Sunday, 15 July 2012

Buying a Travel Card for London

Balham is our nearest Underground station, so we went there to buy travel cards for my adult and child visitors.  Long wait at ticket office.  Only one man in front, an American, who apologised, but he was only trying to get his refund on his Oyster card, which is why I'm not getting Oyster as it's a complication to get refunds at end of your visit.  In the end he got it and had to sign 3 bits of paper!!!  So I got the adult card, no problem, but they don't have them for children.  Suggested you buy a ticket each time, but that you can get them from Rail Station for children.  Luckily Balham has both, so went up there to get it.  Photo needed, nearest booth 5 minutes away at Sainsbury's.  Finally achieved this.  £29.  Perhaps cheaper to pay each time, but if you already have a travel card, you don't want to have to queue up to buy tickets for your child.

There are people sitting in offices making daft rules for the rest of us to follow, in so many walks of life.  See next blog.

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