16-17 Saver Card or 16-25 Rail Card??

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DS (16) is due to start college in September and will be travelling by train.
Looking at railcards and apart from the age brackets is there any other benefit to buying a "16-17 Saver Card" opposed to a "16-25" card?

Am I right in that the 16-17 one has a bigger discount? Any reason why I wouldn't choose that one?

Thank you!

I'd go for the 16-17 saver card. When I last checked there's time restrictions on the 16-25 card and my DD couldn't have used it for her morning journey to school. That was a couple of years ago though so maybe things have changed?

Can your DS get an academic season ticket? They're sold by the term or by the school year where I am and my DS will get one for his journey to school sixth form. You can use the 16-17 saver card when buying it.

You can also use the 16-17 railcard to get discounts on season tickets, which might be useful if he’s travelling in daily.

That's great. Thanks for the speedy replies!