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18+ Oyster Photo Card Question.
Driving_Soon
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Hey, I am a 20 year old student, and I buy a weekly £29 travelcard, from a train station in a village in kent, to a main train station.
My question is because I am boarding the train in Kent, can I use the Card to get the 30% off my travelcard, I have tried asking the people at the train station but they don't seem to know what I am on about, I hope you guys do hee hee!
Many Thanks.
My question is because I am boarding the train in Kent, can I use the Card to get the 30% off my travelcard, I have tried asking the people at the train station but they don't seem to know what I am on about, I hope you guys do hee hee!
Many Thanks.
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If you are entitled to the 30% discount then the fact you are loading it onto an oyster card rather than a standard travel card shouldn't make a difference.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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Driving_Soon wrote: »Hey, I am a 20 year old student, and I buy a weekly £29 travelcard, from a train station in a village in kent, to a main train station.
My question is because I am boarding the train in Kent, can I use the Card to get the 30% off my travelcard, I have tried asking the people at the train station but they don't seem to know what I am on about, I hope you guys do hee hee!
Many Thanks.
you have to apply for the student oyster card online... costs £5
you'll need a photo and your student ID number to apply - I got mine in 3 days.
just check with your rail station that it takes Oyster - I know that some station don't take pay as you go oyster so you should be OK with travel cards... but I personally have no idea if Kent stations do... I never go out that far
I got a weeks travel card for zone 1 & 2 and it only cost me £16.90 - I don't normally buy travel cards - just for this week as I'm having to go to so many different places (freshers and job committments) so I wont personally make much savings with this but I decided to get one just in case!Light bulb moment April 07: [strike]£3,655 [/strike] Oct 07: [strike]£2,220[/strike] now 0 - 3 years of Uni debt to be added at a later date
now at Uni as a Mature student -update: now has a First Class BA!0
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