According to the card's conditions, Senior Railcard discounts are available in the Network South East area from the first off-peak service on weekdays.
However, National Rail Enquiries (NRE) is no longer applying this rule for many (but not all) journeys in the area. Instead the discount is only being applied to departures after 9:30am.
For example, NRE reports these return ticket prices for departures from Farnborough Main to Waterloo between 9:00am and 9:45am on Thursday, 4 June (using the full pre-COVID19 timetable):-
09:00: £34.30 - undiscounted Anytime Day Return
09:16: £24.60 - undiscounted Off Peak Day Return
09:32: £16.25 - discounted Off Peak Day Return
This is not just a SWR thing. The same pattern occurs on GWR, Chiltern and West Midlands services, but not GA, SE and Southern (I've not looked at the others).
Is a change in the Card's conditions in the offing?
Or fat fingers/a mistake?
However, National Rail Enquiries (NRE) is no longer applying this rule for many (but not all) journeys in the area. Instead the discount is only being applied to departures after 9:30am.
For example, NRE reports these return ticket prices for departures from Farnborough Main to Waterloo between 9:00am and 9:45am on Thursday, 4 June (using the full pre-COVID19 timetable):-
09:00: £34.30 - undiscounted Anytime Day Return
09:16: £24.60 - undiscounted Off Peak Day Return
09:32: £16.25 - discounted Off Peak Day Return
This is not just a SWR thing. The same pattern occurs on GWR, Chiltern and West Midlands services, but not GA, SE and Southern (I've not looked at the others).
Is a change in the Card's conditions in the offing?
Or fat fingers/a mistake?