Season ticket
What it really means
A ticket that covers unlimited travel between two places for a week, a month or a year. Commuters buy them because they are much cheaper than daily tickets.
Context, tips & common mistakes
If you make the same rail commute most days, compare three options: weekly/monthly/annual season tickets (the longer the period, the better the daily rate), a flexi-season for part-week commuters doing two or three office days, and — within London — simply letting contactless capping handle it. The National Rail season ticket calculator does the arithmetic; the answer flips depending on how many days you actually travel.
Seasons need a photocard, so sort that before day one. Two money notes: many employers offer interest-free season ticket loans, spreading the big annual outlay (worth asking HR), and season holders can claim Delay Repay per delayed journey — a right that regular commuters forget to use more than anyone else.