I find a Zone 6 only annual travelcard suits my needs best (as a bus pass
and covering my regular Hampton Court - Surbiton rail journey) - it's due
for renewal this week (and a big price increase!) but I'd like to make my
life a little easier (opening Surbiton barriers) by getting it on an
oystercard (I already have a PAYG one of these) but to retain my gold card
and six free SWT weekend tickets that come with it. I've heard Richmond
and Wimbledon can issue these tickets (although neither is in zone 6) and
would like to know if this is the case - will I have to "educate" the ticket
office staff? is one of these stations better than the other at doing this.
Now that the 5% poor performance discount in no longer it does not matter
which station I use to renew.

Nicks

Nicks wrote:
I find a Zone 6 only annual travelcard suits my needs best (as a bus pass
and covering my regular Hampton Court - Surbiton rail journey) - it's due
for renewal this week (and a big price increase!) but I'd like to make my
life a little easier (opening Surbiton barriers) by getting it on an
oystercard (I already have a PAYG one of these) but to retain my gold card
and six free SWT weekend tickets that come with it. I've heard Richmond
and Wimbledon can issue these tickets (although neither is in zone 6) and
would like to know if this is the case - will I have to "educate" the ticket
office staff? is one of these stations better than the other at doing this.
Now that the 5% poor performance discount in no longer it does not matter
which station I use to renew.

Nicks

AFAIK, any NR station should be able to issue a ticket from anywhere to
anywhere. The fact that Wimbledon is able to issue Oysters shouldn't
present a problem. Whether you'd remain entitled to the benifits of
SWT Gold Service I'm not sure, but as the ticket is being sold by SWT,
you *should* retain these benefits - I think.

Rgds,

Matt
Gemozac, Charente-Maritime, France

I find a Zone 6 only annual travelcard suits my needs best (as a bus pass and covering my regular
Hampton Court - Surbiton rail journey) - it's due for renewal this week (and a big price increase!)
but I'd like to make my life a little easier (opening Surbiton barriers) by getting it on an
oystercard (I already have a PAYG one of these) but to retain my gold card and six free SWT weekend
tickets that come with it. I've heard Richmond and Wimbledon can issue these tickets (although
neither is in zone 6) and would like to know if this is the case - will I have to "educate" the
ticket office staff? is one of these stations better than the other at doing this. Now that the 5%
poor performance discount in no longer it does not matter which station I use to renew.

Yes you will get a "gold record card" and be entitled to any TOC benefits.

But buy the ticket quick as single zone travelcards are not going to be sold
after 1 Jan 2006.

"TKD" wrote in message
...
I find a Zone 6 only annual travelcard suits my needs best (as a bus pass
and covering my regular Hampton Court - Surbiton rail journey) - it's due
for renewal this week (and a big price increase!) but I'd like to make my
life a little easier (opening Surbiton barriers) by getting it on an
oystercard (I already have a PAYG one of these) but to retain my gold
card and six free SWT weekend tickets that come with it. I've heard
Richmond and Wimbledon can issue these tickets (although neither is in
zone 6) and would like to know if this is the case - will I have to
"educate" the ticket office staff? is one of these stations better than
the other at doing this. Now that the 5% poor performance discount in no
longer it does not matter which station I use to renew.

Just to update - SWT Richmond refused to sell me a zone 6 only oystercard
travelcard - their policy is only to sell oystercards which include zone 4.

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:33:53 -0000, "Nicks"
wrote:


"TKD" wrote in message
...
I find a Zone 6 only annual travelcard suits my needs best (as a bus pass
and covering my regular Hampton Court - Surbiton rail journey) - it's due
for renewal this week (and a big price increase!) but I'd like to make my
life a little easier (opening Surbiton barriers) by getting it on an
oystercard (I already have a PAYG one of these) but to retain my gold
card and six free SWT weekend tickets that come with it. I've heard
Richmond and Wimbledon can issue these tickets (although neither is in
zone 6) and would like to know if this is the case - will I have to
"educate" the ticket office staff? is one of these stations better than
the other at doing this. Now that the 5% poor performance discount in no
longer it does not matter which station I use to renew.

Just to update - SWT Richmond refused to sell me a zone 6 only oystercard
travelcard - their policy is only to sell oystercards which include zone 4.


Interesting. A colleague told me today that when he purchased his Z3
only Annual Gold Card at Wimbledon on New Years Day, they told him
that if he wanted the 6 free SWT weekend tickets, the Gold Card must
be issued as a paper ticket, not Oyster.

So even if you could have got it on Oyster at Richmond you wouldn't
get the weekend tickets.

Nicholas

"Nicholas" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:33:53 -0000, "Nicks"
wrote:


"TKD" wrote in message
...
I find a Zone 6 only annual travelcard suits my needs best (as a bus
pass
and covering my regular Hampton Court - Surbiton rail journey) - it's
due
for renewal this week (and a big price increase!) but I'd like to make
my
life a little easier (opening Surbiton barriers) by getting it on an
oystercard (I already have a PAYG one of these) but to retain my gold
card and six free SWT weekend tickets that come with it. I've heard
Richmond and Wimbledon can issue these tickets (although neither is in
zone 6) and would like to know if this is the case - will I have to
"educate" the ticket office staff? is one of these stations better than
the other at doing this. Now that the 5% poor performance discount in
no
longer it does not matter which station I use to renew.

Just to update - SWT Richmond refused to sell me a zone 6 only oystercard
travelcard - their policy is only to sell oystercards which include zone
4.


Interesting. A colleague told me today that when he purchased his Z3
only Annual Gold Card at Wimbledon on New Years Day, they told him
that if he wanted the 6 free SWT weekend tickets, the Gold Card must
be issued as a paper ticket, not Oyster.

So even if you could have got it on Oyster at Richmond you wouldn't
get the weekend tickets.

Nicholas

Interesting - perhaps the revenue share is different on an oystercard
travelcard compared to a paper ticket

Nick

On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:43:10 +0000, Nicholas
wrote:


So even if you could have got it on Oyster at Richmond you wouldn't
get the weekend tickets.

That is untrue. I've got my Goldcard on Oyster for the last 3 years
and I still get my SWT free tickets.