#21

Do you have a paper season ticket? Whenever I’ve had a paper season ticket it has also acted as gold card. Recently got one of those smart card season tickets, it was so bad I swapped it back to paper

#22

Yes it is paper, if it acts as a gold card that would be great. Cheers.

#23

Yeah when I was train punter the ticket is the card and then they send you your six free weekend travel tickets but you don’t get a physical gold card… which is a shame.

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#24

Ever used those 6 free weekend tickets, always seemed like a bonus getting them in the post but I never once used them. South Western Railways reign of terror has now brought an end to it

#25

Used a few but they soon built up and my wife had them as well so we wasted loads.

Besides I would be so scared of marckee seeing me at the Waterloo gates with one of those that I could never use one again.

#26

reusing return ticket on open return tickets (ps, protip: if an inspector signs your ticket with a biro, start rubbing it out immediately upon return of the ticket. usually comes out)

  • Do this regularly
  • Don’t do this

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#27

Something I have been doing recently is just… not paying for my train travel. On rare evenings if I need to get a train home from Charing Cross to Catford, the gates are always open at CX, and there aren’t any at Catford. I know it’s very bad but also idgaf :woman_shrugging:

#28

you’d have to be a mug to pay if thats the case, m8.

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#29

Knew I could rely on you.

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#30

Just been to a train station and purchased what they called a boundary 6 - Witham ticket which I can use without getting off the train at zone 6, so can go direct from Liv St. This included the annual season ticket goldcard discount, so cost only £7.55. Thanks for all your help. Solved!

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#31

might be risky if they catch you and decide it is not just a one off, when commuters get caught and they work out it was their regular route they claim back the money for the whole time, so make sure you can prove it is not your regular method

#32

That’s correct. Zone X boundary to destination tickets are available to season ticket holders. Not widely advertised. They allow you to travel on fast trains that don’t have to stop at a zone X station. And if you have a Gold card, you also get a third off.

I used them all the time for trips to Reading and Brighton. If I wasn’t lunching in Angel, could have told you straight away. I may have spent an evening reading all the t&cs.

Read this for a summary of Gold Card benefits.

http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/gold-card-upgrade.html?m=1