On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:42 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

It looks like I need to get an Oyster card for pre-pay but I regularly
need to produce receipts for travel. That is easy with paper tickets but
how do I do that with Oyster pre-pay? Ask Oyster doesn't have anything.

You can ask for a print-out at an Underground ticket office, covering
your last dozen or so journeys. I think you can request one online
too, though they post it to you.

Single tickets were always swallowed by the machine at the end of the
journey anyway. Won't your accountant really accept a simple list of
journeys and fares? Have you asked him?

In message , at 03:07:32 on
Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Laurence Payne
remarked:
You can ask for a print-out at an Underground ticket office, covering
your last dozen or so journeys. I think you can request one online
too, though they post it to you.

A url for that would be useful.

Single tickets were always swallowed by the machine at the end of the
journey anyway.

Except if your journey ends at KX (and a few other places) which is
where Colin and I are likely to be exiting the system.

--
Roland Perry

In message , Roland
Perry writes
In message , at 03:07:32 on
Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Laurence Payne
remarked:
You can ask for a print-out at an Underground ticket office, covering
your last dozen or so journeys. I think you can request one online
too, though they post it to you.

A url for that would be useful.

Single tickets were always swallowed by the machine at the end of the
journey anyway.

Except if your journey ends at KX (and a few other places) which is
where Colin and I are likely to be exiting the system.
That option will stop fairly soon, once the refurbished station is
completed (the only reason the ticket machines haven't retained the
tickets is to allow people to change between lines which have, until
now, required separate booking halls).

--
Paul G
Typing from Barking

In message , at 09:10:05 on Mon,
27 Feb 2006, Paul G remarked:
Single tickets were always swallowed by the machine at the end of the
journey anyway.

Except if your journey ends at KX (and a few other places) which is
where Colin and I are likely to be exiting the system.
That option will stop fairly soon, once the refurbished station is
completed

Is there a date for this? I see that the Northern ticket hall won't be
finished until 2009.

(the only reason the ticket machines haven't retained the tickets is to
allow people to change between lines which have, until now, required
separate booking halls).

Yes, I know.
--
Roland Perry

In article ,
(Roland Perry) wrote:

In message , at 03:07:32
on Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Laurence Payne
remarked:
You can ask for a print-out at an Underground ticket office, covering
your last dozen or so journeys. I think you can request one online
too, though they post it to you.

A url for that would be useful.

Single tickets were always swallowed by the machine at the end of the
journey anyway.

Except if your journey ends at KX (and a few other places) which is
where Colin and I are likely to be exiting the system.

Actually, for singles I'm more often exiting at St James's Park.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In article ,
(Laurence Payne) wrote:

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:42 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

It looks like I need to get an Oyster card for pre-pay but I
regularly need to produce receipts for travel. That is easy with
paper tickets but how do I do that with Oyster pre-pay? Ask Oyster
doesn't have anything.

You can ask for a print-out at an Underground ticket office, covering
your last dozen or so journeys. I think you can request one online
too, though they post it to you.

Not according to the Oyster helpline this morning. I specifically asked
too.

Single tickets were always swallowed by the machine at the end of the
journey anyway. Won't your accountant really accept a simple list of
journeys and fares? Have you asked him?

Not if I asked to keep the ticket as a receipt. They tore it and let me
through the barrier. I'm checking what the accountant will accept.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(Laurence Payne) wrote:

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:42 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

It looks like I need to get an Oyster card for pre-pay but I
regularly need to produce receipts for travel. That is easy with
paper tickets but how do I do that with Oyster pre-pay? Ask Oyster
doesn't have anything.

You can ask for a print-out at an Underground ticket office, covering
your last dozen or so journeys. I think you can request one online
too, though they post it to you.

Not according to the Oyster helpline this morning. I specifically asked
too.

I recently emailed to ask for a statement using the Ask Oyster website.
They sent it to me by email as a PDF.

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

"Dave Arquati" wrote in message
...
Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(Laurence Payne) wrote:

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 01:42 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

It looks like I need to get an Oyster card for pre-pay but I
regularly need to produce receipts for travel. That is easy with paper
tickets but how do I do that with Oyster pre-pay? Ask Oyster doesn't
have anything.

You can ask for a print-out at an Underground ticket office, covering
your last dozen or so journeys. I think you can request one online
too, though they post it to you.

Not according to the Oyster helpline this morning. I specifically asked
too.

I recently emailed to ask for a statement using the Ask Oyster website.
They sent it to me by email as a PDF.

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

I'm glad someone has asked this question, as I wanted to know about receipts
on pre-pay Oyster too.

What do all you contractors / consultants do if you don't have season
tickets?

In message , Nicola
Redwood writes

What do all you contractors / consultants do if you don't have season
tickets?

None of the central London companies I work for requires receipts for
journeys of less than around £12, unless by taxi. This has been the
pattern for as long as I can remember, probably because they know that
paper tickets are either swallowed by machines or travel cards need to
be kept for onward/return journeys.

I just write something like "One day travelcard, £5.20" or whatever on
the claim form or invoice - it is never questioned.
--
Paul Terry

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:59:49 +0000 (UTC), "Nicola Redwood"
wrote:

What do all you contractors / consultants do if you don't have season
tickets?

With Oyster PP, go to local tube station at a quiet time and ask for a
printout of the last 8 journeys. Last time I got said printout from
the grumpiest person I ever encountered, a previous time I was told it
wasn't possible! But generally they do it swiftly and gracefully.
Short or long printouts are doable.

For paper tix which get swallowed, I expense as "ticket taken by
machine". Not my fault and this has always been accepted in all sorts
of companies as it's "reasonable".

LT should really put the Oyster journeys on the web for those of us
who adore the ability to do this - perhaps with an option to
permanently delete the listings for those whose "affairs" need more
secrecy...
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