Usually it's pretty straightforward, but I can't figure out which is the
best (cheapest!) season ticket option (if any) for me to get now, having
recently moved.

Here's the situation:

I live in a flat close to Lewisham / Elverson Road stations, which are both
Z2/Z3 border.

I work in Canary Wharf (Z2) and travel in on the DLR to work. Sometimes
before 9. Sometimes not until about 9:45.

However, there isn't a cheap Z2 only season ticket to get, so if I got one
I'd need to choose Z1 or Z3 as well at an absolute minimum.

Probably about once a week, I'll travel back from work during the day, thus
making four journeys rather than two.

Most weekends I'll go to Zone 3, usually travelling via Zone 1. And then
come back.

About once every couple of weeks, I'll need to go to an actual destination
in zone 1.

All things considered, is my best option to stick with a Zones 1-3 Oyster?
Which seems absolutely bonkers, given that my daily commute is zone two to
zone two, crossing into no other zones!

Any advice appreciated, thanks.

BTN

On Mar 25, 10:58*pm, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:21:37 -0000, "Sir Benjamin Nunn"
wrote:
Usually it's pretty straightforward, but I can't figure out which is the
best (cheapest!) season ticket option (if any) for me to get now, having
recently moved.

Here's the situation:

I live in a flat close to Lewisham / Elverson Road stations, which are both
Z2/Z3 border.

I work in Canary Wharf (Z2) and travel in on the DLR to work. Sometimes
before 9. Sometimes not until about 9:45.

However, there isn't a cheap Z2 only season ticket to get, so if I got one
I'd need to choose Z1 or Z3 as well at an absolute minimum.

Probably about once a week, I'll travel back from work during the day, thus
making four journeys rather than two.

Most weekends I'll go to Zone 3, usually travelling via Zone 1. And then
come back.

About once every couple of weeks, I'll need to go to an actual destination
in zone 1.

All things considered, is my best option to stick with a Zones 1-3 Oyster?
Which seems absolutely bonkers, given that my daily commute is zone two to
zone two, crossing into no other zones!

If you can really keep your via Zone 1 trips to the volume you suggest
above then the cheaper option is Z23 Travelcard and then pay PAYG for
via or to Zone 1 as and when you go there. *If you can tolerate taking
the bus then you pay nothing extra, of course. *The differential between
Z123 and Z23 for a monthly is £43. * Looking at your extra trips I
reckon your PAYG to or via Z1 would only amount to £18 a month so you'd
be £25 ahead.

Agree - the first thing I thought of was that he wants a zones 2&3
Travelcard.

One question is whether Sir Ben makes his weekend trips to zone 3 via
zone 1 on just one day of the weekend or two?

Also how does he make those trips to zone 1 (whether going on to zone
3 or not) - via DLR/LU or does he go from Lewisham on NR to London
Bridge/ Charing X or wherever? When Sir makes his bi-monthly[*] trips
to zone 1 destinations

(The reason I ask the latter question is that the 'through' LU+NR PAYG
fare for zone 1 is £2.60 off-peak, whilst the LU/DLR fare is £1.80 -
it all adds up, though of course the off-peak zones 1&2 cap of £5.60
would be applicable as well.)

-----[*] - i.e. every two weeks - bimonthly being a delightful bit of
English linguistic ambiguity! Good luck to anyone trying to learn this
odd language...