Western Sunset
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If one buys a return ticket and the railcard expires before making the return journey, is that return journey still valid?
If one buys a return ticket and the railcard expires before making the return journey, is that return journey still valid?
No, unless another Railcard of the same type is purchased to cover it.
So hypothetically, if I bought an open return on a Gold Card at Christmas, and then my return was delayed a week or so into New Year, and then I bought a Network Railcard instead when my Gold Card expires on the 31st Dec (and the journey was in the area and within the timeframe of both cards), the ticket would still not be valid even though the discount is the same?
Correct.
There’s a current thread about 25-30 railcards expiring a day early:Back in July on the last day of use before my railcard was about to expire, mid journey when I opened the app up, it suddenly showed as expired.
Thankfully the train manager was sensible enough to believe the email I showed him showing him when it was purchased which proved it was only in it's 364th full day.
Don't know if this is a technical glitch anyone else has experienced.