Dear all,
I have recently been made redundant and am looking for the most cost-effective way to refund my annual season ticket. Today (30th April 2012) is the last day I want my season ticket.
The ticket is:
Oxford to Tilehurst, 12 month, £2096.
Valid 9th August 2011 - 8th August 2012
By my calcs if I go for a straight refund I will get about £293 back - I have used 266 days of the ticket, which would be a 6 month, 2 x 1 month, 3 x 7 days, plus 2 x Anytime Returns.
Based on this thread: http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=61572 I am looking at a Changeover to a very cheap season ticket - eg Newhaven Town to Newhaven Harbour (£148 now, would have been £140 last year). By my maths if I did a Changeover I would be entitled to a £530 refund - much better!
Two questions:
1) Is the ticket office in Oxford likely to do this? If so, what's the best way to go about asking for it? I can't tell from the literature if a) you have to keep either origin or destination the same, or b) you have to prove a change of workplace or home address.
2) Does anyone know of an even cheaper season ticket in the Network Rail area that I could Changeover to?!
Ridiculous that I have to do this - would be much better if they allowed pro-rata refunds with evidence of redundancy...
Thanks for your help.
I have recently been made redundant and am looking for the most cost-effective way to refund my annual season ticket. Today (30th April 2012) is the last day I want my season ticket.
The ticket is:
Oxford to Tilehurst, 12 month, £2096.
Valid 9th August 2011 - 8th August 2012
By my calcs if I go for a straight refund I will get about £293 back - I have used 266 days of the ticket, which would be a 6 month, 2 x 1 month, 3 x 7 days, plus 2 x Anytime Returns.
Based on this thread: http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=61572 I am looking at a Changeover to a very cheap season ticket - eg Newhaven Town to Newhaven Harbour (£148 now, would have been £140 last year). By my maths if I did a Changeover I would be entitled to a £530 refund - much better!
Two questions:
1) Is the ticket office in Oxford likely to do this? If so, what's the best way to go about asking for it? I can't tell from the literature if a) you have to keep either origin or destination the same, or b) you have to prove a change of workplace or home address.
2) Does anyone know of an even cheaper season ticket in the Network Rail area that I could Changeover to?!
Ridiculous that I have to do this - would be much better if they allowed pro-rata refunds with evidence of redundancy...
Thanks for your help.