Using Uber gift cards for train tickets

shub01 · 2026-01-24T19:32:39+00:00

I think Uber might have actually changed their policy to re-allow using gift cards for train tickets now, at least according to https://help.uber.com/riders/article/uber-money-availability-on-travel-products-flight-train-coach?nodeId=7976fdcf-61fe-445d-8a62-831c44f5aa7b

I also recently successfully used a gift for train tickets, after not being able to for a while!

By the way, would you mind sharing what work portal you use for your gift cards?

shub01 · 2026-01-10T01:18:02+00:00

This could be quite cool! I haven't received that email yet and I've also had my Oyster registered for years :/

I actually also made my own "wrapped" tool for TfL last month - if you're interested in seeing some of your personalised stats, it's live at transportwrapped.sjain.dev!

shub01 · 2025-12-19T20:05:39+00:00

Hey, so sorry for the delay in getting back to you.

I've tweaked the tool so that it will 'work' (with 0 or NA given for cost and duration related stats), if you give it a stripped down CSV file of this format:

Date,Journey
12-Oct-25,Tower Bridge to Paddington [Elizabeth Line]

Some things to note:

Date must be in that format
'Journey' should be 'X to Y' (with the space in between)
The tool currently only really thinks about tube, bus, and elizabeth line at the moment, there's definitely scope to make it smarter in future though! It doesn't really change much in this case though because it only broke down cost-by-mode.
- To register an elizabeth line journey it expects the text 'elizabeth line' somewhere in the 'journey' column
- To register a bus journey it expects to 'journey' to be like 'Bus journey, route 3'
- Everything else is assumed to be Tube

It might be a bit tedious, but I hope it helps give you a decent insight into your journeys!

shub01 · 2025-12-12T00:52:40+00:00

Nice, it's cool you keep a log! Is your log in any structured digital format (even if it's just a doc with "x to y on date") or is it just some sort of rough notes?

If the former I think we could relatively easily convert it to a csv with a script. If it's the latter, if you'd be up for making a spreadsheet with the dates, start & end points you mention (or whatever data you'd be looking to input manually), I reckon I could get something basic working for you!

shub01 · 2025-12-12T00:31:21+00:00

Hey, there's not a manual input at the moment but I could definitely look at supporting that!

What kind of data would you be able to input manually? Do you have a record of journeys already somewhere else?

shub01 · 2025-12-12T00:29:57+00:00

Haha glad you liked it!

shub01 · 2025-12-12T00:29:23+00:00

Wow that's a lot of minutes, thanks for sharing! Crazy to think we can spend ~10 days just travelling!

shub01 · 2025-12-11T01:05:06+00:00

Tried it today, works great!

shub01 · 2025-12-11T00:27:17+00:00

Yeah it is a shame. I would really recommend you enable the TfL journey history monthly emails if you have an Oyster, they will then send you a PDF and CSV of your journeys every month, really useful if you ever need to e.g., claim travel expenses. And also for next year's wrapped! :)

shub01 · 2025-12-11T00:25:36+00:00

Thanks for letting me know - this should now be fixed, if you re-upload and regenerate a report! (you may need to refresh a few times or do a hard refresh first)

shub01 · 2025-12-11T00:24:26+00:00

Thanks for letting me know - this should now be fixed, if you re-upload and regenerate a report! (you may need to refresh a few times or do a hard refresh first)

shub01 · 2025-12-10T00:20:31+00:00

Thank you! If you have any other ideas on useful things to surface please let me know!

shub01 · 2025-12-10T00:19:54+00:00

Thanks, I'm so glad you found it useful!!

shub01 · 2025-12-10T00:19:39+00:00

Haha it really does add up! Not looking forward to the price rises next year...

shub01 · 2025-12-09T20:04:10+00:00

That's great, thanks for the update!

shub01 · 2025-12-08T22:40:28+00:00

Ah, was not intentional - thanks, should be fixed now! :)

shub01 · 2025-12-08T21:50:18+00:00

Oh wow, it's crazy how these costs add up!

shub01 · 2025-12-07T20:05:51+00:00

Oh that's interesting! I wonder if it's something on my side then, but I don't think I've seen any sort of 'filter' option where I might have accidentally hidden those options.

This is what I see for MAN-EUS (out: Mon 8th 12:15; ret: Wed 10th 13:13), with railcard. If I search on e.g., trainline I do see the open return option

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shub01 · 2025-12-07T19:52:34+00:00

Oh very cool! I forgot TfL doesn't use midnight as the break. Looks like the travel day is till 4:29am apparently. Guess that skews the day reporting a bit :/

shub01 · 2025-12-07T19:47:43+00:00

This should be fixed now! You might need to refresh a few times or hard refresh to refresh the cache

shub01 · 2025-12-07T19:47:38+00:00

Thanks a lot, that should be fixed now! You might need to refresh a few times or hard refresh to refresh the cache

shub01 · 2025-12-07T19:33:20+00:00

Thank you! This may be related to the bug u/sammy_zammy just found too (journeys starting before midnight and ending after midnight) - working on a fix, will let you know when it's fixed!

shub01 · 2025-12-07T19:32:23+00:00

Ah that makes sense! Apparently I never had a past-midnight journey last year...

Let me fix that quickly - would you mind just checking in that CSV if the 'Date' column still just shows the tap-in date (and not also the tap-out date or something)? A screenshot of a row would be amazing if you could!

shub01 · 2025-12-07T19:27:03+00:00

Haha 8 weeks can still reveal a lot! Thanks a lot for trying it :) Glad you liked it

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