Oyster Card - weird

gner_ex

Thomask wrote: »

As great as that is, doesn't it defeat the purpose of having 2 different caps?
ie. If you can hold off from taking your first journey before 10am TFL will reward you by charging a lower capped price for the day

Otherwise when would the PEAK cap be applied? The system has given me a single journey cost plus the cost of an off peak cap - both totalling less than the peak cap!

The peak cap would be applied (I believe) if there was more than one peak journey.

If you say bump one more time I will report you to the moderator.

DoctorOcta

Yeah you will sometimes be charged a Best Value Combination.
This means that if someone makes minimal (I have had it at 2 journeys once) in the Peak time, then you MAY get charged the Off Peak cap + the single fares in the morning.

So:-

Off Peak cap price + Peak single fares between 04:30-09:30 = LESS than Peak Cap price, then Best Value Combination applied.

Off Peak cap price + Peak single fares between 04:30-09:30 = MORE or EQUAL to Peak Cap price, then Peak cap price applied.

DoctorOcta

@Gner_ex

Thanks for the clarifications!

However:
Buses... that is dangerous advice. If the drivers reader seems not to work, you should wait to be told what to do by him (which may be to sit down, or to be given a (free) paper ticket. Buses in London (and tubes/trains nationwide) are able to issue penalty fares (forget the money saving expert stuff about a penalty being unenforceable; this is a specific piece of legislation) so do be very careful when sitting on a bus without any proof whatsoever that you are entitled to be there.

That is partially correct.
Spoke to management at TfL and they insist that you simply need your Oyster card to have a valid ticket on it. Of course don't storm on to the bus - but the driver cannot turn you away if his machine is faulty.
An inspector CAN fine you if he cannot read your card, but you will be able to claim that back so long as you DID have a valid ticket on the day in question

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