Is My Ticket Valid For 2FOR1?

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YES

The following ticket types are fine to use for 2FOR1 offers:

1. National Rail tickets  - purchased from a rail station, including:
   • Advance
   • Anytime
   • Off-Peak
   • Gatwick/Stansted Express
   • Travelcards - only when purchased from a National Rail station.
2. Print @ Home/Mobile tickets - showing the National Rail logo
3. Season tickets
4. Annual Gold Cards
5. Gold Record Card (when a Season ticket is held on smartcard
6. National Rail train company issued smartcards (e.g. The Key, c2c smart)

If you are making a one way journey or your ticket is valid for one day, you can use your National Rail tickets to qualify for the 2FOR1 offer only on the day of travel.

If you are making a return journey, you can use your National Rail tickets to qualify for the 2FOR1 offer on any day on or between your outward and return journeys. For example, if you arrived on Thursday and will return on Sunday, your tickets will be considered valid for 2FOR1 offers on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 

Standard credit card sized tickets:

  

National Rail smartcards:

Print@Home and Mobile tickets

   

NO

The following ticket types cannot be used for 2FOR1 offers:

1. Oyster Cards
2. TfL Issued Travelcards
3. Freedom Passes
4. Heathrow Express & Heathrow Connect Tickets
5. Stansted/Gatwick Express in-flight (or mobile) tickets where the National Rail logo is not present
6. BritRail Passes
7. EuroStar Tickets
8. 'The London Pass'
9. Digital Tickets - where the National Rail logo is not present
10. MegaTrain Tickets

        

Alternatively, to avoid any confusion, the best indication of a valid ticket is the inclusion of the National Rail symbol (double arrow).

 

Can I use an Oyster card?

No, the 2FOR1 London attractions partners DO NOT recognise Oyster Cards as being valid accompanying rail tickets, unless it is an Oyster Annual Season ticket with its accompanying Gold Card record card.

Can I use London Underground/tube tickets, DLR and/or London Bus only tickets?

No, however if your travel ticket has an element of National Rail/train company travel included, e.g. any type of 'paper' Travelcard, train/tube inclusive ticket and is issued by a National Rail operated ticket office, then the answer is yes. If you need help distinguishing, please check it using our ticket types page.

I am having technical difficulties

Remember that you can also pick up the Days Out Guide 2FOR1 voucher leaflets from principal staffed National Rail stations in the South East.

Please note: Days Out Guide is built for the following web browsers: Internet Explorer 8; Internet Explorer 9; FireFox (latest version); Chrome (latest version) and Safari. If your web browser is listed here and you are running a supported version, then you should have no issues using Days Out Guide and/or downloading our vouchers. Whilst we are unable to support any other web browsers from those listed above at present, you may still be able to use the website successfully.

Days Out Guide requires Adobe Reader to be installed to access our vouchers which are available as PDF file format only.