Clive R Robertson wrote:
On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:44:04 +0000, PRAR wrote:


I don't wan't a discount on my fare I just want the cap to cut in at a
£4.80 travelcard not a £6.70 one.

PRAR

I agree. Using paper at the moment, I get all six zones for £4.80.
Using Oyster capping gives me only four zones for £5.20. What
incentive is there for me to switch to Oyster?

(Network Card discount at weekends from a Zone 4 station.)



Going by existing examples, I expect that the "incentive" will be
punitive fares for not using Oyster, regardless of whether Oyster is
fully available yet.

For a reasonably self-contained system like C2C, maybe Oyster can be
extended to the whole TOC, but with the larger ones like SWT, I can
foresee a larger-scale version of the problem that affects people with
paper travelcards who go to or from beyond their zones on LU, or who
currently have a paper ticket from Upminster to Southend, and want to
use Oyster as far as Upminster.

That is, having to get off the train to touch in or out at the point
where they start or finish the route covered by their paper ticket. If
that means waiting half an hour or else either paying a punitive fare
or paying twice ... Tough.