2 FOR 1 London days out loophole

kck9

alanrowell wrote: »

You DON'T have to buy a train ticket to be eligible for the offers as paper London Travelcards bought at a train station booking office are valid

Are you sure about this????

I was told that we have to purchase some national rail tickets not the tube tickets....

Please confirm about this.

Thank you

alanrowell

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

kck9

If I am travelling from Harrow to London. Can I use the 2 for 1 vouchers. From Harrow I can purchase a London tube pass. So is 2 for 1 voucher claimable when I travel by using a tube pass. Please let me know

madkitty

so If I just buy a zone 1&2 travelcard will this work for any of the offers at all and if so which ones?

AMO

What's the cheapest National Rail ticket I can buy for this?

If I have 4 people, are there any that work out cheaper than individual tickets?

Thanx

AMO

susancs

AMO wrote: »

What's the cheapest National Rail ticket I can buy for this?

If I have 4 people, are there any that work out cheaper than individual tickets?

Thanx

AMO

Fares have gone up recently and it now costs often £4 for a ticket for one stop on an overground line eg, London Bridge to Waterloo. You each need a paper train ticket to get the 2for 1 savings (not just 1 ticket between 2 people). Have a look at the TFL map here http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/tube-dlr-trams-and-train-travelcard-zones-map.pdf and pick out the overground train station nearest you and then you can check the single fare, using the single fare finder.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/tickets/faresandtickets/2009/farefinder/

If you are doing a lot of journeys off peak on the same day, another option would be to use oyster off peaK for a journey to a London overground train (often tube as well) station (if you are not near one) as most journeys are about £2ish and buy a daily travelcard from there, as it will have both the crows foot NR logo and London underground on it and ehnce could be used for the 2for 1.

Old_Bill

Vauxhall to Waterloo is £2 single, as is London Bridge to Charing Cross. Both are valid with the 2 for 1 offer.

AMO

Old_Bill wrote: »

Vauxhall to Waterloo is £2 single, as is London Bridge to Charing Cross. Both are valid with the 2 for 1 offer.

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

Looks like this is going to be difficult!

AMO

AMO

susancs wrote: »

If you are doing a lot of journeys off peak on the same day, another option would be to use oyster off peaK for a journey to a London overground train (often tube as well) station (if you are not near one) as most journeys are about £2ish and buy a daily travelcard from there, as it will have both the crows foot NR logo and London underground on it and ehnce could be used for the 2for 1.

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

misssarahleigh

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?