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I'm used to PR pieces playing fast and loose, but I have no idea what this is even supposed to mean!

Perhaps because since Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde Pier Head doesn't actually involve any rail travel, it would be a bit odd for there to be a train ticket for it??

What do you reckon Mike, extension fares outside London next?

This is truly spectacular, chapeau. Did you actually do it?

Being careful not to to arouse the ire of the forum by giving away too many 'trade secrets', of course? ;)

Absolutely not, I just didn't suggest that because I didn't think of it :) (probably because I personally have other facilities available in London)

Given the journey isn't till 'later this month', personally I'd be looking for an Advance from Havant to Waterloo in the morning, then contactless/oyster in London, then an super off peak single back. For example, on Tuesday 23rd April (picked at random), the HAV-WAT 07:23 (arriving 08:55...

It depends on the card scheme (visa, mastercard, Amex, with subcategories beyond that). Each has slightly different rules about the specifics of what would be authorised and when.

Yes, I know that, but at least one person (OP!) thinks of it as 'the tfl fare'. I'd wager there are plenty of other people who think the same way.

You can understand pax' confusion about terminology when it's extremely common to take an entirely NR journey (within London area) and see a charge from tfl.gov.uk on their bank statement...

Who sold you this ticket, out of interest?

If you reckon you can do it within MJT (which I reckon you probably could), you could do: Kingston westbound NR round the loop to Richmond; behind-gateline interchange to District; District line to Ealing Broadway or Paddington; behind-gateline interchange to Elizabeth line; EL eastbound...

Yes, but this: suggests that the OP may not have a 'run of the mill' employer... I'm guessing some kind of security cleared position?

Yeah I suppose there is that for Oyster on-card. But for any journey that uses the back office (so, contactless or adult undiscounted Oyster, after reprocessing) what I said is true.

If a given flow (Origin and Destination) is shown in Single Fare Finder*, then you will be charged one of the listed fares (ignoring any questions of caps etc). In this case, there's only one, so no matter what you do in between - so long as you stay within maximum journey time - then you will...