On 30 Jun, 10:00, CJB wrote:
At the weekend we decided to visit London Zoo (branded ZSL) on a First
Great Western 2for1 deal. (South West Trains offer the same). The
leaflets for these deals are available at numerous stations within the
Greater London boundary, and also presumably beyond. They are
extensive and cover 100s of 'attractions' in London. However - as we
found to our cost - the conditions in the small print on the back (so
small that you can hardly read *them) state that the offers are only
available for 'paper' tickets to London (obviously from further
afield), also they are NOT available for Oyster Tickets. And no
mention is made of Travel Cards or Freedom Passes.

So when we got to ZSL our 2for1 coupons was declined and we got
clobbered for the full adult price of £17 each. Actually we elected
not to pay the 'voluntary' donation to help to preserve tigers (or
something like that) so it was slightly less.

But it is now obvious to us that the 2for1 deals - widely advertised
throughout London - actually EXCLUDES most Londoners especially those
who have to use Oyster Cards, Travel Cards or Freedom Passes.
Apparently even local London paper tickets are excluded because these
have to be from outside London into London - although the conditions
do not state how far outside London you need to be, nor do they define
what a ticket into London exactly means.

C.J.Brady

I suggest that anyone going to the zoo ( or anywhere else) prints this
out

http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/faq.aspx

Summary

Oyster not valid
Any type of London paper Travelcard Valid
Freedom pass Valid

however Oyster is valid for a load of 2 for 1s
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/microsites/oys...s/attractions/


HTH Phil

In message
, at
03:17:40 on Mon, 30 Jun 2008, remarked:
http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/faq.aspx

Summary

Oyster not valid
Any type of London paper Travelcard Valid
Freedom pass Valid

I don't think that website says that Freedom Passes are valid.
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Roland Perry

In message of Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:25:16
in uk.transport.london, Roland Perry writes
In message
, at
03:17:40 on Mon, 30 Jun 2008, remarked:
http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/faq.aspx

Summary

Oyster not valid
Any type of London paper Travelcard Valid
Freedom pass Valid

I don't think that website says that Freedom Passes are valid.

I quote: "However you are able to use Oyster cards that are issued in
conjunction with Freedom passes."
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Walter Briscoe

In message , at 15:42:36 on Mon, 30
Jun 2008, Walter Briscoe remarked:
I don't think that website says that Freedom Passes are valid.

I quote: "However you are able to use Oyster cards that are issued in
conjunction with Freedom passes."

That doesn't say you can use Freedom passes in isolation.

Just some subset of Oyster cards that are "issued in conjunction with a
Freedom pass".
--
Roland Perry

On 30 Jun, 20:26, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:42:36 on Mon, 30
Jun 2008, Walter Briscoe remarked:

I don't think that website says that Freedom Passes are valid.

I quote: "However you are able to use Oyster cards that are issued in
conjunction with Freedom passes."

That doesn't say you can use Freedom passes in isolation.

Just some subset of Oyster cards that are "issued in conjunction with a
Freedom pass".
--
Roland Perry

My mum has a freedom pass which looks just like an Oyster but I
suppose that you are correct in that one can travel in london with
ones issued outside london.

I do think that the Zoo have behaved in a particularly stupid manner
since this promotion has been going on for several years and this
problem is simply down to incompetant managent ( I assume the OP would
have called a manager to check on someone who states undefined and
ambiguous rules. I certainly would)

Eurostar once tried this on when I had some Daily Telegraph vouchers
for free travel when it first opened. The paper said you could take
the voucher to Waterloo and make your booking there. the cretin behind
the counter told me it was a mistake and I needed to send away by
post (Critically I had anticipated this as the vouchers themselves
indeed did say you should send away so I took the original paper with
me).
He soon rolled over with a threat of manager being called.



I stand corrected