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Author: CJBCJB Date: Jun 30, 2008 02:38
On Jun 30, 10:17Â am, Scott virgin.net> wrote:> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:00:30 -0700 (PDT), CJB gmail.com>
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>>>At the weekend we decided to visit London Zoo (branded ZSL) on a First
>>Great Western 2for1 deal. (South West Trains offer the same). The
>>leaflets for these deals are available at numerous stations within the
>>Greater London boundary, and also presumably beyond. They are
>>extensive and cover 100s of 'attractions' in London. However - as we
>>found to our cost - the conditions in the small print on the back (so
>>small that you can hardly read  them) state that the offers are only
>>available for 'paper' tickets to London (obviously from further
>>afield), also they are NOT available for Oyster Tickets. And no
>>mention is made of Travel Cards or Freedom Passes.
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>>So when we got to ZSL our 2for1 coupons was declined and we got
>>clobbered for the full adult price of £17 each. Actually we elected
>>not to pay the 'voluntary' donation to help to preserve tigers (or
>>something like that) so it was slightly less.
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>>But it is now obvious to us that the 2for1 deals - widely advertised
>>throughout London - actually EXCLUDES most Londoners especially those
>>who have to use Oyster Cards, Travel Cards or Freedom Passes.
>>Apparently even local London paper tickets are excluded because these
>>have to be from outside London into London - although the conditions
>>do not state how far outside London you need to be, nor do they define
>>what a ticket into London exactly means.
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>>C.J.Brady
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> When you say you visited 'on a First Great Western 2 for 1 deal' did
> you travel on First Great Western? Â If so, presumably you had a
> ticket. Â Was this not the ticket they wanted to see rather than an
> Oyster card?
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> I can see their logic with an Oyster card. Â Unless they have a card
> reader in the zoo they would have no way of knowing whether you had
> used it to make a journey that day or not. Â I think the basis of the
> offer is to 'reward' those usiing the train not those who happen to
> have an Oyster card in their wallet.- Hide quoted text -
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My friend had a paper ticket from Newbury to Hayes & Harlington,
extended by a 1-day all zone Travel Card. I had a London Freedom
Pass.
ZSL stated that they needed TWO *paper* tickets from 'outside' London
to London - although they couldn't define the term 'outside' nor the
exact destination London station required. Actually ZSL hadn't a clue
what was valid or not, all the women at the ticket desk knew was that
Oyster Cards and Freedom Passes were not valid. So we both had to pay
the full admission. CJB.
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