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
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:
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
goonertillidie
19 Jul 081#9
not sure but u can always ask :smiley:
toonarmy88
19 Jul 081#10
yh been using this last year.
STUDENTS
if you are a student and going to go uni this year go and open a natwest student account. you get the 5 year free rail card which is the best freebie you can get compared to other banks, and then you can use it to cap it to your student oyster to get 34% off pre pay aswell as 30% off weekly and monthly
burnout
19 Jul 08#11
Brilliant, didn't know about this!
Adamo
19 Jul 08#12
Fantastic, going to London next month for definite so I can get it loaded then. :smiley:
Brodel
19 Jul 08#13
I didn't know about this either, looks great, thanks!
Can't see what would be annoying about that, unless you meant doesn't apply in which I would be in total agreement.
Dave.H
19 Jul 08#16
I'm confuesd by this thread and the old thread posted above.
If I get a railcard, I save each time I use my oyster card, is that correct?
Everyday I travel from zone 6 to either Zone 1 or 2.
Will I notice a saving if I take this offer up?
rodman
19 Jul 08#17
u will save if u buy daily ticket after 9.30am, If u buy weekly or monthly travelcard u need studnet oyster which is different from railcard, hope this helped!
Dave.H
19 Jul 08#18
Oh well, thanks for your help.
I don't use daily tickets, I just use my Oyster using the pay-as-you-go way.
monkeybrains
19 Jul 08#19
does anyone know if you can have only one discount applied to one oyster card only?
or
can you get the discount applied to two or more oyster cards which are in your name?
thanks
ukmax2k
19 Jul 08#20
Can u get discounts with a family Railcard? Thx
daalphamale
19 Jul 08#21
GREAT IF YOUR:
Disabled Person(s), HM Forces, Senior and Young Persons.
WHAT ABOUT THE FAMILIES ETC...WERE SKINT:whistling: ALSO
Lacero to daalphamale
19 Jul 08#22
Kids under 15 travel for free anyway.
How much more of a discount do you want?
daalphamale
19 Jul 08#23
Well hows about 34% for me and the misus...Kids going free is not a perk in my book as they don't earn......
pkonline84
19 Jul 08#24
I had the YP railcard discount applied to my student oyster card.
I used the student oyster to give me the discount on my weekly and monthly travelcards, and the YP discount on my daily tickets :smiley:
danjaq
19 Jul 08#26
I assume then that this is not applicable for a 'Network Railcard' ?
This has been posted a while ago too - thanks for the reminder :smiley:
Stompa
21 Jul 08#28
Oh ****! Yes, sorry I'd somehow managed to write does rather than doesn't - must be going senile!
flyingflea
2 Aug 08#29
How do you get the daily unlimited travel ticket? Online (on Oyster), I can only see unlimited travel for a minimum of 7 days.
Echoed
28 Jan 14#30
I had absolutely no idea about this. I've had an active disabled railcard for 7 years in a row now. I've been overspending on all my trips that I take into and through London.
Heading down there tomorrow, so I'll track down an underground office.
JerryG
2 Jan 16#31
So far I have tried to get my new Senior Rail card linked to my Oyster card at 2 not too local stations, Amersham Metropolitan and Watford Junction. At both of these, the ticket clerks could not expedite. I got conflicting advice. My local underground station (Chorleywood) is now unstaffed. Has anybody had successful experience?
Barry1591
10 Sep 16#32
I am 65 and I have a senior oyster card, I also have a Senior travel card I pay for each year, can I have them linked together and save more? Thank you
Opening post
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/faresandtickets/singlefares/6769.aspx
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
All comments (32)
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
STUDENTS
if you are a student and going to go uni this year go and open a natwest student account. you get the 5 year free rail card which is the best freebie you can get compared to other banks, and then you can use it to cap it to your student oyster to get 34% off pre pay aswell as 30% off weekly and monthly
http://www.hotukdeals.com/item/131635/34-off-price-cap-for-railcard-and-o/
If I get a railcard, I save each time I use my oyster card, is that correct?
Everyday I travel from zone 6 to either Zone 1 or 2.
Will I notice a saving if I take this offer up?
I don't use daily tickets, I just use my Oyster using the pay-as-you-go way.
or
can you get the discount applied to two or more oyster cards which are in your name?
thanks
Disabled Person(s), HM Forces, Senior and Young Persons.
WHAT ABOUT THE FAMILIES ETC...WERE SKINT:whistling: ALSO
How much more of a discount do you want?
I used the student oyster to give me the discount on my weekly and monthly travelcards, and the YP discount on my daily tickets :smiley:
This has been posted a while ago too - thanks for the reminder :smiley:
Heading down there tomorrow, so I'll track down an underground office.