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Old May 1st 05, 06:27 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Oyster card for visitor?


Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
"Chris!" writes:

Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 wrote:
Hi All,

I'll be visiting London for a couple of weeks at the end of May

and
then again in September. I'll be using a couple of 7 day zone

1-2
travel cards and the zone 6 extension to and from Heathrow on

this
trip.

As near as I can figure out, I could just do one transaction and

get
an
Oyster card with all of that, for 47 GPB and a deposit of 3 GBP.

And
the two travel cards will be used sequentially automatically.
And I can do this at Heathrow when I arrive.

And then I can add more capability to the card when I come back.

Is all of this correct?



Not quite... You have to specify the start date for each

travelcard
and can only buy them one month in advance. You could pay the

deposit
and for the first 7 day travelcard the first time you come and then

buy
another 7 day on it the second time


I wasn't clear. The two 7 day travel cards would be consecutive and
for the first trip. I'd just hang on to the card itself, for the
second (and subsequent) trips.

So it sounds as if this would work.

73, doug


Yes it would work, Make sure you put enough 'prepay' on for the
extensions to/from zone 6 when you buy the card.

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Chris