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There are a couple of very small student discounts valid on the official Railcard site, eg the 2% StudentBeans one (wow!) mentioned above by HandyHat. You can also get cashback through the usual sites Quidco and Topcashback of a few % as well. A few years ago I used a Tesco clubcard code, and...

I can get the LNER website to sell me a ticket from Metro T&W ALL ZN (actually also Zone A as well, a little cheaper) to Kings Cross no problem? I'm not sure on whether you could break journey on the APN ticket were it an advance, but as South Gosforth doesn't have any barriers (although they...

There is incentive to offer a business loyalty offer on an intercity route where business travellers have the choice of driving or flying - particularly remembering that flying may earn them miles with BA. The "Traveller" scheme ran for years... However in terms of winding it up now, it made...

Depends who they're trying to appeal to and the aim of the scheme overall. Avanti make more money when people book direct. It makes sense to push people off Trainline. Of course, many business travallers don't have that choice, probably why the previous "Traveller" loyalty programme offered...

Interesting, do SWR guard's also now use printed roll? They were one of the hold outs, but perhaps it's now only GTR and I think Southeastern (and maybe GWR? Can't remember...) Yeah, they also need to have them to print things like season tickets, railcards and Gold Cards

The issue with current printed roll "bog roll" tickets is they print the "wrong way" for the printers - they are designed to print text perpendicular to the paper. This is one of the main reasons they print so slowly, as the printer has to draw a lot more lines. They're also currently using...

I'm suspecting that as this is Avanti it is probably Euston and the manual blocks as opposed to one of the few gated platforms, and I suspect may not carry Oyster readers to check the correct travelcard is even held (not the passenger's problem though). If they really want to be sure they can...

This is the page you need, with map, time restrictions, minimum fares information and applicable ticket types. You can currently buy a Railcard through Trainpal at 34% off with code RC007, so a 1 year network Railcard would be £19.80 instead of £30. You don't have to buy your train tickets from...

If you can use one of the few Greater Anglia direct services, for example the 06:18 to Liverpool Street, I can find advances on Friday at £16. Similarly there are advances on the return at 19:07 from Liverpool Street at £20. (Although I've quickly checked and I think these no longer exist after...

This depends on your bank. Some banks can and do want your physical card and PIN to be used after a certain number of transactions. Google Pay as a system doesn't impose a limit but banks can do so.

Ah, sorry I thought that was what you meant. I have heard of what you said being mooted, however haven't seen anything concrete that it was going to happen unlike the proposal for scanners at stations with shared LU/NR gates. Doesn't feel like we are any closer at all to...

I'm not suggesting it would be required in all cases, or even this one, but in situations like this where it can be very difficult to prove the ticket issuing facility was not available doing so would have avoided the whole situation in its entirety.

Here's a GTR issued ticket with a penalty fare warning on CCST. Not sure if there is a thread, but this Freedom of Information request includes TfL's ticketting brief that indicates which stations are planned to get barcode readers.

For future reference almost all Northern conductors carry ticket issuing equipment but do not issue penalty fares, so will sell you a ticket (usually they come through to check and sell tickets, but they cannot always access all coaches of a train, for example). If there is a problem getting a...

Pretty sure there have been increases to all of the lower price quotas. It used to be pretty easy to find solo cabins on the lowlanders at the £100 rate (£66 railcard). I did a few journeys at that rate and was very satisfied given what I had paid. Now I have clicked through lots of days (their...

Good to see the misleading messaging being reiterated in guides like this one on Youtube... not And the poster of the video having an arguement with @MikeWh in the comments about the incorrect procedure being showcased, insisting that they are correct!

You can always ring them up, they'll be able to cancel and refund the incorrect tickets on the phone, and you can ask for the correct tickets for what you desire and book that way to make sure you're doing the right thing. They'll also be able to book you in cabins next to each other (although...

From recent contact with someone I know at SWR, all of FirstGroup uses the same employee benefits provider as Northern which is "Reward Gateway" / "SmartSpending" (the mobile app) so the benefits/portal will be the exact same as Northern Perks. I wouldn't weigh this into the decision too much...

Ealing Broadway but this was I believe prior to the some staff being briefed not to do it (and having gone the evening before and no one being there who was able to). Current advice is to go to in office hours so a manager is hopefully present who can do it if anything. Fair enough, I get what...

At the end of the day at most stations we should be allowed to be let through under National Rail Conditions of Carriage as there are no appropriate ticket purchasing facilities. But good luck with most LU gates... Is that just because it could be cheaper to "split" when doing a through TfL/NR...