Is there any way you can save money on a rail season ticket?

Question

I read an article in the Guardian around January time that said if you bought a train season ticket in the South of England, you were then entitled to a 'Gold Card' which allowed you to save a third on subsequent season tickets. The idea being that you buy a very cheap season ticket to get the gold card, then save on the one you actually need.

I looked into this: Southern trains says you are entitled to a gold card which gives a 34% discount on 'off-peak' travel, but you don't get a discount on subseqent season tickets.

Is there any way at all you can save money on season tickets?

Answer 1

Not that I know of. Only on individual fares do I get a 1/3 discount

Answer 2

You're saving money by buying a Season Ticket in the first place, as it's cheaper than buying daily tickets.

For example: A Peak Day Travelcard from Brighton to London, including All Zones on the Underground, is £37.80.

The 7 Day Travelcard is £94.00 (less than 2.5 times the daily rate), the Monthly is £361 (just over 9.5 times the daily rate, 3.84 times the weekly), and the Annual is £3760 (99.5 times the daily rate, 40 times the weekly, 10.4 times the monthly).

Answer 3

you can try to type in southern trains promotion codes into google and see if any help you, i do it all the time with amtrak

Answer 4

If you buy an annual Gold Card Season Ticket you save money just like if you buy a monthly ticket it work out cheaper than buying a weekly ticket. Say you buy a monthly ticket to travel in zones 1-4 on the railway it cost for a month £105 so buying it over a year you spend £1260.00, while buying the Gold Card ticket will cost about £1000.00 or there abouts.

Answer 5

yeah use somebody else's

thought i'd say that before anybody else did!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!