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.

--
Chris

"Chris!" writes:

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.


My perception is that the extensions should be 2.10 GBP each way.
I'll probably get some extra on this trip, though.

73, doug