Recent content by TheaM94

£6 was the difference between the fare I paid and the one I should have paid, and the rest, they said, were the costs they incurred dealing with the case.

Hey! Just to let you guys know, I got another letter from the rail company, basically saying they're willing to settle for a fee, so I paid they £86 they asked for and the issue is now resolved. Thank you so much for all your help!

I finally got the letter from them today. As @gray1404 suggested, here is the letter with the details redacted:

Yes, I have now renewed it. I'll be waiting for the letter from them, and post here again when I receive it.

Thank you, I'll make sure to do that! So you don't think it's worth preemptively contacting them to offer to pay the fare and contribution before getting the letter, then?

Yes, I understand that to anyone other than me, the genuine reasons for my mistake aren't worth much without proof. But would lying, and saying that yes, I intentionally tried to avoid paying a full ticket, make the situation any better? I genuinely don't know if I have any options here. That is...

I used to travel more often before moving to London, then a lot less often over the past year. Again, I am aware of how this looks. I understand my mistake in not checking my railcard. It is now too late to change any of these facts. I am simply trying to find out if there is anything I can do...

Maybe, for someone who travels by train often. I understand how this looks, I do. I guess at this point, it would be very hard for me to convince them it was a genuine mistake, even though I know it was.

Unfortunately it had expired this November. As I live close to where I work in London, I don't travel by rail often, so I hadn't used it in quite a while.

I was travelling from London Liverpool Street to Stansted airport on a ticket I bought using the 16-25 Railcard discount. When I got to Stansted I was stopped at a ticket check and the guys there asked to see my railcard, which I took out of my wallet only to realise it had expired. Now, this...