On 7 Mar, 15:31, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 7 Mar 2010, Paul Terry wrote:
In message p.homeip.net,
Paul Cummins writes

In article ,
(Paul Scott) wrote:

If you go back and read the original post, you might now realise
that your reply at that point was completely useless, because they
were extending a travelcard beyond its validity...

Which also gos to show that the system is wrong, because it can't easily be
understood by the reasonable man.

It's not really that difficult. People have managed for years to understand
that an extension ticket is needed to go beyond their travelcard zones.

But whenever that has been true, it has also been true that you needed a
ticket for the whole trip if you didn't have a travelcard at all. That's
where the OEP situation is completely novel - you need a whole new ticket
*only* if you're doing part of the trip by travelcard, *in addition* to
the PAYG credit to actually pay for it!

It's argued that the OEP is just like the extension ticket though, in
that it's something you have to get before travelling. But the
problem is when/where you need to get it. Most extension tickets on
NR would be purchased at the NR station where the relevant leg of the
journey begins. At that point, you are probably less likely to change
your mind about the rest of the day's travel.

The thing that mystifies me is how the operators who have deemed OEPs
to be necessary don't have the facilities for adding them.

If they can't be arsed, why should anyone else be?