Advance Purchase - Refund in exceptional circumstances?!

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[JayMac]

All I can think of is having the disabled railcard only valid with a bus pass

Therein lies another problem. The eligibility criteria for DSB railcards and bus passes are markedly different. I'm eligible for, and have, a DSB railcard. However I'm not eligible for a bus pass.

[bigdaz]

I wasn't exactly in a good mood to start with ....

Further to my bad mood

It would strike me that we could have a whole topic area based around The Trout's bad moods lol!!!! Seems to be a common theme on more than one thread ;-)   [ No offence meant TT.... just teasing ]

[thetrout]

Oops... Forgot about this thread!

Therein lies another problem. The eligibility criteria for DSB railcards and bus passes are markedly different. I'm eligible for, and have, a DSB railcard. However I'm not eligible for a bus pass.

BNM is right. I know the rules are different. But the only 2 consistant ones where you can get both are: "Receiving Disability Living Allowance at the Middle or Higher Care Rate or the Mobility Rate" If you get DLA at (I believe it's 1 but might be both) those rates. A Disabled Railcard and Disabled Bus Pass are yours!

However when it comes to "Refused a driving license under medical grounds" there are different criteria. A Disabled Bus Pass will accept any reason providing it's not due to "A Condition resulting from Substance, Alcohol or Drugs Abuse".

A Disabled Railcard is different on this one. Their Criteria is "Refused a Driving License because you have Epilepsy". So you can only get the railcard if you cannot drive due to Epilepsy. (Which I think is wrong because IF you've been refused a driving license because of medical conditions. Providing it's not due to same exclusion as a bus pass. You still can't bl*ddy drive!! So what different should it make?!!!)

I get both of these passes on the DLA grounds. But I would be accepted for a Bus Pass application purely on the grounds I was refused a Driving License on Medical Grounds when I first applied. However it was due to an eyesight problem caused by my medication, Not Epilepsy (Although that is looking like it could be a future possibility ). So purely on those grounds, I would not be entitled to a Disabled Railcard.

I am however as I said, Covered under the DLA criteria so I do get both

It would strike me that we could have a whole topic area based around The Trout's bad moods lol!!!! Seems to be a common theme on more than one thread ;-)   [ No offence meant TT.... just teasing ]

None taken at all bigdaz - January was a very bad month for me and I have been rather... err... not my usual self However things are looking a little better now into February! So I will try and keep the bad moods and rants to a minimum!

[ChrisB]

If there's nowt on the card's T&Cs about a requirement to produce ID to support ownership, you are quite entitled to politely tell requestors to go forth & multiply if one asks.