Rick’s Spain book (17th edition) advises buying your train tickets online and then getting the TD discount card once you arrive in Spain. However, the Renfe app to buy train tix won’t give a senior discount if you try to buy tickets online without entering the TD card info. Does anyone have suggestions/advice/info on this?
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OP
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Thanks so much for all this helpful info Bill! We saved some $ booking via Ouigo.
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Hudson Valley
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Bill- The Iryo product isn’t positioned as low-cost, like Avlo or Ouigo. It’s a full service offering, which, per early reports, might be superior to its AVE competition.
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Australia
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I have just finished booking our trains for Spain in February/March 2023. One of us is a senior. We found that the advance fare discounts were a better option than the senior discount. We will buy a Tarjeta Dorada when we get there for use for any last minute train trips.
We have registered for ALSA Plus for seniors bus discounts and have had no issues booking reduced fares. For one of our bus trips senior is €16- and adult is €23-. Whoever is the senior needs to register and then use that login to buy the tickets.