Tfl Oyster card prepay or pay as you go? 19 October 2019 at 12:58PM in Public transport & cycling 11 replies 2K views

RealElement47

If I prepay an Oyster card for a months travel pass would it be cheaper than pay as you go using lots of buses and tubes over the next month?

I thought somebody said there is a cp the same as a prepaid monthly?

Inner_Zone

You don't use an Oyster card for travel by car.



Try asking a mod to move it to Public Transport.

facade

You will need to do the maths. Oyster fares are the same as contactless payments on a debit card, but there is a daily cap on the oyster charges that you might hit if you use "lots of buses & tubes" in one day, making the oyster card cheaper.


https://www.londontoolkit.com/briefing/oystercard.htm

Scrapit

Get a car, public transport is terrible.

DannyGold

facade wrote: »

You will need to do the maths. Oyster fares are the same as contactless payments on a debit card, but there is a daily cap on the oyster charges that you might hit if you use "lots of buses & tubes" in one day, making the oyster card cheaper.


https://www.londontoolkit.com/briefing/oystercard.htm

Isn’t there a cap on debit/credit cards also?

HogMan

Yep
https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/find-fares/tube-and-rail-fares/pay-as-you-go-caps

Supersonos

Just touch in/out with a debit card as you go. If you make enough journeys whereby a month's card would be cheaper, it'll just charge you that.

The point of PAYG is that it'll always work out the cheapest ticket for you.

DannyGold

Supersonos wrote: »

Just touch in/out with a debit card as you go. If you make enough journeys whereby a month's card would be cheaper, it'll just charge you that.

The point of PAYG is that it'll always work out the cheapest ticket for you.

Why would anybody ever pay upfront?

Supersonos

DannyGold wrote: »

Why would anybody ever pay upfront?

Good question and one I can't answer.

Jumblebumble

Supersonos wrote: »

Good question and one I can't answer.

Well contactless does not cap monthly so a monthly travelcard could easily turn out more economic if travelling in both peaks
Also you will never get a maximum fare by being on the system too long
If you buy an annual travelcard you can get a gold card and get National rail discounts

martindow

Scrapit wrote: »

Get a car, public transport is terrible.

Have you tried driving and parking in London? It can be a terrible choice.