Im an american which would be better to buy ie less expensive the
travelcard or oyster?

On Jul 2, 3:38 am, "davidmetzg...@gmail.com" gmail.com>
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It depends on what you plan to do, but over a seven-day period, it's
almost certain that what you should do is get the seven-day travelcard
ON Oyster.

The Oyster card can store the travelcard, and if you get a seven-day
when you get the card, you don't pay the £3 deposit.

A seven-day travelcard is generally slightly cheaper than five times
the off-peak Oyster Pay as You Go limit, plus you can use it in the
peak, plus you can use it on National Rail.

They only way you might lose out would be if you don't need that many
zones every day or if you don't use it enough every day to reach the
daily limit.

If you are staying in zone six and travelling around central London
every day, then the seven-day travelcard stored on Oyster is ideal.

On Jul 2, 1:58 am, MIG doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:

On Jul 2, 2:44 pm, "davidmetzg...@gmail.com" gmail.com>
wrote:

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10:23:52 on Wed, 2 Jul 2008, MIG doreenbird.co.uk> remarked:

And can I stress that the answer to the logical question of "in that
case why use a travelcard at all", is that they are valid on a range of
National Rail services that Oyster PAYG isn't. But it is valid on some -
so knowing what your travel pattern is will help that decision.

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/london/OysterPAYG.pdf

Another thing if i go from Heathrow central to wembley would the
oyster card know the difference if i want via rayners lane or
transferred to the jubilee via greenpark?

On 3 Jul, 17:07, "davidmetzg...@gmail.com" gmail.com>
wrote:

It won't. If the obvious route between two stations is via Zone 1, you
get charged the via Z1 fare regardless.

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On Jul 3, 1:16 pm, Mr Thant googlemail.com>
wrote:

1 more ? does the 7 days start from purchase or first use?

On Jul 4, 12:11 am, "davidmetzg...@gmail.com"
gmail.com> wrote:

"davidmetzger0@gmail.com" gmail.com>typed

You could take a 140 bus from Heathrow to Harrow on the Hill and another
bus (223?) from Harrow to Wembley or take the Metropolitan Line, thus
avoiding central London. Unlike the Underground, the 140 bus also runs
through the night.

Alternatively, you could take the Picadilly Line from Heathrow to
Sudbury town, which is quite close to Wembley, and then get a 204 bus.

A single bus journey on Oyster is only 90p.

Where in Wembley are you going? There are several Wembley stations.

A 7 Zone 1-6 day Travelcard is unlikely to be good value for money
unless you plan to:

1) Regularly travel before 09.30
2) use National Rail a lot,
3) travel all the way from Zone1 to Zone 6 most days.