On 01/04/2010 18:33, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:36:59 +0100,
wrote:

I think what I was trying to work out was whether Oyster would be clever
enough to treat the rail journey as separate - if all my journeys are Z1
apart from that first journey from Grays to Fenchurch St, would it
charge me the Z1 cap plus the £3.90 fare in? Or would it keep going for
the Z1-Grays cap?

I doubt it but I'm not 100% certain. Journeys are typically held
separate if they are in a different time band (e.g. peak) or where you
have a lower cap (e.g. bus pass) and say only one tube journey which is
less than the equivalent ODTC cap. Having looked at the numbers there
is a big difference in price between the Z16G cap and the Z12 cap plus
£3.90. I suppose if Oyster is supposed to give you the lowest price
then assuming you touch in and out correctly then you should only be
charged £7.60 (£3.90 +£3.70) rather than £9.40.

Theoretically, if someone reached the Z12 cap *before* making a single
journey further afield, and then returned to Z1 under their own steam
and made more journeys in the centre of town, they should reasonably
expect not to pay any more... it's an interesting one. I can spare a
couple of quid, I'll try it and see what happens! Thanks for your help.
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Josie
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