On 10/11/2014 19:35, Mizter T wrote:

http://www.cityam.com/1415624433/mastercard-fare-free-friday-free-travel-londoners-14-and-28-november-using-contactless

Friday 14 and Friday 28 November, part of Mastercard's ongoing
"Priceless London" promotional exercise.

Those looking to exploit this to the full should note that contactless
cards don't work 'Oyster-style' (tap-in etc) on the cable car or on
river buses, nor does it work on the 15H Heritage Routemaster buses.

But Watford Junction, Broxbourne, Shenfield and Grays - as stations
outside the zones but in what was once given the unofficial moniker
'Oyster-land' (now 'Oyster & contactless land'?) - are some of the
exotic destinations one can reach gratis courtesy of the card with the
Venn diagram.

Argh - actually I'm wrong about that (at least w.r.t. Broxbourne and
Shenfield).

There's more on this offer he
http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/mastercard-offers-free-contactless-travel-in-london-on-november-14-and-28-1272417

"Daily spends will be capped at £21.80 (the price of a full day of
unlimited travel on TfL services), and this will be automatically
refunded to your account."

(Don't take the reference to "TfL services" literally - it includes NR
services in London too.)


However, the £21.80 figure mentioned above doesn't cover the daily peak
cap of £23.80 from/to Broxbourne, £23.80 from/to Brentwood, or £27.30
from/to Shenfield.

Those daily peak caps can be found in these fares tables (from page 4
onwards):
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/national-rail-adult-fares.pdf

The peak daily caps from Watford Junction (£21.80), Theobalds Grove and
Waltham Cross (£19.60), Cheshunt (£19.60), and Ockendon, Chafford
Hundred, Purfleet and Grays (all £21.80) - so these would all appear to
be valid for this Mastercard offer.