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Please make my season ticket cheaper

My station is zone 8 swanley

My season ticket should be £3040 ish, per year
Are there any ways at all to make it cheaper? This will be the forth year im paying that and I'm only 22

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  • reehsetin
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    Pay on a cashback card and get a % or so back
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  • Good idea! but any ideas about splitting the fair or buy with a travel card?
  • ThemeOne
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    Depends where you're going to - if it's somewhere in Zone 1, a point-to-point season to London Terminals is £2504, but this means it's only valid on that route, and is no longer a travelcard. Also no use if your place of work is not near one of the London Terminals stations.

    Another possibility is getting the train to Zone 2 and going the rest of the way by bus (which is included in the Zone 2 season). It'll most likely be a longer journey but would take the price down to £2448.
  • Can you cycle or get a lift to St Mary Cray, which is in Zone 6?
  • Make sure you claim for any delays, most companies will reimburse in cash or vouchers either of which you could put aside to get a discount each year.
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  • ThemeOne
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    Make sure you claim for any delays, most companies will reimburse in cash or vouchers either of which you could put aside to get a discount each year.

    I forgot about that, yes very good point. Assuming the OP's rail co is SouthEastern Delay Repay is claimable after 30 minutes delay.
  • spiro
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    Another trick I used years ago was not to buy an annual season ticket, you need to bear in mind that a monthly season ticket is for any period of a month or more. So if you can plan your year ahead (holidays etc) you always buy a monthly ticket that starts on a Monday (or Tues after bank holiday) and finishes on a Friday. Some times it will only be a couple of days over a month at others times it could be nearly 2 months.
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  • The_Groat_Counter
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    edited 9 October 2016 at 2:47PM
    ThemeOne wrote: »
    Depends where you're going to - if it's somewhere in Zone 1, a point-to-point season to London Terminals is £2504, but this means it's only valid on that route, and is no longer a travelcard. Also no use if your place of work is not near one of the London Terminals stations.

    Another possibility is getting the train to Zone 2 and going the rest of the way by bus (which is included in the Zone 2 season). It'll most likely be a longer journey but would take the price down to £2448.

    Consider these ideas. You could also look at paying for any bus or Tube journeys individually using Oyster or contactless.

    An annual rail-only season ticket from Swanley to Elephant & Castle costs £1,620 - could you then travel on by bus or Tube from Elephant & Castle, paying separately?

    A London bus journey costs £1.50 (now with the option of taking a second bus for 'free' within an hour). A zone 1 Tube journey costs £2.40.

    (A discounted zone 1 Tube fare of £1.60 is available on Oyster with your Annual Gold Card season ticket if you travel outside of peak times, but for standard hours commuting purposes that's of little help.)
  • guestman
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    nevermind.
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