You can apply for a refund:

• Before the date and time your ticket is for
• Up to 28 days after your ticket has expired 

If you apply for a refund on an unused Anytime or Off peak ticket before the ticket is valid for travel, or on the day, at the ticket office where the ticket was bought, within an hour of purchase, we will give you a refund and won’t charge you any administration fee. 

The expiry date depends on the terms and conditions for that ticket.

If you apply for a refund after your daily ticket has expired, we’ll charge a £10 admin fee. 
An admin fee of £10 is also charged for all season ticket refunds. 

Refunds for Intermediate sickness and First class declassification can be applied for by contacting Customer Services. 

If you apply for a refund from Monday 8 June onwards, your request will be processed and paid within 28 days (in line with the National Rail Conditions of Travel) 

• If you have booked your Advance ticket with Southeastern on or before 4 January 2021, valid to travel after 5 January 2021, we can exchange your ticket for an e-voucher or you can reschedule your journey free of charge. Please contact us here for more information. 
• Please note Advance tickets are not refundable outside of the above unless there is severe disruption on the network.
• If you're returning your ticket for an e-voucher please ensure you contact us within 28 days from the date on your ticket.

Please note –

• e-vouchers are not exchangeable for cash
• There is no limit to the number of times a ticket can be changed
• You must contact us within 28 days from the date on your ticket 

Tickets that haven't started yet:

• Tickets purchased from Southeastern which have not started yet can be refunded in full.
• Southeastern will not charge an admin fee for these refunds.
• From Monday 7th September 2020, if you have an Off-Peak or Anytime ticket you can get a full refund and an admin fee may apply. You must claim within 28 days of the ticket expiring.
• If you purchased your ticket from the Southeastern website and you have not printed your ticket or have a smart ticket on The Key, log in to your online account and visit the 'Manage your ticket/refund' section.
• If you purchased your ticket from the Southeastern website and you have printed your ticket, or if you have purchased your ticket from a station, please follow the instructions on the paper ticket refunds page.
• If you purchased your smart ticket on The Key from a Southeastern station please complete this form.

Refunds for parking season tickets are available, subject to an admin fee of £10. 

Refunds are calculated based on the equivalent products that would have been purchased over the same period being deducted from the price of the permit. 

To apply for a refund please go to the Saba website.  

After careful consideration, our industry partners have confirmed Railcard terms & conditions will not change.

Railcards are non-refundable and cannot be extended.

I forgot my railcard

If you have forgotten to travel with your railcard and were unable to get the discount on your ticket, then you can apply for a refund. Please send copies of your rail tickets and your railcard to our Customer Services team and they will be able to help you. You can provide all this information here or write to us:
 
Southeastern Customer Services
PO Box 10422
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
LE65 9EL

Any Rail Travel Voucher that has an expiry date between 17th March 2020 and 16th September 2020, may be accepted for a maximum of 6 months after the original expiry date.

E.g. an RTV that expires on 10th June 2020 may continue to be accepted up to and including 9th December 2020. 

It’s nice and easy as you can process your refund yourself. Just log into your account, click on ‘Manage my tickets / refund’, and follow the steps. 

The refund will then be paid back to the method of payment you used to purchase your ticket with. 

Please apply for a refund using our online refund form.   

If your ticket hasn’t been printed yet, you can apply for a refund by logging into your account under manage my tickets / refunds, where you will be able to process a refund yourself. 

If you have printed your tickets please apply for a refund by downloading the refund form. Complete it and send it with the ticket you want refunded and any other travel documents like a copy of your booking confirmation to:

Southeastern Online Refunds
Freepost RTSK-BXJE-CCHL
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH
LE65 9EL

We recommend you send your Season Ticket by special or recorded delivery. 

Please note a £10 admin fee is charged for all season ticket refunds. 

 If you bought your Season Ticket directly from us, we can generally give you a refund if there is:

• For an annual Season Ticket, there may not be any monetary value left in an if it is surrendered in the last couple of months of validity. Annual Season tickets have no refund value after 10 months and 12 days, although they are still valid for travel until the expiry date and you can continue to enjoy any Gold Card benefits along with it.
• Seven days (or more) left on a Season Ticket valid between one and ten months
• Three days (or more) left on a weekly Season Ticket

You can apply for a part-refund on your season ticket by surrendering its remaining validity and please note a £10 admin fee is charged for all season ticket refunds. 

Refunds are made in the same way you paid.  We can only arrange refunds on tickets that were originally bought from a Southeastern outlet. If you bought it somewhere else, then you should go directly to the supplier for the refund.

If you purchased your season ticket from a Southeastern ticket office or ticket vending machine, you can apply for a refund at any Southeastern ticket office. 

If you purchased your paper season ticket via our website, please return the ticket to our Customer Service Team at:

Southeastern Online Refunds
Freepost RTSK-BXJE-CCHL
ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH
LE65 9EL

So you won’t get a complete refund for the period of time left on your ticket. To explain, an annual season ticket gives 52 weeks’ worth of travel for the cost of 40,  so refunds are calculated on the basis of what you paid rather than period left on the ticket.   To find out what your refund might be please visit the National Rail Enquiries Season ticket calculator. 

We can’t give you a refund if you don’t use your Season Ticket for a period of time then start using it again, unless you have been ill. 

Unable to travel due to illness

We’ll consider a refund if you’ve been unable to travel due to illness for a minimum of four continuous unbroken weeks. We’ll calculate your refund by multiplying half the weekly Season Ticket cost by the number of weeks you were unable to travel – known as an intermediate period of sickness.

An intermediate period of sickness can be refunded if it started after your Season Ticket began and ended before your Season Ticket expired. During this time you need to keep hold of your ticket. To claim a sickness refund please send a copy of your ticket and copies of your medical certificate to our Customer Services team. 

If you know you won’t need your Season Ticket again, we can give you a refund on the length of time remaining. 

Please contact your bank/card provider who’ll be able to arrange a chargeback. We’ll then work with your provider to reverse the transaction. Alternatively, please contact us providing the following information:

• Authorisation/Transaction number (Available from Card Provider/Bank)
• Copy of your bank statement showing the transaction
• Time, Date and Location of Ticket Purchase

Please contact your card bank/card provider who’ll be able to arrange a chargeback. We’ll then work with your provider to reverse the transaction. Alternatively, please contact us providing the following information:

• Authorisation/Transaction number (Available from Card Provider/Bank)
• Copy of your bank statement showing the transaction
• Time, Date and Location of Ticket Purchase