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You can certainly purchase off-peak day travel cards as part of a Southern GroupSave. Obviously you all need to travel together on the National Rail part of your journey. I'm not sure whether this technically applies when using the travelcard on London Underground and London Busses, but it's...

Check your journey history on the TfL website. You were probably charged a Zone 1-2 fare, as the TfL system (mistakenly) thinks you travelled via Zone 1. Fair enough. You can't be charged for an incomplete journey with a Travelcard, unless you're out of zone. Touching in and out at...

Yes, worth watching out for if you use a Debit card. Credit cards, of course, usually do not have per-transaction fees. Also, I believe that Canadian debit cards (unlike UK ones) usually do not have per-transaction fees for foreign purchases.

In my experience, Canadian cards issued in the last 2-3 years work fine. TfL says: Amex: All contactless cards accepted. Mastercard/Maestro: Almost all accepted, except a few older cards issued in USA, Canada, and Netherlands. In that case you should contact your card issuer and get a new...

1) YES 2) YES 3) Not sure, but you can certainly buy them from any National Rail ticket office. OFF-PEAK DAY R [B1] CDR From BOUNDARY ZONE 6 To WATFORD JUNCTION Route ANY PERMITTED Price ADULT £4.60

How so? I've never had any problem turning in TfL's Oyster statements with my expense claims. In fact, I'd argue the opposite is true - you get a nicely formatted PDF showing all your travel, rather than a stack of little paper cards that are easily lost!

Weren't we all supposed to be using ITSO smart cards and mobile ticketing apps by now?

If you buy a Three Bridges to London return with a Travelcard added, the Railcard discount applies to the combined total, so the Network Railcard's £13 minimum fare wouldn't be an issue in most cases. It's £14.35 for the off-peak "not Gatwick Express" ticket, including a London Travelcard and...

If you have a Travelcard on your Oyster, you can't touch in at the same station twice within a short period of time (something like 5-15 minutes). This is to prevent "pass back" fraud. Presumably the same restriction applies to your nominee card.

All these journeys are within the Network Railcard area, so that may be a better option than the Two Together railcard. The Network Railcard can be purchased on the spot at station ticket offices, and is valid for 1-4 people travelling together.

You are not required to always touch in and out if you have an appropriate travelcard loaded onto your Oyster, as long as you're travelling within the zones covered by your travelcard, or you have an onward ticket from the zone boundary.

Some further notes: - Since the OP is from Canada, they may have a contactless visa/mastercard credit card. You can use these on the Tube and Busses in London, instead of getting an Oyster card. The fares are the same or cheaper than using Oyster, and you don't have to worry about topping up...

Yes. The only reason to use these at Stratford is if you are travelling on a mix of paper tickets and Oyster. The Oyster system does make some attempts to try to resolve incomplete journeys, but you shouldn't count on it. Unless you are starting or ending an Oyster journey, or doing an...

Ahh, yes you're right. Notting Hill Gate and Earl's Court are both Zone 2, but of course you pass into Zone 1 to get between them. Now, TfL's fare finder suggests the "Avoiding Zones 1 and 2 via Ealing Broadway, Turnham Green and Richmond" route as the cheapest option (£2.10 off peak). But...

In general, you can buy Heathrow Connect tickets online from any TOC, and pick them up from any TOC's ticket machine at any station that you nominate. However, if you buy tickets from the Heathrow Connect website, you can only pick them up from the Heathrow Express ticket machines at Paddington...

It's been mentioned already, but London Overground have been issuing the new ticket design for a while now. Here's what they look like:

Both of these routes seem perfectly valid and should both qualify for the "Avoiding Zone 1" fare. TfL's journey planner, in fact, gives your route via Wood Lane and Hammersmith as a valid option. There's also a 3rd alternative, changing at Notting Hill Gate and Earl's Court. Did you touch your...

There's no need to do this. Stratford to any station on the North London / West London Overground lines is always considered to avoid Zone 1. In fact, there's a slight loophole here as you can travel from Stratford to somewhere like Richmond on the Tube, via Zone 1, but you'll only be charged...

I strongly suspect (but cannot confirm) that the old form will still work. You can also try a 3rd-party service like https://www.claimmyrefund.co.uk which can automatically claim Oyster refunds on your behalf. There are certainly still quite a few things missing from the new TfL site. I'm...

Railcard discount can't be applied to Groupsaves.