On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:47:53 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
gmail.com> wrote:
>
>On 16 Sep, 21:25, MIG
doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On Sep 16, 8:05Â pm, Mizter T
gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 16 Sep, 18:13, MIG
doreenbird.co.uk> wrote:>>
>> (snip)
>>
>>>> But can you still get travelcards from shops that aren't dated till
>>>> they've been through a barrier? Â Presumably one could buy them any
>>>> time, but you'd need to come to an understanding about the date
>>>> stamped on it.
>>
>>> The point you're making isn't exactly clear to me.
>>
>> Well, if you wanted a travelcard to use the next day, it might work
>> barriers from when you first used it tomorrow (if that is how they
>> work) but if the shopkeeper stamped today's date on it, it wouldn't
>> pass a visual inspection on a bus tomorrow.
>>
>
>I thought that was the point you were making, but I wasn't entirely
>clear of that.
>
>>
>> To ask for it to be stamped with tomorrow's date would provide no
>> additional cheaty opportunities to what's always possible.
>>
You could use it on the Underground and on buses today in the hope
no-one looks at the date and then use it tomorrow only on buses (where
the magnetic stripe isn't going to be read?).
>
>Absolutely. I don't know what the rules are for TfL "Ticket Stops" -
>i.e. how many days in advance they're allowed to sell the ticket - but
>my guess is that it is the same as the National Rail rules, i.e. 7
>days in advance. I've only ever bought one for 'tomorrow', beyond that
>I wouldn't bother in case plans change - but for a whole host of
>scenarios I can certainly see why buying several days in advance might
>come in handy.
