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Old April 24th 09, 12:45 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
Andrew Wilson Andrew Wilson is offline
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Default Railcard changes w.e.f. 17/05/09


"John Salmon" wrote in message
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"Mizter T" wrote
I shall have to try buying one for myself from an LU station then. Unless
I've gone mad the price of the Railcard-discounted Day Travelcards I've
bought from NR stations lately has been £5.00. I can't think why LU would
charge a different price! (Unless LU round things down, and NR rounds
them up - but that doesn't make any sense as two-thirds of £7.50 - the
full price of a z1-6 Day Travelcard - is bang on £5.00.) The strange
mysteries of ticketing...


The railcard discount is 34%, i.e. slightly more than one-third, so the
rounding up/down theory *may* be correct. I have a feeling that the
£4.90/£5.00 discrepancy between LU and "NR" has been mentioned before on
uk.r or utl, but I could be wrong. You are right that (at least some)
National Rail stations charge £5.00; I haven't bought one from LU
recently.


Has LU started offering railcard discounts recently? Every time I've tried
to buy a Z1-6 Day Travelcard with my disabled railcard I've been told that
LU don't do them so I normally to buy them from NR stations. If this is now
the case however do you get more for your money if you buy one from LU?
Regards
Andrew Wilson