How to Buy Train Tickets for a Child Cheaper
How to Buy Train Tickets for a Child Cheaper
A train ride can be enoughburdensome for the family budget, especially if you need to travel with children. However, there is an opportunity to save on tickets if you know where and when you can buy them cheaper.
Instructions
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Correctly choose the time for the trip. In some periods of time the price of railway tickets is reduced. For a 10% discount, you can count on the periods from 1 to 6 January, from 11 March to 27 April and from 1 October to 1 November. At 20% cheaper tickets are for trips from January 10 to March 6 and from November 6 to December 20. Below the whole price on May 8 and 9 - tickets for all domestic destinations can be purchased at half the cost.
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Use travel discount periods forseparate directions. For example, in summer it is cheaper to buy a ticket for a trip to one of the Russian resorts - in Sochi, Novorossiysk or Kislovodsk. Information about such actions varies every year, with fresh proposals you can get acquainted on the site of the Russian Railways.
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Buy tickets online. In case you are going to go in a compartment in the "Lux" class-class car, you will receive a discount of 5% when using an electronic ticket.
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If your child is disabled, useprivileges. He has the right to purchase tickets for the train with a 50% discount throughout the year and for one such trip in the summer. Also such a child should receive a free trip to the place of treatment and back, if necessary. Such a trip can be made once a year. Discounts and discounts apply to one adult accompanying person for a disabled child.
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In the event that you have registered custody ofan orphaned child, find out about his special benefits. If he has not yet reached the age of 23 and is studying in another city, he has the right to a free train on the railway to the place of study and back once a year.
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Take advantage of benefits for children when buyingtickets for suburban rail transport. To do this, the child will need to produce a certificate from the school or student card. During the school year, the discount for the ticket will be 50%.
