Streatham Hill - Z123 Season

[autotank]

Hello,

I've just moved to London and will be travelling from Streatham Hill - Oxford Circus for work more or less daily. Can I just buy an annual Zone 1-3 travelcard on my Oyster and still get a Gold card or do I need to buy a paper Streatham Hill - Z123 ticket to get it?

To sum up, ideally I would like this loaded on my Oyster for convinience, but I'd also like to get a Gold Card. Where should I buy it from and what should I ask for?

Thanks in advance!

 

[RJ]

Hello,

I've just moved to London and will be travelling from Streatham Hill - Oxford Circus for work more or less daily. Can I just buy an annual Zone 1-3 travelcard on my Oyster and still get a Gold card or do I need to buy a paper Streatham Hill - Z123 ticket to get it?

To sum up, ideally I would like this loaded on my Oyster for convinience, but I'd also like to get a Gold Card. Where should I buy it from and what should I ask for?

Thanks in advance!

If you buy it from a London Underground station, you will get a Gold Record Card. This is a paper counterpart which shows what product is loaded onto the Oyster Card. It also acts as a Gold Card. You may have to remind the clerk to load the railcard discount onto the Oyster Card.

 

[cjohnson]

Yes you'll be able to get this on Oyster at any manned Tube station. You'll get a separate paper 'Gold Record Card' which acts as the Gold Card. Don't forget to ask the ticket office to load the Gold Card discount onto your Oyster to benefit from the discounted PAYG fares should you travel beyond zone 3 at all.

 

[autotank]

Thanks for the speedy and helpful responses - I'll do just as you suggest!

 

[alholmes]

Be prepared for bemused responses from some ticket office staff when you ask them to register the gold card on your oyster card (so that it applies the discount automatically on Pay As You Go trips outside of your zone). Not every ticket office employee is aware that it can be done for gold cards, or how to do it. The bigger tube station ticket offices tend to be better.

 

[cjohnson]

Be prepared for bemused responses from some ticket office staff when you ask them to register the gold card on your oyster card (so that it applies the discount automatically on Pay As You Go trips outside of your zone). Not every ticket office employee is aware that it can be done for gold cards, or how to do it. The bigger tube station ticket offices tend to be better.

The ticket office staff at LUL Charing Cross did it without prompting for me last December (which no doubt scared the bejeezus out of the tourists in the queue behind me - seeing a price of >£1k flash up whilst they were waiting for a £10 or so travelcard...)