Tfl weekly cap

Sncjw

Hi 

I am visiting London for a week on Friday and I've had a look and I know they do a daily cap on contactless cards. I have seen they also do weekly caps. However the weekly cap looks like it's from Monday to Sunday so this would not work for me would it. 

Ideally would like to avoid paying for Oyster card but might have no choice to. Also can someone advise if I go from zone 1 to 2 the price is £38 quid but if I were to go to Greenwich would it still be zone 2 or not as its on the edge. Thank you 

jon81uk

Greenwich is in zones two and three, so it counts as zone 2 if coming from zone 2 and zone 3 if coming from zone 3, basically whichever is cheaper for the journey being made. Therefore for you coming from zone one, it counts as a zone 2 station.

Weekly capping on Oyster only works Monday to Sunday too, unless you buy a travelcard in advance. So you need to work out if it is better for you to buy a travelcard for the seven days or just spend on contactless.

Sncjw

Hi the weekly cap says you get 7 days of travel but pay for 5. If we done contactless we would be paying for the daily cap which is more. 

It would be 53.90 for daily capping and for travel card with the cost of oyster on top which I think is mad it is 45.40. 

jon81uk

If you know you will hit the cap of course. If there are many days where you will only take two journeys or walk a lot or use the bus a lot you probably won't hit the cap.

Sncjw

We will be using tube for going near the thames.for attractions there and also shopping too. 

Ballard

I don’t know the answers to your questions but it would be worth opening an account with TfL and registering your contactless card/oyster with it as it would allow you to claim refunds should you be delayed. 

Sncjw

Ballard said:

I don’t know the answers to your questions but it would be worth opening an account with TfL and registering your contactless card/oyster with it as it would allow you to claim refunds should you be delayed. 

This was back in Jan. We are.now two months on and I ahve been to London and abck now 

Ballard

Sncjw said:

Ballard said:

I don’t know the answers to your questions but it would be worth opening an account with TfL and registering your contactless card/oyster with it as it would allow you to claim refunds should you be delayed. 

This was back in Jan. We are.now two months on and I ahve been to London and abck now 

Sorry but I didn’t notice the dates. I hope that you had a good time.