Existing 1 Year Railcard holders - Free Upgrade to TrainPal Plus Gifts (usually £3) - see post for benefits

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For those with a 1 year railcard (can be from any retailer does not need to be Trainpal), you can get a free upgrade to Trainpal Plus which usually costs £3. The upgrade works on the following 1 year railcards including 16-25, 26-30, Two Together, Network railcard, Senior Railcard, or 16-17 Saver Railcard. The benefits are as follows when booking your train ticket with Trainpal Plus:

Enjoy 100% off refund/change fee for up to 10 times within the validity of Plus Gifts.
Travel subsidy for strike days: 3% off discounts for coach tickets.

How to upgrade?

Click deal link
Log in or sign up your TrainPal account
Fill in your Railcard information
Upgraded successfully
Start booking your train tickets on TrainPal and Plus Gifts Benefits

Terms

1. This event is only available to registered users of Trainpal, and each person can only participate once.
2. Users who cannot participate in this event include but are not limited to the following: 1) Users who have already purchased Trainpal Plus gifts. 2) Users that hold a three-year Railcard, no matter what type of the card. 3) Users that hold a one-year Family & Friends Railcard. 4) Users that have already used this free upgrade benefit.
3. The event is effective from now on, and the number of free upgrades provided is limited, and it goes as first-come-first-served.
4. Please note：you can get all the plus gifts only in Trainpal app.
5. Any form of fraud is not allowed. We reserve the right to cancel your reward if we discover any fraudulent activity.

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Edited by Chanchi32, 25 September 2023

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31st Jul
Doesn't apply for Veterans Railcard once again. Hate the way that Veterans are excluded from these promotions.
31st Jul
Yes it does, read my post on how to get it?
31st Jul
"When you hold a Plus card and buy UK train tickets on TrainPal, you will get extra 2% discount voucher for each UK train ticket order (The voucher applies to your next UK train order and valid for 5 day"

So does that mean 2% off every ticket I buy, or just the next ticket I buy?
31st Jul
Use Uber app to purchase rail tickets, you will get 10% credit within week or so.
31st Jul
As usual nothing for disabled person railcard holders.
31st Jul
Just pick National railcard from the drop dropdown list and you will get the discount,
31st Jul
This app is horrible and I believe Chinese owned, full of bloated junk points/rewards rubbish!
31st Jul
It shouldnt matter that its chinese owned. It'sstill good for the split ticketing feature.
31st Jul
trainpal app is crap, and when there trains cancellations or changes you don’t get email updates like you do from trainline.
31st Jul
I received an app notification that my train was cancelled, using TrainPal.
2nd Aug
Downloaded this app, it looks so dodgy tbh. And any railcard through is only gonna be stored on this app?
2nd Aug
I bought my railcard using the TrainPal app, and took a screenshot so it's always to hand.
When using the Trainline app, just tell it which railcard you have.
31st Jul
No idea what or where to find plus gifts- though it has been activated.
The app is too clutered!
31st Jul
Think I'll stick with LNER and the small kickbacks that some sites give on their bookings (the most recent one I used being Airtime Rewards). Unless I'm missing something, Trainpal's Plus Gifts look like they aren't useful if you are an infrequent traveller or use Advance tickets.
31st Jul
The train now standing at platforms 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 has come in sideways
31st Jul
Thanks, every little helps
31st Jul
Thanks for posting.Will give it a go.
1st Aug
Not really free for me - it asks me to invite a friend to do this upgrade so I can have it for free. Is it because I didn't buy my railcard through them?
1st Aug
Same. Usual 'invite friend to get this for free' pyramid scheme nonsense
3rd Aug
Just tried that Trainpal link. What a con-job!! Flags up 'Only New Users' !! So much for a phishing-line 'Existing 1 Year Railcard .........'

Will most certainly NOT be renewing my Railcard with these con-merchants next year!!

National Railways Railcard may cost me more but at least no up teh garden path con tricks!!
3rd Aug
I bought network card from Trainpal. When I try to upgrade, I'm told I can do so by using the app or referring a friend. The app takes you to a page to refer a friend and states that your friend must sign up. There seems to be no way to get ghus for free, if you have bought a railcard.
1st Aug
What is I literally paid the £3 extra 3 days ago 🙃
4th Aug
App remind me of Temu - what’s with all the crazy vouchers and promotions !
26th Aug
Not coincidental, Temu, trip.com and Trainpal are all Chinese owned companies, maybe they even use the same app developers.
31st Jul
Works out more expensive than split my fare
3rd Aug
2% off train tickets every time of 2% of all tickets within 5 days of activating the offer? (Obviously unlikely people are going to be buying huge amounts in advance?)

Am I reading this right? After the 5 days that's it - this benefit just goes away?
4th Aug
Thanks
5th Aug
I just had confirmation from Trainpal. You have to gey a friend to take our a railcard to get this offer.
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8th Aug
Doesn't seem to work for current Trainpal customers (I am an existing 1 year Railcard holder), am I going wrong somewhere?
9th Aug
Yeah, had same query , not allowing an existing customer email ID
26th Aug

Waste of time.