The PAYG Oystercard rip off
 

"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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On Sun, 15 May 2011 16:34:24 +0100, "D A Stocks"
wrote:
to do anything about it. This cost me about £18 in single fares to
continue
my journeys that day for the loss of a ticket that had only cost
about £12
in the first place.

Er, why not purchase another Travelcard if that was cheaper?

Neil

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Neil Williams, Milton Keynes, UK

A combination of an offer price that was only available online, and I didn't
have time to queue for half an hour for the ticket office, so it was a case
of using Oyster PAYG and then buying an NR single from a machine to get me
home. I don't think the NR machines at Victoria would sell a Brighton to
Z1-6 travelcard anyway.

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DAS

The PAYG Oystercard rip off
 

On 16/05/2011 12:30, wrote:
In , (Roland
Perry) wrote:

And that's a site with a very good English-language rendition of
its rules. I never did find anything as useful for Lisbon, so
reluctantly used taxis instead.

Have they still got their wonderful ancient trams?


Yes. Plus some modern ones along the waterfront, and a very good tram
museum. Went I went in Janaury they didn't seem to do an all-modes
travelcard-equivalent, which was annoying, and one of the funiculars had
given up the ghost when we turned up.

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

The PAYG Oystercard rip off
 

In article , (D A
Stocks) wrote:

"Neil Williams" wrote in message
.net...
On Sun, 15 May 2011 16:34:24 +0100, "D A Stocks"
wrote:
to do anything about it. This cost me about £18 in single fares to
continue my journeys that day for the loss of a ticket that had only
cost about £12 in the first place.

Er, why not purchase another Travelcard if that was cheaper?

A combination of an offer price that was only available online, and
I didn't have time to queue for half an hour for the ticket office,
so it was a case of using Oyster PAYG and then buying an NR single
from a machine to get me home. I don't think the NR machines at
Victoria would sell a Brighton to Z1-6 travelcard anyway.

Why couldn't you have gone back to the barrier and got the staff to return
the ticket that had been taken in error? I've seen it done before now.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

The PAYG Oystercard rip off
 

wrote in message
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In article , (D A
Stocks) wrote:

"Neil Williams" wrote in message
.net...
On Sun, 15 May 2011 16:34:24 +0100, "D A Stocks"
wrote:
to do anything about it. This cost me about £18 in single fares to
continue my journeys that day for the loss of a ticket that had only
cost about £12 in the first place.

Er, why not purchase another Travelcard if that was cheaper?

A combination of an offer price that was only available online, and
I didn't have time to queue for half an hour for the ticket office,
so it was a case of using Oyster PAYG and then buying an NR single
from a machine to get me home. I don't think the NR machines at
Victoria would sell a Brighton to Z1-6 travelcard anyway.

Why couldn't you have gone back to the barrier and got the staff to return
the ticket that had been taken in error? I've seen it done before now.


I did try this but by the time I realised what had happened I couldn't
remember which gate I had gone through and the staff weren't about to open
up each gate in turn on a busy morning with a lot of people going through.

DAS