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Re: London Master Thread
Quote from: Uri on August 13, 2019, 05:11:15 PM
I'm flying from NYC to London tomorrow night and will be there for 1 week.  Is it better to get an Oyster card and refill it as needed or a weekly Travelcard?  I don't have any credit cards with Contactless payment so if I choose an Oyster card, I would have to pay a £5 activation fee.  And I'll need to buy it at the airport so that I can take the train to Golders Green where I'll be staying, so I'll be getting a "Visitor" Oyster card rather than a standard one (if I understand it correctly).

I suppose the most economical thing to do is buy an Oyster card for £15 (the minimum possible amount) and refill if I need to.  The weekly Travelcard starts at £41, depending on the zone.

Please help.  This is all quite confusing.
There is an option to have the fare "capped" so if you use more than a certain amount per week in pay-as-you-go, it capped. Golders Green is zone 3, so I think the max is around £41. The cap goes from Monday - Sunday (which fits perfectly for my schedule).

If you're starting and ending in the middle of the week, you can buy the 7 day pass for the same price, but you can only load a 7 day pass once you pay the £5  for the oyster card.
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