2 FOR 1 London days out loophole

susancs

AMO wrote: »

From what you say and from what it says on the T&Cs:

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What kinds of train tickets are valid for this promotion?
2FOR1 and special offers/admission vouchers are available with almost ANY type of train tickets issued to London on normal 'paper' ticket stock (i.e. not electronic or 'smartcard' but for exceptions see below) and valid on the day you wish to the visit the attraction, theatre, or restaurant, e.g. National Rail issued tickets include Off-Peak, Super Off-Peak, Travelcard, Advance, Anytime, Season Tickets and various promotional travel tickets that may be issued from time to time, etc...
By way of recognition most rail travel tickets show the Double-Arrow (or 'crows-foot') National Rail logo, then you're safe to assume it is valid. If you are unsure in any way please ask at your local staffed National Rail station.
London Underground issued tickets (including Travelcards) are NOT valid and will not be accepted at any attraction

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because we're going to be near Kew which I think is both underground and overground (wombling free :rotfl:):
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=travelcard%20costs%20london&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/kwg/details.html

We need to go to the overground to get a 4 Zone Travelcard each £6.30 each. As our hotel is there and we're mainly going to South Kensington (£2.20 Oyster single) we should probably make sure we travel around a bit to make sure we get our money's worth!

But the main thing is going overground right?

AMO

Kew station has both London underground and overground services stopping there, so any travelcard purchased there will allow you to travel on either, plus buses and trams in London and will have both the crows foot BR logo and LT logo-so you will be valid for the 2for1.

susancs

misssarahleigh wrote: »

i have been looking at these. i used them in january and it saved me a fortune, although i notice they say valid until sep 09 - i will be in london 9 oct???

Do these just suddenly stop working?

They usually keep the offers going and update the valid to date, so print off them nearer going.

Old_Bill

AMO wrote: »

Hmm....both of those come up as £4 on the single fare finder.

Looks like this is going to be difficult!

AMO

Definitely £2 single, not £4. I bought one myself for £2 only a fortnight ago. Vauxhall to Waterloo.

http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/en/pj/jp

WWERAW

alanrowell wrote: »

Yes I'm sure,

Can I use Underground/tube only tickets and/or London Bus only tickets?
No, except as shown below.
However if your travel ticket has an element of National Rail/train company travel included, e.g. any type of 'paper' Travelcard, train/tube inclusive ticket, then the answer is Yes. By way of recognition if your travel ticket shows the Double-Arrow (or 'crows-foot') National Rail logo you're generally safe to assume it is valid. If you are unsure in any way please ask at your local staffed National Rail station.

http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/faq.aspx#3

You can also argue that any one or three day travelcard bought at a Tube station is also valid as they are a) paper & b) allow you to use trains within the zones for which they are valid

I'm afraid you are wrong with this. A trip to Ripley's Believe It Or Not yesterday proved this. They refused my zones 1-4 underground travel cards and were left with two very upset children. The staff at Ripley's were also very rude and unsympathetic. The remedy for this was to buy a couple of National Rail tickets from Charring Cross station but as we were treated so badly I refused to go back and took the children to the Trocedero next door, they had a great time.

dzug1

AMO wrote: »

Hmm....both of those come up as £4 on the single fare finder.

Looks like this is going to be difficult!

AMO

The farefinder gives the price via the underground, not by train.

p00hsticks

WWERAW wrote: »

I'm afraid you are wrong with this. A trip to Ripley's Believe It Or Not yesterday proved this. They refused my zones 1-4 underground travel cards

Hi - can you please clarify - did your travel cards have the 'crows feet' symbol on and where had you purchased them ?

FirstTimer4Me

we went to the tower of london 2day using the 2 4 1 voucher on daysout site

staff accepted the voucher but did request to see our raill ticket

*we purchased a single rail ticket from charring x to waterloo cost £2.00pp*

alanrowell

susancs wrote: »

Kew station has both London underground and overground services stopping there, so any travelcard purchased there will allow you to travel on either, plus buses and trams in London and will have both the crows foot BR logo and LT logo-so you will be valid for the 2for1.

Kew Bridge AND Kew Garden stations are National Rail stations and so aren't run by Transport For London. That is why they issue the "correct" type of Travelcards.

cubehopper

2FOR1 and special offers/admission vouchers are available with almost ANY type of train tickets issued to London on normal 'paper' ticket stock

I'm going to Dickens World in Kent next week. Does my ticket have to originate from a London Terminal or can I just buy the cheapest ticket from Chatham to Gillingham? I refer to the first FAQ answer on the daysoutguide site

LisaPapakis

Hi, we are visiting London in March and I want to use a couple of these 2 for 1 deals. We will be staying around Kings Cross, so I see the nearest overground station where I could buy National Rail tickets to qualify for the offer will be Euston (maybe Kings Cross?).

However, when registering to get a voucher on the daysoutguide website, it asks from which station will we be starting our journey. Unsurprisingly, there don't seem to be any London overground stations listed on the pop-up list. So do I just enter ANY station in order to get the voucher? Does it make a difference if I say I'm coming from, eg, Goring-by-Sea but buy my ticket from Euston?

Thanks in advance, Lisa