London Banter - View Single Post - Which Oyster for youngster moving to London

[email protected] · September 20th 12, 12:22 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:26:06 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 22:47:43
on Wed, 19 Sep 2012, Paul Corfield remarked:
Adding the 16-25 discount alongside the season

But not two lots of 30% discount, I presume?

Loading a railcard on an adult Oyster will also give a discount on
Travelcards? But loading a railcard on a student Oyster won't give
another third off the third off.

The railcard discounts off peak PAYG fares, gives a discounted daily
cap or allows the holder to buy a discounted One Day Travelcard. There
is *no* discount on weekly or period Travelcards. It is a
straightforward process to have the discount entitlement added to the
card at a LU ticket office. No advance application process but the
card does need to be registered.

Sadly not so simple. My daughter has had to go back again more than once
when it turned out the railcard hadn't been properly registered on her
Oyster at the first attempt.

It is incredibly stupid that railcard registration is not visible to the
card holder, for example with the journey history.

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Colin Rosenstiel