"David A Stocks" wrote in message
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I need to do the above trip next Sunday ...
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Thanks for all the responses.

I decided to buy a Gold Card discounted Zones 1/2 ODTC. When I tried this
out on a fast-ticket machine at Victoria a day or two before there was no
problem. At Brighton a similar machine brought up the same option but then
refused to sell me the ticket, so I had to go to the ticket office. When I
explained what I needed to do ('stretch this Gold Card to Angel & back' the
guy behind the counter told me the ODTC was the sensible option and duly
sold it to me as 'Battersea Park to Zone 1&2' - I assume this means Southern
get a slice of the revenue? After that everything worked as advertised.

Some friends doing a similar trip from Horsham, made the mistake of going to
Victoria ...

D A Stocks