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[SealinkBF]

If you live in the South East and have an annual Travelcard, you also benefit from a Network Gold Card, a legacy from the old Network SouthEast.

From 2 January 2015, the benefits are changing, in the name of simplification.

Namely:

The all-day £5 first class upgrade is being removed.
The £2 child flat fare is being removed
Partner offer of a £1 railcard is being removed
Virgin and East Coast train services in the Network area no longer participating.

New:

A new -greatly expanded- Network Card area, which includes ALL of East Anglia and ALL of Chiltern Railways (so discounts possible to Norwich, Cromer (!) Kidderminster and Birmingham etc.)
1/3 off First Class fares in the new Network area
A new £10 Partner card and they can choose the card they want.

I will miss the £5 rtn first class upgrade – in practice only South West Trains seemed to know how it worked.

[SimonS1]

Sounds like whoever used to come up with BA’s enhancements has transferred to the railways.

Remove any benefits that had value (eg Kids for £2) and replace it with the ability to travel to…er….Cromer.

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