I could travel together on this route, me on my season ticket and her with a discounted Two-Together ticket. We haven't had cause to do this yet as we got the railcard in December and the last time we made the journey together was on New Year's Day, when I was between season tickets - but I'm sure we will do sooner rather than later.
I thought I'd email Virgin EC, who operate our local stations, to see what they have to say - their response was no:
I'm a bit suspicious of the response due to the stuff about the 'same booking', which doesn't seem to be particularly relevant, unless what the reply is saying is that we can't buy a Two-Together discounted ticket for one person as their software won't sell one.
Equally, if this is the intention or the generally accepted interpretation of the restrictions - then fine, I can live with that as really we're talking a saving of only ~£2.
So, just thought I'd canvas views from here - do people think Virgin are correct here, is there any obvious way of contesting this claim, or should I just suck it up as the savings are marginal?
I was wondering if my wife and I could travel together on this route, me on my season ticket and her with a discounted Two-Together ticket. We haven't had cause to do this yet as we got the railcard in December and the last time we made the journey together was on New Year's Day, when I was between season tickets - but I'm sure we will do sooner rather than later.
I thought I'd email Virgin EC, who operate our local stations, to see what they have to say - their response was no:
I regret to inform you that you would not be able to use a Two-Together railcard as it has to be linked under the same booking and unfortunately the restrictions of the railcard do literally limit it to two people. This essentially means that if you wanted to use your Two-Together railcard then you would need to buy 2 day tickets as the discount is not able to be applied to season tickets. However as you already have a season ticket, it would be cheaper to use your season ticket and purchase a ticket at the standard rate for your wife.
I'm a bit suspicious of the response due to the stuff about the 'same booking', which doesn't seem to be particularly relevant, unless what the reply is saying is that we can't buy a Two-Together discounted ticket for one person as their software won't sell one.
Equally, if this is the intention or the generally accepted interpretation of the restrictions - then fine, I can live with that as really we're talking a saving of only ~£2.
So, just thought I'd canvas views from here - do people think Virgin are correct here, is there any obvious way of contesting this claim, or should I just suck it up as the savings are marginal?