Free train travel into London

I wrote back in January about how I had lent my partner money so that she could buy an annual train ticket before the new price rises came into effect. The benefit to me would be that I could save 1/3 off rail travel when I travel with her and as she has already paid back the money any lost interest is virtually nil.

A surprise benefit was also receiving 6 free weekend tickets that we could also use throughout the year and we used the first of these this weekend travelling up to London to watch the England v Slovakia friendly match yesterday. This saved me £17.90 compared to what I usually pay and also finally meant I got round to getting an Oyster Card, which will hopefully save me more money in the future rather than lazily just adding a travelcard onto my train fare even when I am only doing a single return journey within zone 1.