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[email protected] · July 3rd 11, 02:35 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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Stocks) wrote:

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(Peter Smyth) wrote:

If you search for a journey between any two random stations in
London, it should give an in-boundary travelcard as one of the
fare options.

OK, that sort of works as long as I make it a return journey. Not
very clear, especially as some options give two Anytime Travelcard
options at different prices without explanation.

It's not entirely clear what you're trying to do but if I was doing
something similar from Brighton and assuming all travel was
off-peak it would probably be two Brighton to Zones 1-6
travelcards for the days I was travelling from and to Brighton,
plus a travelcard or two (sold by Southern as something like
Battersea Park to Zones 1-3) for the day(s) I was staying in London.

It might be possible to sacrifice some flexibility and save a quid
or two by purchasing AP booked-train-only tickets to get from
Brighton to Victoria and back (and then buying two more travelcards
for travel within London) but I very much doubt this would be worth
doing.

How does an off-peak return from Brighton compare with a Day
Travelcard?
Under the circumstances I use them (super off-peak, buy online via
Southern with web discount) the web-site automatically offers the
Travelcard even if you ask for rail-only fares because it's the
same price but better value. There are other variables such as
operator/route/destination, but Southern usually give the best deal.

Aren't you the lucky one! FCC are amongst the greediest of TOCs in the
price to go from Day Return to Travelcard.

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Colin Rosenstiel