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[email protected] · April 16th 12, 06:04 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at 14:12:17
on Mon, 16 Apr 2012, Jarle H Knudsen remarked:
I made many LU journeys in Z1-4 and one costing 1.40 to Z5.
I was charged 14.40, rather than 12.00 - the Z1-4 cap + 1.40.

...

Zone 1-4 + an extra single journey is how I assumed the worked too, but
I'm apparently mistaken. Does TfL explain exactly how it works
anywhere?

This page, http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14837.aspx , states

"Oyster will work out the cheapest combination of fares for all
your journeys in one day."

A zone 1-4 travelcard plus a single oyster fare would have been the
cheapest alternative.

The Z1-4 cap is £10.60, plus £1.40 is £12.00

But the Z1-5 cap is £15.80 - so how does £14.40 arise? (Other than
being £15.80 minus £1.40, which makes no sense).

I assumed £14.40 to be the sum of Oyster single fares for all his
journeys that day.

I see. So he made £14.40-£1.40=£13.00 worth of trips in Z1-4, which
would have been capped at £10.60, had he not strayed into Z5. Makes sense.

FSVO "sense".

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Colin Rosenstiel