"Mizter T" wrote in message
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wrote:

Checking some more locations I see the premium from Winchester is £9.80.
With a zones 1-6 day travelcard at £8, what is the point of selling an
out-of London day travelcard at that price other than to rip people off
to
avoid a queue at Waterloo? This is especially odd given that the premium
from Basingstoke (also SWT) is only £4.80 (via Woking).

See my comments above - I agree, these are examples of rip-offs. In the
context of their continuing existence, my only advice to punters would be
either to use Oyster PAYG or else purchase their Travelcards from NR
ticket machines on the concourse on arrival at say Waterloo which will
inevitably be less busy the LU ticket machines and windows - of course
doing that means the offending TOC gets the commission for selling the
ticket though.

I'm wondering if someone in SWT's pricing department has made a major
cockup.

For a few origins I just checked down in Hants, the peak travelcard addon is
about £4, the offpeak is about £9.60, but the super offpeak is back to about
£4.00 ish. I usually get the super offpeak and hadn't noticed the
difference, but the two offpeak ticket types should really have the same
extra cost for the travelcard portion - surely?

Paul S