Uber travel and TOD

[blakey1152]

I wouldn't normally use Uber but they've given me a £5 voucher off train tickets on Uber Travel.
Seeing as I'm travelling round London on Saturday and normally use Oyster but with the £5 off it works out cheaper to get a paper one day Travelcard.
I've been through the ticket buying process to make sure I can get a one day Travelcard with the discount (I'm going for the Zones 1-6 AAA 7-9 ticket)
It offers TOD as ticket collection method but I'll be starting at Slade Green and not Amersham that I had to put in to get the 1-9 ticket to show.

I've not used Uber Travel before so wanted to confirm that if I buy the ticket with them that I'll be able to pick it up at Slade Green and won't be restricted to having to be picked up at Amersham.
Unfortunately, their FAQ just says you can use any card to pick up a ticket but nothing about being able to pick the ticket up at any station!

Thanks in advance

 

[Wallsendmag]

You can pick a ToD up from any ToD location

 

[CyrusWuff]

You can pick a ToD up from any ToD location

And just to add to that, Amersham isn't a ToD location as it's managed by London Underground.

 

[blakey1152]

And just to add to that, Amersham isn't a ToD location as it's managed by London Underground.

That's interesting, I wonder where you'd be expected to get the ticket from if I had been travelling from Amersham?

To get the 1-6 AAA 7-9 to come up I've always used Amersham to Upminster returning the same day and it shows up.

 

[CyrusWuff]

That's interesting, I wonder where you'd be expected to get the ticket from if I had been travelling from Amersham?

Closest NR locations would be Great Missenden or Beaconsfield, though the ticket wouldn't be valid from either.

 

[Haywain]

I wonder where you'd be expected to get the ticket from if I had been travelling from Amersham?

If you were traveling from Amersham you could just buy it at the station.

 

[microrich]

I wouldn't normally use Uber but they've given me a £5 voucher off train tickets on Uber Travel.
Seeing as I'm travelling round London on Saturday and normally use Oyster but with the £5 off it works out cheaper to get a paper one day Travelcard.
I've been through the ticket buying process to make sure I can get a one day Travelcard with the discount (I'm going for the Zones 1-6 AAA 7-9 ticket)
It offers TOD as ticket collection method but I'll be starting at Slade Green and not Amersham that I had to put in to get the 1-9 ticket to show.

I've not used Uber Travel before so wanted to confirm that if I buy the ticket with them that I'll be able to pick it up at Slade Green and won't be restricted to having to be picked up at Amersham.
Unfortunately, their FAQ just says you can use any card to pick up a ticket but nothing about being able to pick the ticket up at any station!

Thanks in advance

I'm also temporarily using Uber for train tickets while they have their 10% credits offer running (until end of August I believe).

I've used TOD a couple of times with them and can confirm that I was able to pick them up at a different station from the ticket origin with no issues. Additionally, it seems Uber have "Any Card" enabled for TOD. Indeed I was quite surprised to be able to pick them up using my contactless Google Pay phone on the ticket machine's contactless reader, so didn't use a physical card at all.

 

[Bletchleyite]

ToD is not station specific. The reason for having you select is just so you confirm you will collect at a station that is capable of issuing and not one that doesn't have a connected TVM or booking office able to do it.

 

[blakey1152]

I'm also temporarily using Uber for train tickets while they have their 10% credits offer running (until end of August I believe).

I've used TOD a couple of times with them and can confirm that I was able to pick them up at a different station from the ticket origin with no issues. Additionally, it seems Uber have "Any Card" enabled for TOD. Indeed I was quite surprised to be able to pick them up using my contactless Google Pay phone on the ticket machine's contactless reader, so didn't use a physical card at all.

The fact that they allow any card pick up is a huge plus and would certainly make me use them again!