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The prospect of 26-30 year olds getting a massive discount on train fares has obviously prompted millennials to log on to the railcard website.
But with only 10,000 available as of this morning, millennials were always going to be facing a bit of a lottery to get their hands on one.
Needless to say, the website crashed.
We’re sorry that customers are having issues to buy a trial 26-30 Railcard this morning.
We’re experiencing extremely high volumes of traffic to the website.
But that’s just one of many, many annoyances reported since the limited edition £30 online card was released.
One person pointed out the painful odds of actually getting a card.
Poised, ready for battle with all my fellow millennials to get a 26-30 Railcard. 5 million potential applicants, 10… https://t.co/XMaYPZjUWz— Joanna Walker (@Joanna Walker) 1520922476
They’re like unicorns, really. Beautiful, but so rare – if we're talking about Harry Potter ones.
5 million millennials.10,000 railcards. The 26-30 #railcard are now more elusive than my possibilities of buying… https://t.co/PF1h2kIlCy— Ross Purves (@Ross Purves) 1520933331
Literally everything annoyed people.
Is this the most hated person within the 26-30 demographic? Our generation’s Thatcher. #railcard https://t.co/aRBSe5QpLR— Mitchell Dibble (@Mitchell Dibble) 1520933162
It's basically the Hunger Games.
Can't think of a more apt metaphor for today's society than forcing millennials into a Hunger Games scenario for a… https://t.co/EQwrtmM2Yp— Richard Butler (@Richard Butler) 1520933883
Others were angry they were left out of the millennial bracket.
I'm still annoyed us Millenials who are over 30 (Yes, some are still technically Millenials) have been left out and can't get the #railcard.— Lotty Earns (@Lotty Earns) 1520940882
And pointed out Phillip Hammond pledged railcards to “4.5 million more young people [and] a third off their rail fairs”. The pledge wasn't for just the first 10,000.
Also, should you want the evidence about Hammond's #railcard pledge, here it is. Can I have a jet instead? https://t.co/fCCBaiwLSX— Simon Meechan (@Simon Meechan) 1520943596
People are not impressed.
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