No. 1 is Gary Rowell
Striker
I know a lot on here use trains quite a bit so hoping someone can clear something up that is puzzling me, or just point out my stupidity.
I'm looking at prices for a return journey to London in December for 2 adults and 1 child aged 3. Standard tickets are coming in at £281.40 total cost (£140.70 ew). I then changed the booking to show that I had a railcard (remember doing this years ago and it was still beneficial to buy a family & Friends railcard for the saving), however it shows no saving whatsoever. I now know after a little googling that children under 5 travel free. But, if I put my childs age as 5 the total trip is £351.80, and with a railcard it would be £213.90, take into account the £30 for the card and that's a saving of £107.90 as the total 'cost' of the trip would be £243.90. The saving overall would only be £37.50 based on my childs age but is that right? It's cheaper for 2 adults and a fare paying child aged 5-15 to travel the same journey as 2 adults and a 'free' fare child aged 3? I know it's a bit of a ramble but it doesn't seem right to me and I'm hoping someone can point out my error and save me some money!!
I'm looking at prices for a return journey to London in December for 2 adults and 1 child aged 3. Standard tickets are coming in at £281.40 total cost (£140.70 ew). I then changed the booking to show that I had a railcard (remember doing this years ago and it was still beneficial to buy a family & Friends railcard for the saving), however it shows no saving whatsoever. I now know after a little googling that children under 5 travel free. But, if I put my childs age as 5 the total trip is £351.80, and with a railcard it would be £213.90, take into account the £30 for the card and that's a saving of £107.90 as the total 'cost' of the trip would be £243.90. The saving overall would only be £37.50 based on my childs age but is that right? It's cheaper for 2 adults and a fare paying child aged 5-15 to travel the same journey as 2 adults and a 'free' fare child aged 3? I know it's a bit of a ramble but it doesn't seem right to me and I'm hoping someone can point out my error and save me some money!!