What is a Flexi Season ticket?
Flexi Season tickets are a flexible type of Season ticket which gives you 8 days of unlimited train travel in 28 days. Great if you make regular trips, but aren't sure when you’ll be travelling!
Plus, because you’ve bought a bundle of tickets, you can avoid queuing at the station for your daily ticket – result!
How do flexi tickets work, and how to activate them?
Flexi Season tickets give you 8 all-day travel passes within 28 days. They're very flexible as you can travel any time of the day, you can go back and forth as much as you want, and you can even get off the train mid-way and finish your journey later!
You'll need to activate a pass before you travel. You can do this on our app, but make sure to tap your smartcard again afterwards so your activated pass can be loaded onto your card.
How do I view how many passes I have remaining?
If you use our GA app, you can view the number of passes you have left to use!
Flexible train ticket benefits
- Cheaper than buying Anytime Day Return tickets on the day of travel.
- Travel between two selected stations for one day with each day pass
- Travel at any time of day, any day of the week, including weekends.
- Flexi Season tickets are loaded onto a Smartcard – giving you a seamless way to travel.
- Money back if you’re delayed through Delay Repay.
- You can break your journey at any station in between your chosen starting and end stations
Flexi Season Ticket Prices
The cost of your Flexi Season ticket will change depending on your route. You can use our flexi season calculator to work out the cost for your journey.
If you are eligible, a 16-17 Saver Railcard can lower the cost of a Season ticket.
Savings with Flexi Tickets
Flexi Seasons gives you the flexibility of an Anytime Day Return with added convenience and savings through a ticket bundle. Here's the potential savings you can make over buying an Anytime Day Return:
| Journey | Yearly Savings with Flexi Season compared to Anytime Day Return* |
|---|---|
| Chelmsford to London | £667.99 |
| Bishop's Stortford to London | £475.88 |
| Colchester to Stratford | £1,143.86 |
| Diss to Norwich | £215.03 |
| Audley End to Cambridge | £141.00 |
Are you looking for a weekly, monthly, annual or custom-length train season ticket? See our full range of season ticket options.
Flexi ticket vs Season ticket – what’s the difference?
Flexi Season tickets are the most flexible type of Season tickets. They're a good option for commuters who need to travel flexibly, whereas season tickets are better for people who consistently commute. Generally, these tickets are very similar, here's a comparison of their benefits:
| Flexi Season | Season tickets (Weekly, Monthly, Custom-Length, Annual) |
|---|---|
| Unlimited travel between 2 stations | Unlimited travel between 2 stations |
| 8 day passes for use within 28 days | Travel as much as you want |
| No time restrictions. Travel any time of the day! | No time restrictions. Travel any time of the day! |
| Convenient so you won't need to keep buying lots of daily tickets | Convenient so you won't need to keep buying lots of daily tickets |
| You can break your journey, so you can hop and hop off any station on your route | You can break your journey, so you can hop and hop off any station on your route |
| Standard only | Standard and First Class |
| Available on a Smartcard which you can get for free. Each pass must be activated before you travel. | Available on a Smartcard which you can get for free. |
| Does not include Gold Card | Annual Seasons/Travelcards include a free Gold Card depending on your route. |
| Money back if you're delayed through Delay Repay. | Money back if you're delayed through Delay Repay. |
Compare Flexi Season and Season Ticket prices for your journey with our Season Ticket calculator.
How to buy a Flexi Season ticket
Buying a Flexi Season ticket online is easy. You can purchase your ticket online with no booking fees and load it directly onto a Smartcard using the GA app (your phone will need two-way NFC).
Remember to activate each Flexi Season pass in My Tickets on our app before you travel.
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Flexi Season Ticket - Restrictions and good to know
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Flexi Season tickets give you 8 days of unlimited travel for use within 28 days. This type of Season ticket is great for those who need to keep flexible and want to save time renewing their tickets.
Flexi Season tickets give you 8 passes within 28 days. Each pass need to be activated before you travel. You can do this by going to My Tickets on our app.
Flexi Season ticket prices vary per route but you'll save at least 20% compared to the equivalent monthly season ticket. You can check and compare Season ticket prices with our Season ticket calculator.
- Go to My tickets on our app and click the orange Smartcard button.
- Tap your Smartcard firmly towards the top of the screen on the front or back of your iPhone, or the back of your Android phone. You'll now be able to see all the tickets on your card.
- Find the Flexi Season ticket and click Activate Pass. Wait 1-2 minutes before tapping your card again for your activated pass to be loaded onto your Smartcard.
- You're now ready to travel
Yes, Flexi Season tickets are return tickets. You'll get unlimited so you can return travel so you can go back and forth as much you want. You can also break your journey so you can hop on and off at any station between your origin and destination.
Yes, you can you refund the unused days on your Flexi Season and cancel it anytime. Go to My account or My tickets on the GA app to manage your booking.
A Flexi Season gives you a bundle of 8 tickets for use within 28 days whereas as a standard ticket is 1 ticket. This means you can save time buying daily tickets if you get a Flexi Season.