5% off transport in London

teflon

I'm not sure if this is perhaps better off in a credit card forum - but I see that Barclaycard are now offering a cashback version of their Onepulse card which offers cashback.

The 0.5% isn't anything to write home about, but there's a much nicer 5% cashback on all TfL spending - so your travelcard, bus pass, Oyster pay-as-you-go spend, etc, in tube stations and on the TfL website until the end of 2009. As long as you pay off the card in full each month, you're saving money.

The Onepulse card is the clever one that's got a built-in Oyster card, and Visa Paywave contactless payment facility - so you can ditch the Oyster card that's already in your wallet, and either take it to a tube station to get the pre-pay balance off it (and £3 deposit back, if you originally paid it), or keep it around the house for visitors to borrow - cards with just pre-pay and no travelcards are transferable.

Details are at http://www.barclaycard.co.uk/personal-home/cards/onepulse-cashback/index.html

phantomwhale

Was thinking of getting my new annual travelcard (£1032) using one of these, but note according to the terms and conditions you can only claim up to £15 cashback in each month for TFL purchases.

And no, switching to monthly travelcards does not save money here !

I can get £10.32 cashback using my Egg Money card, so I think I'll skip the extra £4.68 here, but looks like a great deal for those who don't buy annual travelcards.