On 11 Jun 2006 12:13:40 -0700, Jonathan Morris wrote:

Is it not a Gold Card discounted off peak Travelcard? In which case you
could ask for a GC discounted peak Travelcard instead, which would be valid.
(Just like you can buy Network Card discounted Standard Day Singles as well
as Cheap Day Singles, in some cases paying extra for no benefit) Or does
using a GC make it a different ticket type and so not a normal Travelcard at
all?

Yes it is an ordinary ticket with a discount, but as it's marked
differently then it may well be the case that they need to
*specifically* include it in their list of exclusions.

I don't think so. It's the same ticket type; you just pay a different
price for it.

Also, and this is rather silly and pedantic I know, but Gold Card
ticket holders must travel with me. So, I could possibly argue that I
am entitled to travel between 1630 and 1901, so why can't they? Why
should I now be restricted for my journey in the peak rate?

I know the honest answer is to buy the peak ticket, but I know that if
I go into London in the week (e.g. taking a day off), then there's no
way I'll know when I am going back home.

Buy the cheaper ticket. If you need to return on a "peak" train,
excess the ticket to the more expensive type.