"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2008, Stephen Osborn wrote:

"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
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On Tue, 25 Nov 2008, David Cantrell wrote:

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 08:08:28PM +0000, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 23 Nov 2008, Stephen Osborn wrote:

But to get to a Tube station, as I live in SE London, I would have to
take an Overground train and so I would normally buy a one day
Travelcard at the train station. To use my Oyster at the Tube
station I would either need to buy a train return ticket instead or
use my Oyster PAYG when I had a valid Travelcard. Either of those
would mean I was paying extra for the privilege of switching on auto
top-up.
Yes. Paying one pound extra. Once.

Two pounds and ninety pence actually.

No, one pound.

You set up auto top-up, and nominate the most convenient station outside
Z1 for pickup.

And if one needs to get a train to get to a Tube station then nearest
Tube
station will be inside Z1. So to get the lower excess price involves
more
travel

Not necessarily. Lewisham (did we establish that you can pick up an
activation at a DLR station?),

MIG seems to think not.

Elephant, Balham, Brixton, Clapham High Street - all in south or southeast
London, equipped with railway stations, and all outside Z1. In fact,
thinking about it, there is *nowhere* in southeast London from where you
can't get a direct train to a tube station outside Z1.

None of those stations are close to me and if I have to make a special
journey to activate auto top-up that confirms my point above 'So to get the
lower excess price involves more travel'.

snip

There is the cost of my time in travelling to & from two Tube stations
outside Z1.

Because of course there's no reason ever to go outside Z1, is there?

How about a trip to the cinema or the Museum in Docklands (which is very
good!) at Canary Wharf? A curry, or bagel if you prefer, down Brick Lane
way? A visit to the big Decathlon store - and one of a handful of
surviving Spud-U-Likes - at Canada Water? Kew Gardens? Richmond park?
Epping Forest? The Cutty Sark? The National Maritime Museum? The fine
restaurants of Clapham? A spot of herb shopping in Brixton? An afternoon
at Camden market? A million other things to do in London? All of which
make picking up an activation on the way a trivial matter.

How would going to any of those involve me making a journey from a non-Z1
station to a non-Z1 station?

--
regards

Stephen