Relief in PKP until liquidation. Tickets will become more expensive in December

• The discount on PKP tickets that was introduced in connection with the coronavirus pandemic will only apply until the end of December.
• The discount was available to honorary blood donors who donated blood within the appropriate period and could prove this with a document.
• The abolition of the PKP budget exemption is a relief because it is no longer necessary to pay more for tickets.

The discount on railway tickets, which Poles have used in recent years, is disappearing forever. Changes in the law will not be very beneficial for travelers’ wallets, as they will increase train ticket prices. Only Polish State Railways will not remove the relief in the near future. There are final weeks left to take advantage of cheaper flights.

Relief on the rise 33 percent for rail trips It is available to blood donors. Introduced at the beginning of 2021, it was adopted with the Covid Act, which regulated the law during the pandemic. satisfaction PKP tickets were primarily an incentive for Poles to donate blood. After all, its ingredients were in high demand in the era of the fight against Covid-19.

Anyone who has donated blood at least three times since the beginning of 2021 and can prove this with a certificate can benefit from the discount and will continue to do so over the next few weeks. The discount for honorary blood donors allows you to purchase tickets at a discount of 33 percent. Discount on ticket price. For people who have used the discount so far, tickets will soon become more expensive.

Why will the discount end soon? that it As a result of the abolition of the state of epidemic threat, which ceased to apply on July 1, 2023. This led to the expiration of a number of subsequent regulations introduced in relation to the coronavirus pandemic. The latest certificates, valid for half a year and giving you a discount on tickets for donated blood, were issued on June 30.

“Due to the cancellation of the state of epidemic threat, we would like to inform you Honorary blood donors who are eligible satisfaction 33% can travel by train BKB Intercity based on tickets with this discount until 30 December 2023 inclusive. – We read on the official website of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.

In order to qualify for the 33% subsidy, blood had to be donated three times since the beginning of 2021. Any triple donor can receive it. Special certificate i Based on it in BKB It has been shipped Discount on train tickets.

The pandemic threat status was lifted on July 1, and since that day the issuance of 33% entitlement certificates has ceased. Discounts on train tickets. Each certificate is valid for 6 months. The last ones issued at the end of June 2023 expire at the end of December 30. From January 1, 2024, we will no longer get any discount on train tickets, regardless of how much blood we donated during the pandemic.

The lack of relief for blood donors at PKP as of December 31 is good news for the Polish State Railways budget. From 2021, the result of calculating the relief For blood donors PKP recorded a decrease in revenues of PLN 2.8 millionThis is the case if the recipients of the discount purchase regular tickets.

– The value of lost revenue due to respecting the above satisfaction For blood donors in 2022 amounted to PLN 2,786,000. Total Polish Zloty. It should be noted that the above estimated data relate to only one carrier – as pointed out by former Deputy Minister of Health Waldemar Kraska.

The relief removal applies not only to PKP, but also to all other railway companies in Poland. Discount on tickets starting from the new year We will no longer use POLREGIO or Koleje Mazowieckie, Dolnośląskie and Wielkopolskie.

Przemyslaw Terlecki