On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:24:53 GMT, Chris Tolley
wrote:

If you want to make a single journey with Oyster, how are you penalised?

If it's a very infrequent one, by having 3 quid tied up in the card,
or by having to queue at the ticket office twice, one to get the card
loaded with a single fare, and one to give it back and get your 3 quid
returned.

Incidentally, I don't find the idea of ripping off tourists and
non-Londoners (which has been mentioned as a target) remotely
acceptable.

Neil

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Neil Williams wrote:

Incidentally, I don't find the idea of ripping off tourists and
non-Londoners (which has been mentioned as a target) remotely
acceptable.

Neither do I. But then nor do I find it remotely likely either. Whenever
I've travelled in foreign parts, the local tourist publicity has always
been informative about how to get the most out of local public
transport.

I think you are tilting at windmills.
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On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 22:13:28 GMT, Chris Tolley
wrote:

Incidentally, I don't find the idea of ripping off tourists and
non-Londoners (which has been mentioned as a target) remotely
acceptable.

Tourists from abroad get offered all sorts of attractive travelcard
options that we never hear about.

In article ,
(Laurence Payne) wrote:

On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 22:13:28 GMT, Chris Tolley
wrote:

Incidentally, I don't find the idea of ripping off tourists and
non-Londoners (which has been mentioned as a target) remotely
acceptable.

Tourists from abroad get offered all sorts of attractive travelcard
options that we never hear about.

If they find out about them.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Incidentally, I don't find the idea of ripping off tourists and
non-Londoners (which has been mentioned as a target) remotely
acceptable.

Tourists from abroad get offered all sorts of attractive travelcard
options that we never hear about.

Does this still happen? The Visitor Travelcard has gone now but it seemed a
very flexible and cheap deal. However tourists arriving at Heathrow without
one, or needing to top and tail it with other tickets, still seemed to be
able to get tickets for any period they liked at prices that bore no
relation to anything available to the rest of us.

Laurence Payne wrote:

Incidentally, I don't find the idea of ripping off tourists and
non-Londoners (which has been mentioned as a target) remotely
acceptable.

Tourists from abroad get offered all sorts of attractive travelcard
options that we never hear about.

The Visitor Travelcard got abolished with the January 2005 fares changes.
If anything it was more of a rip off than buying daily or weekly
Travelcards once they got to London.

--
Phil Richards
London, UK
Home Page: http://www.philrichards1.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

Chris Tolley wrote:

Neither do I. But then nor do I find it remotely likely either. Whenever
I've travelled in foreign parts, the local tourist publicity has always
been informative about how to get the most out of local public
transport.

Certainly the literature designed for foreign tourists will make it clear
about the (financial) advantages of Oyster prepay vs individual tickets.
Other than perhaps the TfL Travel Information Centres (at Victoria, Euston
etc.) I wonder how many will get told that there is a cheaper option before
getting sold a £3 zone 1 single?

--
Phil Richards
London, UK
Home Page: http://www.philrichards1.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk