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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.

But why would any reasonable person assume that the entitlement would not
lapse with the railcard expiry - I'm assuming as a Cambridge traveller you'd
be aware of your 'paper' railcard running out?

It's a slightly different issue for someone with an annual travelcard loaded
on Oyster - who might then assume (or hope) that the Gold Card entitlement
would automatically add itself to the card, but that seems to be a separate
issue IMHO.

Paul S