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Matthew Dickinson August 27th 10 06:05 PM

Oyster to Birmingham
 
Well, sort of....

Chiltern are now offering free weekend travel over its whole network
if you buy a season ticket costing more than £150 a month or £1500 a
year. A Z1-6 Travelcard is more than this. Marylebone is the only
station at which this can be issued on Oyster.

See http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/ti.../new-customers

[email protected] August 27th 10 10:18 PM

Oyster to Birmingham
 
On 27/08/2010 19:05, Matthew Dickinson wrote:
Well, sort of....

Chiltern are now offering free weekend travel over its whole network
if you buy a season ticket costing more than £150 a month or £1500 a
year. A Z1-6 Travelcard is more than this. Marylebone is the only
station at which this can be issued on Oyster.

See http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/ti.../new-customers

It'd be great if the subject heading would actually be possible.

Jack Taylor August 27th 10 11:30 PM

Oyster to Birmingham
 
Chris wrote:
On 27 Aug, 21:04, "tim...." wrote:
"Matthew Dickinson" wrote in message
...
Well, sort of....

Chiltern are now offering free weekend travel over its whole network
if you buy a season ticket costing more than £150 a month or £1500 a
year. A Z1-6 Travelcard is more than this.


The offer has also be existance for well over a year....


With the emphasis on "well over" - I've been using mine for Birmingham trips
for at least a couple of years. I wouldn't call it an "offer", though, just
a benefit to season ticket holders, the same as the free bus travel on
Arriva buses in the High Wycombe and Aylesbury town areas.



solar penguin August 28th 10 10:12 PM

Oyster to Birmingham
 

Ian Jelf wrote:

In message LQWdo.125753$S46.11523@hurricane, "
writes
It'd be great if the subject heading would actually be possible.


Yes, I was thinking that! ;-)


So every time Oyster gets confused by an OSI, it'd have to charge you
the full cost of an Anytime walk-on fare from London to Birmingham...

No thanks.

Let's get the system more reliable before inflicting it on even more
people.

Michael R N Dolbear August 29th 10 03:56 PM

Oyster to Birmingham
 
Jack Taylor wrote i

Chiltern are now offering free weekend travel over its whole

network
if you buy a season ticket costing more than £150 a month or £1500

a
year. A Z1-6 Travelcard is more than this.


The offer has also be existance for well over a year....


With the emphasis on "well over" - I've been using mine for

Birmingham trips
for at least a couple of years. I wouldn't call it an "offer",

though, just
a benefit to season ticket holders, the same as the free bus travel

on
Arriva buses in the High Wycombe and Aylesbury town areas.


So what other /benefits/ are on offer if you take the trouble to buy
yur season from a different TOC ?

I take it that SWT is still running their (Goldcard) 5 free
Friday-Sunday SWT network tickets per year.

--
Mike D




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