Most people don't know this but if you have a Railcard your Oyster card will be capped at 34% less than normal. Just take your Railcard to a LU ticket office to get the discount applied to your oyster card permanently.
If you hold a National Rail Railcard, you can get an Oyster card and have the Railcard discount entitlement loaded on to it. You can then use Oyster to pay as you go at adult-rate, but your off-peak Oyster daily price cap will be 34% lower than the equivalent adult-rate cap.
Holders of the following National Rail Railcards can benefit from the discounted daily price capping:
Railcard discount for oyster prepay
Transport for London have introduced a discount daily price cap for holders of National Rail Railcards who use Oyster pay-as-you-go. The eligible Railcards are: Disabled Persons, HM Forces, Senior and Young Persons.
You save 1/3 on the standard adult daily price cap. For example, it will cost £3.10 for a day's unlimited travel in zones 1 and 2, instead of the standard £4.80. The discount only applies to off-peak travel (which I think is any time after 9.30am).
To activate the discount you need to get it loaded onto your Oyster card by taking it, with your Railcard, to any tube ticket office.
It's a new scheme so when I asked the staff didn't know about it, but you can point to the details on page 14 of the new Guide to Fares leaflet available at the station or from here: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...s-08-01-02.pdf
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Just wanted to add a couple of extra details. If your local national rail station is listed here, you can also register your railcard concession there. Below are the peak and off-peak price cap limits with the railcard. Note again that the discount only applies to off-peak travel.
Travel in --- Peak --- Off-Peak
Zones 1-2 - £6.30 - £3.10
Zones 1-3 - £7.50 - £3.50
Zones 1-4 - £8.90 - £3.50
Zones 1-5 - £11.30 - £4.20
Zones 1-6 - £13.30 - £4.20
Zones 1-9 - £14.50 - £5
Discounted daily price capping - Railcards
If you hold a National Rail Railcard, you can get an Oyster card and have the Railcard discount entitlement loaded on to it. You can then use Oyster to pay as you go at adult-rate, but your off-peak Oyster daily price cap will be 34% lower than the equivalent adult-rate cap.
Holders of the following National Rail Railcards can benefit from the discounted daily price capping:
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If you hold a National Rail Railcard, you can get an Oyster card and have the Railcard discount entitlement loaded on to it. You can then use Oyster to pay as you go at adult-rate, but your off-peak Oyster daily price cap will be 34% lower than the equivalent adult-rate cap.
Holders of the following National Rail Railcards can benefit from the discounted daily price capping:
* Disabled Persons
* HM Forces,
* Senior
* Young Persons.
You will need to get an Oyster card and have your Railcard discount concession loaded on it. This can be done at
* Tube station ticket offices
* London Overground station ticket offices
* Some National Rail station ticket offices
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I forgot to say this is only available Off Peak which is after 9:30 AM Mon - Fri.
Railcard discount for oyster prepay
Transport for London have introduced a discount daily price cap for holders of National Rail Railcards who use Oyster pay-as-you-go. The eligible Railcards are: Disabled Persons, HM Forces, Senior and Young Persons.
You save 1/3 on the standard adult daily price cap. For example, it will cost £3.10 for a day's unlimited travel in zones 1 and 2, instead of the standard £4.80. The discount only applies to off-peak travel (which I think is any time after 9.30am).
To activate the discount you need to get it loaded onto your Oyster card by taking it, with your Railcard, to any tube ticket office.
It's a new scheme so when I asked the staff didn't know about it, but you can point to the details on page 14 of the new Guide to Fares leaflet available at the station or from here: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...s-08-01-02.pdf
Official MoneySavingExpert.com insert:
Just wanted to add a couple of extra details. If your local national rail station is listed here, you can also register your railcard concession there. Below are the peak and off-peak price cap limits with the railcard. Note again that the discount only applies to off-peak travel.
Travel in --- Peak --- Off-Peak
Zones 1-2 - £6.30 - £3.10
Zones 1-3 - £7.50 - £3.50
Zones 1-4 - £8.90 - £3.50
Zones 1-5 - £11.30 - £4.20
Zones 1-6 - £13.30 - £4.20
Zones 1-9 - £14.50 - £5
Discounted daily price capping - Railcards
If you hold a National Rail Railcard, you can get an Oyster card and have the Railcard discount entitlement loaded on to it. You can then use Oyster to pay as you go at adult-rate, but your off-peak Oyster daily price cap will be 34% lower than the equivalent adult-rate cap.
Holders of the following National Rail Railcards can benefit from the discounted daily price capping:
* Disabled Persons
* HM Forces,
* Senior
* Young Persons.
You will need to get an Oyster card and have your Railcard discount concession loaded on it. This can be done at
* Tube station ticket offices
* London Overground station ticket offices
* Some National Rail station ticket offices
I forgot to say this is only available off peak - which is after 9.30AM Mon-Fri.
I do have student oyster which is 30% off on weekly or monthly travelcard. can i get it loaded onto my oyster as well??? thanks