"TfL staff perk that lets housemate travel free 'cost record £42m in lost revenue last year'"

[rebmcr]

if the staff member joined pre-1996 they are not entitled to a nominee pass at all unless both they, and anyone who would be entitled to a Priv, chooses to forfeit having a Priv.

Do many of those with such a choice take it up? I have no idea of the relative merits.

 

[Mojo]

Do many of those with such a choice take it up? I have no idea of the relative merits.

I know of a few people who have done so, one is a couple where one partner works for LU and one works for a Mainline company so they both still have Priv but the partner also gets free travel on LU/buses/etc, others are people who both live in London and the nominee probably benefits from the cost saving of not needing to buy a Travelcard.

 

[jumble]

TfL has "lost" hundreds of pounds of revenue from me because I've been walking instead of paying £1.50 for a 5 minute bus ride. If the fare was still 80p I might have paid it many times in the past decade.

Worse still I came home the other day and told my missus that I had run behind the bus and saved £1.50
She answered
You stupid fool why did you not run behind a taxi and save yourself a tenner

 

[rebmcr]

Worse still I came home the other day and told my missus that I had run behind the bus and saved £1.50
She answered
You stupid fool why did you not run behind a taxi and save yourself a tenner

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