Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
One common prosecution or settlement is where Railcards have expired and people haven't noticed. I think we could do more to avoid this.
How about:
* For accreditation, sites and apps (and maybe even TVMs) must ask for the Railcard number and expiry date when selling a discounted ticket. When buying an advance-dated ticket they could also have an option "I haven't bought the Railcard yet", but it could be clearly printed on the ticket that the passenger selected this which could then be used to determine whether they were being truthful or not. Nothing for the time being would stop someone lying and entering a false date, but doing so would be evidence of fraud if caught.
* Add barcodes to Railcards which should be scanned alongside the relevant e-ticket when a human is scanning in person?
* Have Railcards where entitlement doesn't need to be re-proven renew automatically by Direct Debit?
Any more suggestions?
How about:
* For accreditation, sites and apps (and maybe even TVMs) must ask for the Railcard number and expiry date when selling a discounted ticket. When buying an advance-dated ticket they could also have an option "I haven't bought the Railcard yet", but it could be clearly printed on the ticket that the passenger selected this which could then be used to determine whether they were being truthful or not. Nothing for the time being would stop someone lying and entering a false date, but doing so would be evidence of fraud if caught.
* Add barcodes to Railcards which should be scanned alongside the relevant e-ticket when a human is scanning in person?
* Have Railcards where entitlement doesn't need to be re-proven renew automatically by Direct Debit?
Any more suggestions?