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Oyster card confusion
londonman81
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I have started commuting in London using the PAYG Oyster card.
However, I am very confused as to how it is charging me because I was under the impression that it caps the daily running cost of journeys to the price of a daily travelcard (around £6.50 for zones 1 to 6?). But, I have been using around £10 per day according to my online Oyster journey history!
How exactly does the price capping work?
Thanks
P.S
And am I being cynical in thinking that the Oyster card is a marketing con because they claim it's a huge saving over the equivalent cash fare - but at £4 for a single journey , it's a discount to an already grossly overpriced cash fare!
However, I am very confused as to how it is charging me because I was under the impression that it caps the daily running cost of journeys to the price of a daily travelcard (around £6.50 for zones 1 to 6?). But, I have been using around £10 per day according to my online Oyster journey history!
How exactly does the price capping work?
Thanks
P.S
And am I being cynical in thinking that the Oyster card is a marketing con because they claim it's a huge saving over the equivalent cash fare - but at £4 for a single journey , it's a discount to an already grossly overpriced cash fare!
"To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant." Amos Bronson Alcott
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The price cap you quote is for off peak travel - after 0930
If you travel at peak times it's £13.30.0 -
And does anyone know at what point the peak/off peak fare is measured? Is it at the point of touching in or touching out?
For example, if I start my journey at off-peak 06:45am (15 mins before peak time starts at 7am), and complete the journey at 07:15am (peak time), does this count as a peak journey or off-peak? i.e is it the time at touch in that counts or the time at touch out?
I called Oyster helpline twice and got two different answers! Classic!
"To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant." Amos Bronson Alcott0 -
It is the point at which you touch in that determines whether you are travelling peak or off-peak.
How does the system know which cap to apply?Did you really mean to put loose?
Lose: no longer possess, not to retain, unable to find
Loose: not firmly or tightly fixed in place0 -
londonman81 wrote: »And does anyone know at what point the peak/off peak fare is measured? Is it at the point of touching in or touching out?
For example, if I start my journey at off-peak 06:45am (15 mins before peak time starts at 7am), and complete the journey at 07:15am (peak time), does this count as a peak journey or off-peak? i.e is it the time at touch in that counts or the time at touch out?
I called Oyster helpline twice and got two different answers! Classic!
That's coz there ARE two different answers:
From the capping point of view 0645 is peak - off peak doesn't start until 0930 for capping purposes
From the Oyster single fare point of view 0645 is off peak.
And yes it's the touch in time that counts.0 -
are you by any change starting from a greater london station that doesnt operate paug oyster?!0
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