What are the TFL Rail (ex Heathrow Connect) fares to Heathrow Airport?

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• Martin says:

  17 Mar17 March 14:21

  Worth remembering that, if you’re using a Family or Two-Together railcard, you can’t apply this to a London Travelcard, but you can still get a significant discount by buying an Epsom to London Zones 1-6 ticket instead.

  • Martin says:

    17 Mar17 March 19:50

    Is this new? When I last tried about a year ago the tube machines definitely didn’t have Two Together as a railcard option and Euston ticket office told me it wasn’t possible.

• RK says:

  17 Mar17 March 16:34

  O/T – does anyone know if BA will match an OTA for the same flight/ticket?

  If so, is it best to phone or email?

  Thanks in advance!

  • RK says:

    17 Mar17 March 21:10

    Thanks Rob ????

  • shd says:

    18 Mar18 March 06:39

    If you were hoping for a response within – say – one month, it’s best not to email BA

• Rob MC says:

  17 Mar17 March 18:52

  OT – Amex platinum insurance
  Can anyone tell me how it works?! Am I covered for trips if I dont pay using the card?

  • Save East Coast Rewards says:

    17 Mar17 March 19:09

    For most of the cover types you need to pay on an Amex issued Amex (e.g. BA Amex), not one issued by a third party such as MBNA. As long as it’s an Amex issued card you will be covered.

    There also used to be an exception if it was not possible to pay with Amex. Ryanair used to be the big example but they’ve accepted Amex for a while. Loganair doesn’t appear to take Amex so you should still be covered if you have to pay for Loganair flights on another card.

    Note that using Paypal to pay for your flights will not count even if linked to Amex.

    • Rob MC says:

      17 Mar17 March 19:38

      Thanks. Can payment for any part be sufficient..i.e the flights and not hotel?

      • Rob says:

        17 Mar17 March 20:14

        It splits – if you claim for flight delay comp it only matters that the flight was on Amex.

        Note that ‘big stuff’ is covered irrespective including medical. It is only what I call ‘little stuff’ like the small cash payment for a long flight delay which depends on how you paid.

        The full document is on the application website.

• Martin says:

  17 Mar17 March 21:11

  Many people have rail cards that reduce HE and HC fares by one third or so.

  Tubes and buses are free for over-60’s. Not sure about HE/HC

  A bigger factor can be which terminal you need. HE goes to T5 and HC goes to T5. Otherwise HE is three times the price for a lousy 11 minute saving.

  • Save East Coast Rewards says:

    17 Mar17 March 21:19

    I think you made a typo but you’re right HEX and HC generally both go to T5 (although they don’t normally announce the HC going to T5), on a Sunday the HC mostly goes to T4 (and this is advertised). During the week you usually have to change at Heathrow Central when you’re going to T4 regardless of whether you take the HEX or HC.

    Railcard discounts will continue to be available. Some railcards can be added to Oyster cards but if you have a card that can’t be added to Oyster than paper tickets (or eTickets in the case of HEX) are still available.

  • xcalx says:

    18 Mar18 March 07:49

    I have the senior rail card but have always used CC for tube how do over 60’s travel free on the tube. Or is free travel only for senior locals with a Tube/Bus pass

    • Paul says:

      18 Mar18 March 12:57

      London residents over 60 get free travel on TfL, and those with a freedom pass (retirement age) get free travel on most other National Rail services within London.

  • Roger I* says:

    18 Mar18 March 12:46

    ‘Tubes and buses are free for over-60’s.’

    Oh, dear. (Gulp!). Define your over-60s. 🙁 SOME Londoners over 60 get free travel thanks to a patently vote grabbing exercise by the previous mayor, with the appropriate card, of course. These Londoners are those who don’t qualify for a Freedom Pass (generally based on women’s retirement age – see, equal rights in motion. 😀 ). Non-Londoners over 60 pay anyway.

    I suspect that your comment refers to very few HfP readers.

• Lady London says:

  18 Mar18 March 08:32

  Omigod. Who’s going to write the first ‘Greedy British Airways cuts costs and no baby changing facility in their new plane toilets’ headline, ‘British Airways is anti-baby’ etc

• Paul says:

  18 Mar18 March 12:40

  TfL*

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