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Title: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: super tm on June 24, 2010, 13:45:06 Thought you might be interested to know about some special offer fares coming along.
They are valid for off peak travel for journeys starting from London. The only requirement is that you own an oyster card and download a voucher. There is a first class off peak fare from london to newport for ^40.00 which might interest some posters on this forum ;D Starting from Jun 26 until Jul 25 Full details available here:- http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/oyster Title: Re: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: ChrisB on June 24, 2010, 13:59:50 Off-peak, and you can only download the voucher once you've decided on wehich date to travel....it gets printed on the voucher, apparently.
I guess you could print one out for each day in advance..... Title: Re: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: JayMac on June 24, 2010, 14:05:40 ..... and travelling short is permitted. So can board at Reading!. Just the problem of having to buy from London Termini though......
Looks a great offer, but I pondered on another forum why it was only available from London. There are plenty of Oyster Card holders who live outside the M25. I'm one. Still I plan to use the offer for a day out to Brighton, combined with ADV/SVS fare to PAD. Title: Re: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: ChrisB on June 24, 2010, 14:43:30 Can you buy from *any* London Termini, or must they be bought from the Terminus that you'd travel out of?....
Title: Re: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: BBM on June 24, 2010, 19:01:28 Somewhat hidden on the site is a useful diagrammatic map showing the routes on which the offer is valid:
http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/media/91696/oyster%20card%20get%20away%20map.pdf Title: Re: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: grahame on June 24, 2010, 19:32:52 Somewhat hidden on the site is a useful diagrammatic map showing the routes on which the offer is valid: http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/media/91696/oyster%20card%20get%20away%20map.pdf It's an "interesting" offer ... if it ran a for an extended period it would make the "find best fare" folks need a doctorate and not just a degree ;) London to Brighton - five pounds London (Victoria) to Portsmouth - five pounds London (Waterloo) to Portsmouth - fifteen pounds London to Liverpool - fifteen pounds London to Bath - twenty pounds London to Westbury, Warminster, Melksham, Trowbridge ... not available. Comparison - 48.80 for super off peak return (Westbury) Title: Re: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: inspector_blakey on June 24, 2010, 21:52:01 if it ran a for an extended period it would make the "find best fare" folks need a doctorate and not just a degree Declaration of interest: I have both, but fares still fry my brain pretty often. Actually, as you learn in my line of work (research science, for those who don't know), just because you have a doctorate it doesn't make you smart! ;D Title: Re: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: super tm on June 24, 2010, 22:03:00 ..... and travelling short is permitted. So can board at Reading!. Just the problem of having to buy from London Termini though...... Are you sure about that. Cant see anything to say starting short is permitted. All the info seems to say starting your journey from London. Title: Re: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: Ollie on June 24, 2010, 22:09:50 ..... and travelling short is permitted. So can board at Reading!. Just the problem of having to buy from London Termini though...... Are you sure about that. Cant see anything to say starting short is permitted. All the info seems to say starting your journey from London. 9 Change of travel plans/break of journey or joining at intermediate stations/refunds Normal conditions apply. Promotional Oyster tickets are only set up in the ticketing systems from London Terminals (*), but customers can join further on the same line of route. For example, a customer wishing to travel to Oxford, but instead of starting at London Paddington wants to join at Ealing Broadway, must be issued with a promotional fare from London Terminals to Oxford. (*) Except for FCC Thameslink services issue tickets from London Thameslink or London Bridge; for Southern services (as far as Brighton) issue tickets from London Victoria. Title: Re: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: super tm on June 24, 2010, 22:25:54 ..... and travelling short is permitted. So can board at Reading!. Just the problem of having to buy from London Termini though...... Are you sure about that. Cant see anything to say starting short is permitted. All the info seems to say starting your journey from London. 9 Change of travel plans/break of journey or joining at intermediate stations/refunds Normal conditions apply. Promotional Oyster tickets are only set up in the ticketing systems from London Terminals (*), but customers can join further on the same line of route. For example, a customer wishing to travel to Oxford, but instead of starting at London Paddington wants to join at Ealing Broadway, must be issued with a promotional fare from London Terminals to Oxford. (*) Except for FCC Thameslink services issue tickets from London Thameslink or London Bridge; for Southern services (as far as Brighton) issue tickets from London Victoria. Title: Re: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: JayMac on June 24, 2010, 23:17:44 Whereas I would read it as 'Normal Conditions Apply'. 'Passengers can join further on the same line of route' seem pretty clear. No mention of boundaries. The 'Normal Conditions' would relate to the equivalent Off Peak Return or Off Peak Day Return ticket validities.
The T&Cs accompanying the voucher also say: 4. Promotional tickets are only valid for journeys departing from London terminus stations. Customers may also join or alight at the intermediate stations where their train from/to London calls. Customers must make their own travel arrangements to travel to and from the London terminal station. Ollie, is there any mention of the number of adults that can travel on one voucher in the ATOC brief to staff. The voucher seems to suggest that 2 or more adults can travel in the directions for ticket office staff to follow. Quote Booking Office: 1. Check that the customer holds their Oyster card or Freedom pass shown on the voucher 2. Set Origin: 1072 LONDON TERMINALS. Except for FCC Thameslink services issue tickets from London Thameslink or London Bridge; for Southern services (as far as Brighton) issue tickets from London Victoria. 3. Set Destination and Route: as required 4. Enter number of adults. Accompanying children are to be sold normal child fares, unless the promotional adult fare is cheaper, in which case up to 4 accompanying children are allowed to be sold the promotional adult fare. 5. Ticket type: select one of the following ticket types (note that not all ticket types may be available on every flow) OY1 - OYST OFFPK DAYR, OY2 - OYST OFFPKDAY1R, OY3 - OYST OFF-PEAK R, OY4 - OYST OFF-PEAK1R 6. Issue ticket(s) as usual 7. Return voucher to customer to retain throughout their journey and show together with Oyster card/Freedom pass at ticket inspection 8. See The Manual for more information Title: Re: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: plymothian on June 25, 2010, 10:13:48 Hmm, more favouritism towards London/the SE. They already have the Network Railcard.
Title: Re: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: ChrisB on June 25, 2010, 10:16:48 I think they're pushing the Oyster card for off-peak journeys (in the south-east, naturally!)
Title: Re: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: devon_metro on June 25, 2010, 13:03:08 Hmm, more favouritism towards London/the SE. They already have the Network Railcard. Not to mention a very high quality metro system, with comparatively low fares. How we can dream! Title: Re: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: Ollie on June 25, 2010, 15:12:21 From what I can tell it is one voucher per Oyster/Freedom Pass, as there is only space to include one number and each adult that travels has to be a holder of either an Oyster or Freedom Pass.
Title: Re: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: JayMac on June 25, 2010, 18:59:51 Thanks, Ollie. Same confirmed by email from ATOC. Amazed by the quick response from them - 20 minutes!!
Looks like I'll have to convinced my friend to fork out ^3 for an Oyster Card. Title: Re: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: James158 on June 26, 2010, 00:40:44 From 26th June to 25th July different train operating companies have a special offer running which allows owners of a Oyster card or a Freedom pass discounted train tickets. The discount is for Off-Peak Return Tickets from London terminus stations. Prices start from just ^5 return. Destinations include Bath, Bristol, Weston-super-Mare, Eastbourne, Brighton and much more.
To claim this offer and to see all the destinations and prices visit www.daysoutguide.co.uk/oyster and simply enter your Oyster card or Freedom pass number then simply print out a voucher. Title: Re: Special Offer fares from London - June to July 2010 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on June 26, 2010, 01:25:02 Thanks for posting that, James158.
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