Londoners – could you save £100s on TfL fares with this hidden discount?
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No need to register your Oyster card before linking to your Railcard. I've linked mine for years and it's not registered. It's sometimes a problem finding a member of staff to do the linking!0
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I used to link it when I was under 30 and had the railcard, some staff have no clue, others can do it.
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sausage_time said:clint42 said:Just to point out. This doesn't just apply to Londoners. I live in Scotland, but regularly visit London and have been applying my Senior Railcard to my Oyster card for the last 4 years. The current one is still valid until April '25.
I have been passing this information on to friends since I found out about it. Very handy.
Some v basic questions- does an Oyster card have to be a physical card, or can I have it on my phone or on my Google wallet? I think I'm right in thinking that my first Oyster will cost me £7 in admin?0 -
Yes, it has to be a physical Oyster cardOfficial MSE Forum Team member.Please report all problem posts to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com1
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Some v basic questions- does an Oyster card have to be a physical card, or can I have it on my phone or on my Google wallet? I think I'm right in thinking that my first Oyster will cost me £7 in admin?
(You can get lucky on eBay as well but most ebay sales or for collectors, and most cards on eBay are disabled.)
You can do contactless payment card PAYG on a phone, but can't get any railcard discount that way (yet..long term aspiration to allow linking of railcard to PAYG for contactless fares across greater London including rail, as a later delivery for Project Oval I understand--Oval is rolling out contactless PAYG gates to greater london rail stations)1 -
MilesT6060842 said:
Some v basic questions- does an Oyster card have to be a physical card, or can I have it on my phone or on my Google wallet? I think I'm right in thinking that my first Oyster will cost me £7 in admin?
(You can get lucky on eBay as well but most ebay sales or for collectors, and most cards on eBay are disabled.)
You can do contactless payment card PAYG on a phone, but can't get any railcard discount that way (yet..long term aspiration to allow linking of railcard to PAYG for contactless fares across greater London including rail, as a later delivery for Project Oval I understand--Oval is rolling out contactless PAYG gates to greater london rail stations)
TransportforWales is just introducing PAYG for some stations in south Wales - I wonder if they've thought of being able to link railcards to this. Probably not, but I'll put the thought in their minds!
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Can the Senior Railcard be added to two Oyster Cards? If one has a normal Oyster and a 60+ Oyster, for instance.0
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