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Went out with the other half on Monday and she used Contactless and I used my Oyster.
The only difference between our trips was I made an additional bus journey but my other half had the following journey plan
bus journey 428 – £1.55
Slade Green to Covent Garden – £5.80
Covent Garden to Stratford – £2.50
Stratfd Int to Slade Green – £3.00
bus journey 99 – £0.60Total of £13.45 and the 60p trip has an all services cap symbol next to it!
My travel was the expected £13.50 also an all services cap.
I just can’t figure out why the other half was charged 5p less than I expected.
Contactless has seen that :
* the Z1-2 cap (7.40) plus extension fares (3-6 for coming in from Slade Green is 3.05) plus the 3-6 single Stratford Int to Slade Green, with the buses covered by the cap
is cheaper than
* the sum of the individual fares as you’ve listed
so you get the cheaper amount. The difference will (eventually) be given as a refund to the Oyster card, assuming it’s an undiscounted adult card.
Hi Chris, and thanks akm,
Yes the zone 3-6 NR extension is 5p more than the single fare so you end up paying the zone 1-6 cap. Because you caused the second extension to be an actual fare you avoided the extra 5p.
What was the extra journey you made on your Oyster?
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