SprinterMan
Established Member
Is a family & friends railcard valid if you only have adult tickets?
Adam
Adam
No you must have a child with you to make use of the railcard.
I'm sure this will have been posted elsewhere, but it IS perfectly legitimate to buy a child ticket using the railcard even if the only child is under 5 years old (for whom a ticket would not usually be required). In this scenario, up to 4 adult tickets can then be bought with the child ticket.
to which I reply "Well obviously neither do you, or you wouldn't be off to London for the weekend..."
At that stage, they were the 5th or 6th in a few weeks, all from West Wales, all clutching a child ticket as well, all the children were "sick at home in bed"...
Some epidemic!
Must be differences across the country - the ones up here seem to have 'fun' helping staff out for ticketing offences like this, half the time it makes a change from dealing with the drunks.
I have been known to check back...What if they buy a child ticket in addition to their own, but the child is conveniently "in the toilet" when the ticket check happens?
I'm sure this will have been posted elsewhere, but it IS perfectly legitimate to buy a child ticket using the railcard even if the only child is under 5 years old (for whom a ticket would not usually be required). In this scenario, up to 4 adult tickets can then be bought with the child ticket.
I have been known to check back...