One surprise in the 2012 fare revision is that the Piccadilly line
joins the Heathrow Free Travel Area.

See http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/20689....athrow-airport

"Journeys solely between Heathrow Terminals 123, Heathrow Terminal 4
and Heathrow Terminal 5 will be free for all Oyster card and Oyster
photocard holders"

In message
, at
18:40:27 on Wed, 28 Dec 2011, Matthew Dickinson
remarked:
One surprise in the 2012 fare revision is that the Piccadilly line
joins the Heathrow Free Travel Area.

See http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/20689....athrow-airport

"Journeys solely between Heathrow Terminals 123, Heathrow Terminal 4
and Heathrow Terminal 5 will be free for all Oyster card and Oyster
photocard holders"

And how many airline passengers have Oyster cards? Maybe they should
install vending machines in the baggage reclaim areas.
--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message
, at
18:40:27 on Wed, 28 Dec 2011, Matthew Dickinson
remarked:
One surprise in the 2012 fare revision is that the Piccadilly line
joins the Heathrow Free Travel Area.

See
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/20689....athrow-airport

"Journeys solely between Heathrow Terminals 123, Heathrow Terminal 4
and Heathrow Terminal 5 will be free for all Oyster card and Oyster
photocard holders"

And how many airline passengers have Oyster cards? Maybe they should
install vending machines in the baggage reclaim areas.
--
Roland Perry

Are you sure that's a real issue?

In message , at 10:55:55 on
Thu, 29 Dec 2011, Graham Harrison
remarked:
"Journeys solely between Heathrow Terminals 123, Heathrow Terminal 4
and Heathrow Terminal 5 will be free for all Oyster card and Oyster
photocard holders"

And how many airline passengers have Oyster cards? Maybe they should
install vending machines in the baggage reclaim areas.

Are you sure that's a real issue?

I don't think many of the travellers changing flights will bother to
queue up and get an Oyster card once they've reached the tube station.
--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message , at 10:55:55 on Thu,
29 Dec 2011, Graham Harrison
remarked:
"Journeys solely between Heathrow Terminals 123, Heathrow Terminal 4
and Heathrow Terminal 5 will be free for all Oyster card and Oyster
photocard holders"

And how many airline passengers have Oyster cards? Maybe they should
install vending machines in the baggage reclaim areas.

Are you sure that's a real issue?

I don't think many of the travellers changing flights will bother to queue
up and get an Oyster card once they've reached the tube station.

but why will the majority changing flight go land side in the first place

tim

In message , Roland Perry
writes

And how many airline passengers have Oyster cards?

Quite a few I would imagine, given the number of people living in
Greater London who have them and who might well be flying out of
Heathrow.

--
Paul Terry

In message , at 11:28:48 on Thu, 29 Dec
2011, tim...... remarked:
"Journeys solely between Heathrow Terminals 123, Heathrow Terminal 4
and Heathrow Terminal 5 will be free for all Oyster card and Oyster
photocard holders"

And how many airline passengers have Oyster cards? Maybe they
should install vending machines in the baggage reclaim areas.

Are you sure that's a real issue?

I don't think many of the travellers changing flights will bother to
queue up and get an Oyster card once they've reached the tube station.

but why will the majority changing flight go land side in the first place

Why offer the free landside transfer if there's no demand for it?

(I did a landside transfer in 2010, because I arrived long haul and was
departing short haul to Europe, on un-associated airlines, and with
several hours to kill).
--
Roland Perry

In message , at 11:31:42 on Thu, 29
Dec 2011, Paul Terry remarked:

And how many airline passengers have Oyster cards?

Quite a few I would imagine, given the number of people living in
Greater London who have them and who might well be flying out of
Heathrow.

They don't need a free transfer, because their ticket will have been
valid to/from the appropriate terminal anyway[1]. So the travellers this
is aimed at will be landside transit ones, who typically aren't
Londoners [1](bis).

[1] Give or take edge cases like Londoners doing a transfer at Heathrow
without leaving the airport vicinity).
--
Roland Perry

In article ,
(tim......) wrote:

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message , at 10:55:55
on Thu, 29 Dec 2011, Graham Harrison
remarked:
"Journeys solely between Heathrow Terminals 123, Heathrow Terminal 4
and Heathrow Terminal 5 will be free for all Oyster card and Oyster
photocard holders"

And how many airline passengers have Oyster cards? Maybe they should
install vending machines in the baggage reclaim areas.

Are you sure that's a real issue?

I don't think many of the travellers changing flights will bother
to queue up and get an Oyster card once they've reached the tube
station.

but why will the majority changing flight go land side in the first place

How else do they change terminal?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

In article ,
(Paul Terry) wrote:

In message , Roland Perry
writes

And how many airline passengers have Oyster cards?

Quite a few I would imagine, given the number of people living in
Greater London who have them and who might well be flying out of Heathrow.

They will be the least likely to change from one terminal site to another,
surely?

--
Colin Rosenstiel