Stuart Bell wrote:
... and if you do that it's always worth bearing in mind that your 'gold
card' season ticket *counts* as a network rail card, so gives you a
third off for off-peak travel. And you can get that discount for up to
three (I think) people travelling with you, too. And you can each
upgrade to first class for ?3 (subject to various T&Cs). The folk at Ely
train station tell me that I'm about the only person to ask for the
discount ... which might have something to do with it not being very
well advertised...

And if this is the sort of thing you do often but don't have a Gold Card,
you can buy a Gold Card from Ryde St John's Road to Ryde Esplanade for
112ukp, which also gets you a network card discount with no ten-pound
minimum fare M-F. Trips to the Isle of Wight not required.

Theo