London Banter - View Single Post - Article on National Railcard and Oyster link for travel discount- THOUGHTS PLEASE!!

[email protected] · May 16th 11, 12:30 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Paul Scott) wrote:

There are still lots of things I don't know about the scheme -
e.g. does the Oyster Card discount automatically end when the
Railcard expires, or do I need to visit a TfL station to get a
new one re-registered.

Yes of course, otherwise there'd be a perpetual railcard discount
for people not entitled? To renew automatically you'd need an
automatic link from railcard issue on paper stock to Oyster, for
that subset of railcard holders with an Oyster card. Can't see an
organisation such as Northern trains setting that up...

The trouble is you get no warning of this because no part of the system
accessible to users shows whether a railcard is loaded or not. I was
caught out when my railcard expired but I did get a refund for the
discount I missed. I now have a three year railcard so a repeat will be
long-deferred.

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Colin Rosenstiel